If you commission in to the Air Force as a non-rated officer (not a pilot, navigator, air battle manager) you'll be required to serve 4 years active duty. Pilots are required to serve 10 years. Basically it would be 8 years active (2ish years for flight school, 6 years actually flying) then 2 years inactive........
Stumbling block. For other uses, see Stumbling block (disambiguation). A stumbling block or scandal in the Bible is a metaphor for a behavior or attitude that leads another to sin.
A potential stumbling block to joining a DRIP is that in some programs you already have to be a shareholder of the company in order to enroll. Brokers offer one avenue for getting that first share, although the fees to purchase one share of stock will be quite high in percentage terms of the total investment.