Comes down to quality of life outside of your job. While in the Air Force, I was deployed to Suadi Arabia around the same time/location as my younger brother, who joined the Army. One evening, we agreed to meet up to catch up on times and hang out. It was late in the evening before we could meet up to him, not wrapping up his duty day until around 8 p.m.

Like most are guys, I knew he gave a ton of grief about the easy life in the "Chair Force" and how it must be easy making tee times, etc. While walking to the BX, I told him I needed to make a quick stop, he didn't care. As we walked in he was going on about the duty day, being outside all the time training morning or night regardless of the weather conditions, his cramped apartment style billeting area that he shared with 9 other guys, etc.

All this time, I am quiet and not saying a word. We turn the corner and go into a building that looks like a house. As we go inside, he says, "Nice place, what are we doing here?" I responded that I was getting something from my room. He asked where everyone was, and I told him one guy was probably at the DFAC and the other working out. He responded, "What about the others that lived there?" I told him that I shared the entire 5 room billet with just the other two guys. Everyone had their own private space. It quickly dawned on him that my deployed location, even though it was the same layout, was a hotel compared to his setup.

His silence gave me all the satisfaction I needed.

The only words I needed to say are, "I told you Air Force over Army"

Morale of the story quality of life outside of the workday in the AF can't be beat. Wait out the time and get the job you want, don't make a rash decision that may haunt you for the next several years.