It is worth it -- my oldest daughter and her husband are in the Navy, my son is a grad student teaching English Comp, and my youngest is a Journalism student. Both kids are at The University of Oklahoma and I see a lot of really neat kids that are their friends all the time.
We had two OU football players last year risk their lives to save some people who had an accident on I-35 and their vehicle burst into flames. Those are the ones you don't hear a lot about.
Well done! Pray for me that I can produce similar results...:-)