[VandalF16]

I wouldn't recommend enlisting as an E-3 at this point in your life. I'm currently in the AF flying F-16's (10 years) and it'd be tough to justify doing what you are proposing given your situation. If you can't sleep at night because of a burning desire to serve, well then I'd try the ANG or AFRC and avoid active duty. Food for thought, at my current base, young airmen (E-3 and below) are all stuck in the dorms until they make E-4 and their name makes it to the top of the list of those interested in off base housing. DoD contracts often stipulate that on base housing will operate at a certain capacity (90% for example), and until that happens, young enlisted are stuck. Do you want to be living in the dorms again, with other junior enlisted (most 18-21 yrs old) making welfare wages while you have a family?