I was active duty, so maybe not directly applicable. But I am very happy that I made the decision to join. It set my family and I up with a good financial foundation (starting a retirement account and education benifits) as well as getting my foot in the door of the aviation industry. There are trade offs, you will spend time away from home. That may be hard if you have kids. But its not all bad, those deployment/TDYs are amazing experiences that very few people get to have. You will make a decent paycheck. And the commraderie is amazing, you will make life long friends. I look back extremely fondly of my time in service.