US Air Force reviews

Lack of control of where and when you will go. Excessively long work hours. Difficulty on familiy life due to this inability to predict when/where you will HAVE to move. You are forced to move whether you want to or no. You have to "kiss up" and "play the game" if you want to advance. You are measured on your ability to ALWAYS have your "game face" on no matter what. Even the lightest questining of why something needs to be done a certain way results in being labeled as "not one of the boys." Those who make it to the top have the same, glassy-eyed, fake grin, unemotionless, blank, cut competent look -- whether they are right or wrong, no matter what is happening around them.

Being an Air Force officer, I can not count on my duty day being 9-5. The hours are very long in most cases (though rewarding as well) at a cost to family life. Also, education and leadership opportunities are not always given to the deserving personnel, but to those who are closest to the decision-makers (i.e. closer to the flag pole). The medical care is not always the best, but it is "free." Senior leaders do not always consider the entire Air Force mission and focus too heavily on fighter aircraft which are significant, but possibly not as important as other emerging capabilities.