Originally Posted by
js081285
Thanks for the advice. The gf is the one, Im just weighing the positives and negatives. I havent graduated yet so I'm not marrying her yet b/c I have been waiting on getting a job. Thats the big negative to me is the deployments, but I dont really know how they work in the af. As for the aircraft to fly, I would be just as happy flying heavies as opposed to fighters.
Then I would give you the same advice as I always pass to young people that I am talking too - DO NOT JOIN THE MILITARY.
At least for the near future (no matter who is in the White House), deployments are in your future should you join the AD military. I don't know exactly how the Guard/Reserves deploy for the most part; but current times are different and the Guard/Reserves have been deploying more than ever before.
I'll only speak for myself, but even when we were not in a time of war I spent my first 4 years in the fleet deploying nearly 12 months out of 18 months (a 6 month deployment, followed by 1 year "at home" time of which you were gone between 4-6 months on work-ups).
USMCFLYR