There was a joke/truism/whatever going around in the early 1980s that actually gets close to this.
If you wanted to live in the same place for years and raise a family, join the Air Force.
If you wanted to travel (lots) and go to strange foreign places, join the Navy.
If you wanted to kill people, join the Marines.
If you weren't sure what you wanted to do, join the Army.
Now before any noses get out of joint, remember that this was a joke that was circulating in the military dependent community in the early 1980s, but I do think that like many of these things there is a grain of truth in it. At that time, and today to a degree, the Air Force is still the most stable in terms of deployment cycles and demands. The Navy still goes to a wide number of places. The Marines...well...they still do Marine things (and the kill people comment always referred to the fact that in terms of perception the Marines were giving you the chance to be a warrior, not save money for college). And the Army was big enough that it gave you the space and options to figure out what you wanted to do.
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