Hacker I do believe we were discussing mostly enlisted jobs correct? He did ask about enlisting with a SEAL contract did he not? So the discussion was over combat arms type enlisted jobs. Yes, I do have quite a bit of experience with the enlisted side of all the branches. I have a lot of family that served in the Air Force, I have family in the Army, I grew up by an Air Force base, I served four years enlisted in the Marine Corps (infantry), and yes I did get the chance to serve alongside some fine airmen.

So here is my opinion (We are allowed to have those correct?) formed from personal experience, enlisted airman are subjected to far less stressful environments than the enlistees of the Army and Marines. What percentage of the Air Force's enlisted airmen are deployed in a combat zone at any one time? What are the odds of an airman that enlists today having to do multiple combat deployments throughout the course of his enlistment in the current wartime environment? If you enlist in a combat arms MOS in the Marine Corps or Army you pretty much have a written guarantee that you are going to be put into combat and get to experience everything that comes with it. If you enlist in the Air Force I'm pretty sure your chances of seeing combat are pretty low.

So yes sir, when I'm comparing an Air Force enlistment to an Army enlistment or Marine Corps enlistment I am going to take the likelihood of combat in to account when I talk about QOL and stress. And upon comparing that I come to the opinion that enlistment in the Air Force, while not easy, will not be as physically, emotionally, or mentally demanding as as an enlistment in the Marine Corps or Army.

And just so we are clear here, I am not minimizing anybodies job in the military. I am not disrespecting anybodies contribution to our country or the war effort. I am not saying that one branch is better or worse than the others. I am not trying to insult or offend anyone. And I am most certainly not saying that because you are in the Air Force that you have it easy or don't serve our country.

Thank you for your service Hacker, I meant no disrespect with my previous post.