Well, since my grandfather (USN, QMC, LT, 28 years, WWI, Caribbean Wars in the 20’s, China in the 30’s, WWII);
my father (USN, Korean War);
my older brother (USN, OCS/LT, USS Sunfish, etc);
me (USN/NROTC-A&M, nuke/EDO/shipyards);
and my sister (USN/EMCS/retired) were already in the Navy ... You’d figure my younger brother would join the Navy after he got his scholarship to A&M.
Nope.
He just retired from the USAF - Said the Air Force had better commissaries, cleaner newer bases, and better officer clubs.
But my youngest brother wanted Annapolis - rather than A&M (?????) for some strange reason - so he stayed wet. ANd had a joint retirement with John after 20 at the USAF base.
Better chow also. Will never forget the time some Army TDY troops passed through our base (UK). Some of the officers were dumbstruck when they saw the tables with table cloths and were actually given a menu to choose from in the Officers mess along with waiters to take their orders.
The EM were similarly dumb stuck when they passed through the EM chow line and the cooks asked them how they wanted their eggs and they saw the variety of food the men had to choose from. They also couldn’t believe the EM didn’t pull KP since we had civilian workers for that.
The EM used to carry their class A passes at all times rather then get them from Base Ops whenever they had time off and wanted to leave base. The USAF is as close to a civilian job as there is in the military for the enlisted man.