The military builds character and mental toughness. You will be surprised at what you will be able to do if you push yourself to do it, or if you're pushed to do it. Millions of men and women do it every day. If you were to join I would go Air Force. I was young right out of high school when I went in. My family on both sides was in the army, WW1 (US and Italian), WW2 (US and Italian), Korea and Vietnam. So when it was my turn I naturally choose the Army, I also wanted to make sure I saw combat (ignorance of youth) because everyone else did I didn't want to be left out. If I was to join again I would go into the Air Force.