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Originally Posted by frazod
The Air Force generally treats its people the best. When I was in the Navy and my best friend was enlisted in the Air Force, for a couple of months he was stationed at the AFB in Hampton, VA while I was on my ship in Norfolk. I took him on a tour of the ship, and he was horrified by the living conditions (wall-to-wall three-high bunk beds). As a low ranking enlisted man, he shared a large room with one roommate; a berthing compartment the same size as his room would house 30 sailors on a ship. Hell, their enlisted quarters were better than the staterooms our commissioned officers had.
The bad thing about the Air Force (compared to the Navy) is that you'll generally be stationed in one place, and that's it. If that one place really sucks (Minot, North Dakota, Greenland, etc.) then you're just screwed. In the Navy, though, if you're on a ship, the ship will go all over the world, and you will travel to interesting places.
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Former Air Forcer here. I would agree with everything frazod says except the not getting to move part. In four years, including basic and tech school, I went from Texas to Illinois to Okinawa to Witchita.
I have had close friends serve in all branches of the military, and the Air Force treats their people better by far. I was an E-2 straight out of tech school in Okinawa, and had my own room with my own fridge. There were marine sergeants living four to a room over there.
I guess it comes down to this - what are you willing to want to give your country? Any of the branches you go into will give you lifelong memories and friends. It just all depends on what your definition of serving your country is.