An old joke about a fighter pilot...
According to him, flight school is hard. Most recruits wash out early. Some... Not so early. The training lasts years, and you can wash out at any time.
It was the last day of training, right before graduation, when the news came down, one of the cadets was being kicked out.
By this point they were all already officers, so they let him pick any duty assignment in the air force he wanted... Anything but being a pilot.
So, given the choice of any post, he considered a post at a large Air Force Base in the desert, with a pool, a movie theater, a gym... Or a post at a smaller base in a big city, where he could go out when off duty and visit the clubs, restaurants, and enjoy the beach...
Finally, he decided. He wanted to be a mobile deployment officer.
Shocked, they asked him, "Why? You'll spend all your time either setting up camp, positioning equipment, or breaking down camp and packing up equipment. You'll sleep in tents, and you won't even have a proper shower for weeks."
He smiled and replied, "Because thats where the surface to air missiles are. If I'm not gonna fly, no one is."