I just wanted to offer a quick thank you to everyone on this forum for all the great information, first hand accounts, and external resources that are provided here. Based on everything I've read and researched, I decided to go for Navy Nuke. I autoqual'd with a 97 AFQT and a 263 NUC score, was offered a spot, signed my contract, and swore in.
I owe my being in this position partly to this forum, and I just wanted to express my gratitude.