I'm planning ahead, no way I'm getting in this year, maybe next (but with my luck?). I trained out of country a few months ago, my pre-security will take years, so...
I've been putting some more thought into this. I doubt I'll go for Boatswain to be honest. I've put PID down as my first choice, but by the time I get in and the final decision is going to be made, I'll probably go MARS. I like the idea of being involved with NBP at some future point, but all that scraping and painting. I dunno. Pros and cons to both and I have way too much time to think about this.
Who knows...