branching

Hi, I am extremely interest in becoming a finance officer. Does anyone know how competitive this spot is at USMA or if it an under selected position?

I have not been able to find much current advice regarding competing for competitive branches, especially the Army placing a heavier emphasis on the TAB. I have a few questions with regards to branching infantry: 1. The one thing I heard was that if you are in the top 10% you can basically...

I am planning on commissioning army from VMI and I was wondering how hard it is to branch in something like Finance corps. I am not too interested on branching combat arms or something like transportation, but it’d be interesting to know how competitive all of the possible career options are...

When you get assigned your branch, how much choice do you have over what specifically you'll be doing? For instance, if you branch Armor, how can you choose whether you're in a tank platoon or cavalry? Or for Engineering, how can you choose combat vs non-combat engineering?

I'm a marketing student in ROTC. Can I branch into the Army Marketing and Engagement Brigade? If so, what branch does that fall under?

What exactly is the TAB Test? I took it MSI year and I'll have to take it again now that I'm an MSIII. Does it affect your branching or component at all? Army ROTC by the way. All info is welcome. Thanks!

Hey guys, I have got some branching questions for you all. I am going into my MS3 year this year and have ultimately decided that I want to branch infantry. My question for you guys is the competitor ness level to get it? I’ve noticed the last two years that all the officers who commissioned...

I am finishing up my first year of Army ROTC and I am starting to think about what I should focus on for my branch choice. I realize that I don't choose this until later in my MS-3 year, but want to be on top of things so I know I will be competitive for what ever choice I go with. I am an older...

The academy coordinators for Senator Sherrod Brown and Senator Rob Portman will be hosting their next seminar in Jackson on Tuesday. Interested students who would like to learn more about the congressional nomination process can RSVP to the senator's academy coordinators...

Previously while browsing these forums, I came across a document that had the order in which each branch ran out of slots and what rank in the class the last person who was able to branch that had. I have been unable to find this again and was wondering if anyone knew where I could find it. Thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm a sophomore scholarship ROTC Cadet at UMass Amherst. A little about me: I'm currently a Sophomore at UMass Amherst, I have a 3.7 GPA, I'm in the honors college, PT score is a 294, I'm on our Ranger Challenge team, Currently ranked 3rd in my grade for OML, I recently got a CULP...

While Active duty is always an option, I am considering the national guard or army reserves. With that in mind how does branching in the reserve components work for ROTC commissioned officers? Do they still use the OML? Also if I were to go to BOLC a few years after I commission, how would it...

Hi everyone. So with the new OPAT, does this mean that if you don't score well enough (whatever the standard is), you cannot branch combat whatsoever? Thanks!

Hi everyone. I'm currently a senior committed to a small private liberal arts college with an army ROTC program on campus. I'm not really sure what I want to study, but as of now my top branches are : Intelligence, Medical Service Corps, Signal Corps, Adjunct General, and maybe Military Police...

Hello everyone, to start off, I'll say a little about myself. I'm a junior in high school. Currently trying to enlist into the VA Army National Guard as Infantry. Assuming I get in, I'm having a few problems but everything should clear up, I will do split training. So I will go to Amy BCT...