The main reason I'm so hesitant to join is because my best friend joined the Air Force, did astoundingly well on all his tests, was promised a job giving pilots survival training (for when they're shot down over enemy lines), and now operates a turret in an MRAP. They'll tell you whatever you want to hear, but you're still gonna end up doing whatever they need at the time, and the US doesn't really need pilots at the moment as far as I know.