EDR wrote

I think their sylabus and standards are little tougher and higher than
that found in the FAA PTS and the way most civilian flight instructors
actually teach.

A "little tougher"? HA! With less than 100 hours in my logbook, the
final test in the T-28 formation flying course in addition to the
routine stuff, consisted of the check pilot (in his own T-28) leading
four student flown T-28s through a five plane, echelon right barrel
roll. I was unlucky enough to be number five. With 115 hours in the
book, I planted that thing on the deck of the USS Antietam in the Gulf
just off Pensacola.

How many wannabe students do the military weed out in the interview
process, even before the training starts, followed by the washouts
that do meet the standards once training begins.

The Cessna 172 course that CJ talks about is simply a "weed-em-out"
before they get to flight training program that the AF uses.

The civilians pay their money and get through it.
Some take more time, some less. Some are given multiple opportunities
to pass the test. The military decides when to cut its losses and not
spend more money on a losing proposition.

All true! All that it takes for a civilian to obtain a pilot
certificate is money and time. I once refused to "check-out" a new
Private Pilot in a C-172. He had simply "worn-down" his instructor and
examiner. I then called the examiner and "chewed-out" his butt.

Bob Moore