It's the Air Force for me!

[Reaganfan]

What I have to do now is get in contact with the local Community College which is accepted by the Air Force, tell them my situation, enroll in five classes of my choosing in order to complete 15 semester hours as quickly as possible. Once I have a letter or paper from the college certifying that I am enrolled in five classes for 15 semester hours, I will then be enabled to take the Air Force physical, choose my job, and then get sworn in. At that point, I will be in DEP or "Delayed Enlistment" with a date set to leave for the eight weeks of basic training in San Antonio, Texas once I complete the college hours.

[minionofmidas]

Like I said, the air force is great because you don't have to die (Army) or live in a submarine/boat (Navy)

..and we have the best kill:death ratio of any service anywhere, ever.  And we send our officers out to fight while the enlisted stay home and play cards.

I don't think what the Air Force does qualifies as "fight". There's a reason why officers chuse to do it. (Not that it's entirely risk-free; I understand that.)

Doesn't the Air Force fly/operate the AC-130s?  They kick a lot of ass, don't they?

Shooting at people =|= fighting.

But "shooting at people, while being shot at" = fighting.     

At least sort of. It's certainly not pleasant, but a lot of the definition of "fighting" is still missing. (And of course, you could die in a plane even in Iraq. And people did. Although this is often only indirectly caused by enemy fire, I don't think that'd matter to me when I'm dead.) But even when the enemy has proper air defense, I'm pretty sure that bomber crews' mortality rates were rather less than infantry's (that actually saw combat).

[opebo]

Wait a minute Naso.. have I asked you this before?  You are going to be an officer aren't you?

[Marokai Backbeat]

I couldn't care much less for the armed forces, but take care in there, Reaganfan.

[JSojourner]

Mike,

We wish you nothing but the best in your endeavors.  And we thank you for committing to serve our country.  We'll keep you in our prayers.