yeh, thats what im saying, join, but wait and have some fun for a while. I joined for the same reasons and wish I had waited. You miss out on being a teenager.
But saying that, you wont particularly regret it either. Ill stop preaching but finish on this, money isnt everything...
Anyway, I hope you don't have a thing against homosexuals, because the Navy is full of them. (not joking either