I just got out in June after 10 years in the Air Force.
If your husband has a degree he might be able to get a chaplin, but they still get deployed every so often.
I'd personally recommend the Air Force just because, well one, from what I've seen they do take better care of their people. Keep in mind I was in the Air Force, but I was stationed on an Army Base and Navy Base and my husband spent 4 years in the Navy.
The Air Force is of the 4 services I think the most like a job, the Army has longer deployments and they have more "military" related functions.
The Air Force bases their deployments off of a rotation, so he'd always know when his time was if he deployed.
I can tell you I worked in the intell field, so I worked weird hours which was hard when you're a mom, but I never deployed, the money was good, the heath care was great, I didn't like moving every 3 years, I wanted to stay home, now I would have been fine if my husband had stayed in, I would have be the dependant spouse.
They have tons of things for you and your kids to get involved with on base, if you work, their daycare is a lot cheaper than it is in the real world.
Don't forget with the Navy, you do run that risk of him spending 6 months at sea, that's one of the biggest reasons my husband got out, he didn't want to do sea duty.
Let me know if either one of you have any question.
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