Vantaggi
Stability during economic crisis. No education needed to enter. You can gain a lot of practical skills to take to the civilian world.
Svantaggi
Nobody has a clue what true leadership means. The goal is conformity, not motivation or inspiration or relationship. Hours are a NIGHTMARE. Shifts constantly change. Always 12-hr shifts. Every 4 months rotate to night shift, not to mention deployments. FORGET having a family life in maintenance. Forget having any life in maintenance. High depression rates. High suicide rates. Pay is disrespectfully low. You do a 100k+/year job for 40-50k. If you live on base, 50% of your pay is out the window because they take ALL of your housing allowance and give you TERRIBLE quarters or a TINY town-home. You can flip burgers for the Air Force or McDonalds and get paid the same as maintenance does. It is disgraceful.