Should I join the Air Force at 26 years old?
I’m a 26 F. I have 5+ years working with the Army as a civilian in Cybersecurity.
I come from a military family. Half Army and half Air Force.
I have a masters in Cyber Engineering and have been applying to organizations like USCYBERCOM, NSA, J3, etc. and no luck. I just feel stuck in my Army career.
I have student debt and was researching ways to pay it off faster and came across the AF Cyber Direct Commissioning Program and kind of went down the rabbit hole from there. That was months ago and I kind of just left it alone because I just felt like it was too late for me.
Fast forward to this week I keep thinking “why can’t I join?” Get the cyber role, get the debt paid off, and enjoy other benefits I know the military offers because I myself lived it with my parents growing up (travel, free health care, college stipend, etc.)
Should I go for it? I know I want to commission and not enlist. Personally I know I want to continue doing cyber and I literally just graduated with my masters this year.
Also….AD or reserves?