If your kid is in flight training, I have a couple tidbits of advice. A lot of the primary instructors are helo guys and will try to tell your kid helos is the way to go. Tell him not to listen. He should fly the fastest, loudest, most deadly platform that the Corps will let him fly. If he has jet grades, tell him to select jets.
He tells me that the top man in class gets his choice of platform. Everyone else states a preference, but need of the Corps is primary.