32 Married with 3 kids - Air Force active duty?
So I am 32 (M), married with three children all under 8 years old. I was introduced to the possibility of joining the Air Force’s few months ago and have been thinking a lot and doing my research. I am still unsure of what to do and very much on the fence (however I will say I lean towards going for it).
I currently work for a pharmaceutical company, and enjoy it enough to stay but there is always some uneasiness there with ups and downs/layoffs. I have seen that I can join as an officer in Air Force with my age and bachelors degree. I have looked a lot into joining and going under government contracting.
The biggest issue is my wife and kids, we are huge family people and have a lot of family around the southeast (mainly SC & NC). She is worried about being sent far away from everyone. I tried to explain that I believe I could do a short contract and this would give me a chance to experience it as well as give me good experience in the contracting for the military and I believe that I should be able to get out (if it was not for us) and find a civilian job easily in contracting.
Any thoughts or advice is very much appreciated thank you!!!