I think of AF as the most into tech & physical comforts, the Marines the most physically challenging. At the risk of stating the obvious, the military does have a habit of getting its members maimed and killed as well as making them maim and kill, for corporate profits. This does very bad things to the psyche and soul. Defending ones country is one thing, but the US has 2 huge oceans and peaceful relations with its 2 neighbors, albeit a newsworthy southern border. How exactly does it really use its huge military?
I'm a ten year AF vet and though I moved on after ten to get a better paying gig with a military contractor, I enjoyed the hell outta the start they gave me. Anyway, I was a drifting twenty something year old and really found my place in the world via the AF. Met my wife there, had my kids on their dime, and was trained in a career I would've never imagined possible as a poor country boy growing up. My point was that there's opportunity there ... opportunity many can't get in other ways, and it's not all blood and guts ...
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