<p>If you really don’t want to join, there are lots of ways to disqualify yourself. The military is extremely selective right now and has more volunteers than what it knows to do with.</p>
<p>I agree about the Air Force though. My dad was in for thirty years, saw the world, had college paid for, law school paid for, now has Health Insurance for the rest of his life, and a load of other retiremenet benefits (including a great pension). He never even was once deployed. (Joined during Vietnam, got out in '04)</p>
<p>Also. ROTC might be a good route. If you do ROTC your freshman year and decide you don’t like it, there’s no commitment. So, in essence, you can get your first year paid for and then decide you don’t like it, drop it and just go on about your life. And if you do end up liking it, then hey! That’s a bonus.</p>
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This is sort of true and sort of not. If you do ROTC as a junior or senior, you have made a commitment to be in the military for a number of years after graduation. If you’re on scholarship as a sophomore, you’ve also made a commitment to serve for a number of years after graduation.</p>