choice

I have been lurking on this site for a year or so, so I have some idea how this thread may go but I wanted to put it out there anyway. January 2022 I was informed that I had been selected to be a pilot in the navy. This was something I had wanted to do my whole life (I’m 27 right now) I was...

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?

If you have a DD or DS in an academy or A ROTC program... (Or if you are enrolled in either)