4.0
20 Dec 2009
Anonymous employee
Former employee
Saint Louis, MO
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Excellent opportunites for growth and leadership. Airmen are typically given much higher levels of responsibility than their civilian counterparts and typically have the ability to better deal with high-stress situations.
Cons
Significant amount of travel and relocation. Not much say in where or what you might be doing on your next assignments. Promotion and payraise is more or less based on time in service and not necessarily performance (although this changes somewhat at higher ranks). Frequent deployments to hot, sandy places where the people don't like you much.