The United States Air Force

"Be your own advocate. There are dozens of tools available to make your experience the best it can be, but the military at large is very poor at pointing people in the correct direction. "

"Only join if you want to be “one of the guys.” If you value your identity as a woman, don’t join because no one else will value you, not even other women"

"Great benefits! Career advancement and great opportunities to travel overseas. "

"The USAF is a great place to work with competitive benefits and flexible scheduling. In addition, they offer childcare on base for a significantly reduced price, which is a huge draw! The only drawback that I see is that oftentimes leadership doesn't listen to employees about what they want in terms of future career progression; people are often pressured into applying for promotions when in fact they are not interested for various reasons (i.e. no interest in climbing the ladder, already have too many things on their plate, etc). The pay is not as much as you would see in private industry, but that is made up for with the flexibility and great benefits."

"Like many organizations, you may have to work harder, but there are many opportunities to excel and move up."