thanks everyone for the input. i come from a military life, where my cousins are all officers/pilots in the military and i spend summers with them. this past summer i was on Hickam in Hawaii....definitely a good time.

the only thing i cant experience is the actual job, and what comes along with it. just because of the sheer fact that its military-only in the office buildings. hah. what is office-life like? since i will be doing computer engineering (in the Intelligence Community) or doing simulation/machine learning implementation, i was wondering how day-to-day work-life is. i have no reservations about taking my commissions, because i know if i was to do AF, i would stay clear of combat, just because of my background with computer engineering and research. One of the big reasons why i want to do AF is because i want to be sent around the country and overseas, and live on base.

oh, another question i had is when im an officer, would there ever be a time where i might be put in a combat position (leading troops) or have obligations outside of the civilian-like job of engineering?

if anyones been in the engineering field in the military, let me know how the job was. i dont want to prejudge, but i keep thinking a military office job would be hard because it would be more "taking orders" from higher up. i keep wanting to think there is more restriction on independance with the job, than in the same job in the civilian world.

again, thanks for all the input. and thanks for not making this political or anything.

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