Yes, I am partial, but consider the Navy.If you want combat, and you are REALLY good, you have the SEALS.u00a0 They are hand picked and are considered the elite of all the elite.u00a0 Otherwise, become a Medical Corpsman, then join the Fleet Marines.u00a0 Gunner's and Boatswain's Mates spend a lot of time on small combat craft.If you want practical training, just about any field is covered...u00a0 Electrical, Electronic, Mechanical, Machinery, Firefighting, Welding, Radio, Weapons, Navigation, Nuclear, Music, Photography, Printing, Diving, Pilot, and on and on.u00a0 You may start out with the basics, but EVERYONE eventually gets specialty training, and can usually pick the training they want (be aware that some are harder to get into and advance in than others).u00a0 Cross training is also a necessity, so you get to try your hand at plenty of other things.u00a0 Officers do things a bit differently, but they end up with all the same training.Women have all the same opportunities men do, at least in most cases.u00a0 Some ships are still all male, but many of the same class are mixed.u00a0 All rates are open to both men and women.You get stationed on a ship homeported on a base like Mayport, San Diego or Pearl Harbor (as well as others), but you get to see some of the most exotic places the other services only dream of.u00a0 My kids marvel at the map of all the places I have been.u00a0 If life on a ship is not your style, there are specialties that spend much less time at sea (but everyone has to go sometime).3 hots and a cot.u00a0 The food is good, you get your own rack, and hot showers are the usual, no matter where you are.u00a0 And most spaces are air conditioned (gotta cool the electronics).The Navy's got the biggest guns and missiles.u00a0 Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.u00a0 Plus, if you want to fly planes, doing so over the water allows you to do things that would scare the crap out of civilians around an Air Force base.u00a0 And there are some serious bragging rights when you're stationed on the largest ships in history.There are bonus pays for a variety of things.u00a0 Some are offered in the other services (family separation, combat zone).u00a0 Others are specific (sea pay, flight deck, hazardous duty).Some enlistment programs allow for 2 years active, 6 years reserved.u00a0 Others require a 6 year commitment (for the intense training, like Nuclear or Electronics), but the reserve time is only 2 years.u00a0 Either way, the actual obligation is 8 years, as a combo of both active and reserve (usually inactive, with no regular training).