Making good money is possible guard/reserve bumming as some have mentioned, but with the budget cuts here the few good deals left (mpa/rpa trips) are few and far between with the bums fighting for scraps. If you can live lean then it's not a bad lifestyle. I would try to go to a regional that has a base close by mil duty and have the best of both worlds while gaining valuable 121 experience. I feel for the LTs at our sq.. Hard to gain hours necessary to a major let alone the new regional requirements.