Will the Air Force benefit me and my family more than what I’m doing now?
29, married, 1 child. Together wife and I make roughly 68k a year. We are obviously struggling to get by and we don’t even have health insurance, dental, or vision. Son is about to be 7. Would it be worth it at this point to join the military? Would I be able to take better care of my family as an E-1 through E-3?
I know living on base basically all housing stuff is cover including rent and utilities and I would also get BAS. But would everything factor out? Or would we just struggle as much as we do now but with insurance?
Looking for honest advice here, please be honest before I make possibly the LARGEST decision of my life.
Thank you.
Posted Aug 11, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC
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