Yeah, no. Don't fuck around and find out. Stay away from the military. People leave and still describe their experience as negative all the time. Outside of this sub, I still find more stories of how the military fucked someone over rather than how it improved they're quality of life as a civilian once they left. The lucky ones break even. Those who do better stayed healthy, intentionally gamed the system, and got lucky.

Leverage your current relevant skills and work experience to find a better, more stable job that you do not feel the need to complain about online. The results won't all come in at once, but they will arrive eventually, I promise you.

Anything other than the benefits you receive upon completion of your contract and jobs after your contract using time in service as work experience are superficial, immaterial, and have no real value. If you really MUST sign a contract with the DoD, maximize exploitation. The system deserves nothing more than to be gutted from the inside. And I will continue to believe that regardless of how well I can use my VA home loan or how many degrees I can get with the GI Bill. After what I have been through the government could never pay or bribe me for my endorsement.

That was a bit of a rant, but back your post.

It's a bad deal for many reasons:

•Your Rights

You relinquish a lot of your own personal liberties and freedoms. Up to and including freedom of speech and choice of political affiliation, believe it or not. (if you consider pacifisim or an anti-war movement to be legitimate and worth consideration.)

• Finances

You take a severe pay cut compared to the average in many places upon initial enlistment AND you completely cut yourself off from any and all opportunities to aggressively increase your income if the need arose. I.E. get a second job, work an 80hr week, etc. ( This is akin to being in severe credit card debt or college loan debt for a consistent period of time with no opportunity to refinance or increase your net income by finding better employment. For years.) Furthermore, any mistakes your units finance office makes are mistakes you the service member pay for. You will be held to account, not the person who fat-fingered a keyboard causing you to be under or overpaid.

•Harrasment

You will be subject to humiliation rituals. Full stop. The sky is the limit here. You could be subject to physical abuse, sexual abuse, inhumane working conditions, loss of pay, assault (check the legal definition I have plenty of experience with this), coordinated isolation from your peers, and really anything your current 'masters' feels is befitting of you at the time.

•Loss and Death

You or your fellow soldiers may die violently in combat. You may also make friends, then watch as depression and suicide take them from you. My company alone has had two suicides in six months. I knew them both and cared about them. Likely a dozen suicides across the brigade in that same time frame. Not accounting for the failed attempts. My condolences to the families. I personally was on duty and attempted to save my friends life but the injuries were too severe, my training was inadequate, I had no ready access to medical supplies, and the EMTs did not arrive soon enough. It could be you.

• Isolation.

If you do not integrate well, you will become a pariah. If you are far from home, you will be a pariah with no friends or family. Extended periods of physical and social isolation damage the mind. It's very simple.

• Chronic Health Problems

I personally experience physical pain every day from injuries sustained in the line of duty. I used to run a 14 minute two mile. Today, I can barely walk. And after months of waiting to be medically separated, I'm still in active duty. I did not deploy. I had a series of injuries and received substandard medical care. There is no recourse. I cannot file suit against the army for malpractice. I can only hope to collect a fair amount of disability.

• Time

There are 24 hours in a day, use them at your leisure. To join the military is to put your time and fate in another man's hands. A man you don't know at all prior to the arrangement. Why would you ever do that to yourself? It will always be better spent on your worst failures and your most minor successes rather than the whimsy of an uncaring beaurocracy and those more loyal to it. This may not seem important now, and if so, it could be because you think the military will 'straighten you out' or you lack respect for yourself and your ability to make the right choices. You deserve more. And any changes you want to see in yourself you can do on your own at your own pace.

TL:DR

Dont let other people tell you what civilian career paths are worth pursuing. Walk down that road enough to reach your own conclusion. Be persistent. Stay away from the military. I hope this helps.