New guy needs a little direction

[Great_Daines]

Hello everyone. I've always wanted to control my dreams so i can fly helicopters in them. And fight bad guys. As well as other things which need not be mentioned here . Anyway, I started a dream journal a year ago i think but i was in high school so i didnt really have the motivation to concentrate on lucid dreaming ontop of the daily life of a high school senior. But now that i'm graduated and everything, i see more incentive to it. the problem I have is not knowing where to start. is WILD something you do after experience with DILD, or can you pick and choose? i tried WILD this morning and felt a few vibrations and my head expanded like a helium balloon which was pretty cool but i never progressed beyond that. oh and I ship to Marine Corps boot camp in 2 weeks and I would like to have an LD before then. any feedback would be much appreciated .