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If he wants to fight, tell him to go Army, go Airborne Infantry, and get in a jump unit. The Army has better resources than the corp, and soldiers don't get stuck on boats for extended periods like Marines. Jump units are volunteer units, and the quality of the troops is better over all, as they tend to be more motivated, more fit, and better lead. If he's really motivated, he could volunteer for the Ranger Regiment before he enlists, or in jump school, which will get his foot in the door for other SOCOM organizations if he opts to make it a career. SOCOM is the best place to be, but if you can't hang, you will be booted to the conventional force.

If he doesn't want to fight, look into the Air Force IMO. They've got two jobs that are pretty high speed and would be pretty exciting for a young lad. 1.) Combat controller and 2.) Pararescue / Jumper. The combat controller controls close air support (fire missions!) for ground units, and also sets up runways and controls aircraft arrival and departure in the field. They can be both static line, and free fall parachute qualified, and can work with a WIDE variety of organizations throughout the DOD. Pararescue / Jumpers are like SUPER medics, trained at a high level in medical tasks, and also a wide variety of insertion techniques (static and free fall parachutists, combat divers), they, too, can work with a wide variety of organizations throughout DOD.

An often overlooked service, IMO, is the Coast Guard. I don't know much about them, however, unlike most of DOD, they actually DO their jobs 24/7 as opposed to train, train, train, GO TO WAR, come back, train, train, train. IMO, the Coast Guard would be a very satisfying job because they are out there all the time, saving somebodies butt, or actively interdicting bad things that are trying to be snuck into the country.

When my kids come of age, if they express interest in service, the Coast Guard is the branch I'm going to push, and I'm a 3rd generation career Army muldoon...well, kind of.

Best of luck to him.