3.0
19 May 2010
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The benefits are great. Health care is free. You can retire in 20 years. They pay for education. The Air Force can also offer the opportunity to learn valuable skills that will apply in the civilian sector.
Cons
There are a number of downsides. I spent about 1/3 of the time deployed. If you have kids, that adds up to an awful lot of missed childhood. As I said, the health care is free, but you should expect the quality of health care to be equivalent to free healthcare. Physicians' skill are overall lacking to say the least. When you enlist, you should expect to beaten down emotionally for the first four or five years of your career.