Don't get sucked in by the hype. The retirement pay can be nice, but isn't really that great, it will be like maybe a couple of grand per month at most. It isn't worth being miserable for 8-10 years IMO while you do some monotonous staff duty.

The earlier you join an airline, the sooner you can build seniority and you have the opportunity to make more money than you would if you stayed all the way to military retirement. Plus, you will be free, and not subject to the UCMJ and silly haircut rules.

Have you extensively looked into the military? Make sure that you understand that it can suck a lot of the time, and that you will get told to do silly things from time to time and will experience some weird things that you would otherwise tell everyone to **** off in the civilian world. Go visit a base if you can and see what it is like first.