Which army branch to go into...

[Apocalypse]

I can distingish between vivid red and green.

[Provost Harrison]

*whoosh*

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
So any more suggestions about the order?

1. Field Artillery
2. Armor
3. Military Intelligence
4. Medical Services
5. Engineers
6. Infantry
7. Adjutant General
8. Signal Corps
9. Finance
10. Aviation
11. Air Defense
12. Military Police
13. Ordnance Corps
14. Quartermaster Corps
15. Transportation
16. Chemical Corps

I suspect you'll get Field Artillery, last I heard they're still short on officers. If your looking for something that gives you good $$$ in the civilian world when you get out MI would probably have an edge.

As an officer you'll have security clearance no matter what branch. Field Artillery gives you a shot at NASA and Space Command jobs, but Military Intelligence would give you a shot at those and even more juicy positions also down the road.

With all the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism going on MI is a golden ticket right now.

Another thing to think about is the personnel you'll be interacting with. Field Artillery has the LOWEST intelligence requirement of all MOS's in the Armed Forces. If you're too stupid to march you can still pull a rope and make things go boom in the Artillery. They have the smartest officers and the dumbest grunts.

In Military Intelligence the Enlisted are all fairly smart as those MOSs require some of the highest test scores to get in to. BUT, promotions are going to MUCH less competitive in Field Artillery.

[Apocalypse]

Yeah. I have a 98 outta 99 on the ASVAB, but I'm aware of the whole situation with enlisted FA guys. One nice thing is that the OBC is close to Dallas and I could hang out there every weekend.

FA actually got filled up pretty nicely with people from the class of 2006. I'm 2007. I have enlisted MI experience but that does not help out that much. MI lts don't do much...from what I have heard it is much better to go combat arms and then MI. That's what I hope to do.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I thought you had to score 100 to become an Occifer?

If it was me, I would probably go
1) Military Intelligence
2) Field Artillery

simply because I think you would have a better shot at some good schools (like language schools, etc) but you're probably right about going Artillery to get some rank then switching to MI.

Will you have a six year committment as an officer then have to decide to get out or go indefinite?

[Apocalypse]

The scale only goes up to 99.

I'm doing it through cadetland anyway.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
The scale only goes up to 99.

I'm doing it through cadetland anyway.

Yikes! OTBOT I was thinking GT not ASVAB. Sorry about that.
(I'm so used to the GT stats for determing which MOSs people are eligible for.)

[Apocalypse]

Yeah, these days it's the ASVAB. It has many books and prep courses like the SAT and LSAT. I personally don't know why. I didn't even know I had to take a test when I got to MEPS.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

With OTBOT Officers your supposed to be able to be placed in ANY branch and perform so your supposed to be able to grasp anything. So the ASVAB makes a lot more sense than catagorical breakdown of differnt aptitudes.

Although I've come across some really clueless officers.

[Apocalypse]

Yeah...some of the officer placements are kinda stupid though. There are people who are combat diver qualified who ended up getting stuck in QMD.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Apocalypse

Any reason I should really try?

I'm a bit color blind so it is a big strike against me for aviation already and I don't want to go through the crap to get everything.

Color blind isn't just a strike it is a disqualifier. MI is a desk job, armor and arty have no civilian counter parts so they don't have any marketable skills, so mesdical or engineers would be my choice. If you can get an air traffic controllers spot then that'd be a $100k per year job lined up if you ever decided to get out. If you really want to be hard core then Infantry would be 100% marketable if you ever wanted to go rangers or SF or even a mild special ops job like Psyop.

[Apocalypse]

Well I could still be a ranger with even something like Quartermaster. Infantry isn't the only way nowadays, just the easiest.

I really don't want to be an air traffic controller for a living.

I honestly want to be a human resources director for a major company. That is my dream.

[Apocalypse]

Some intelligence or security field would be very enjoyable too though.

[Dr Strangelove]

Which branch handles the nukes? I'm not talking about the little field missles, "Honest John", "Tiny Dink", or whatever, I mean the big bad ones with the multiple warheads able to obliterate a dozen cities in a single blow. That's the way to go if you're looking for real power. If you get into that branch then truly your words will be backed by nuclear weapons. I wonder if they'd let me in that branch?

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Oerdin
and arty have no civilian counter parts so they don't have any marketable skills,

Arty Enlisted doesn't have a civilian counterpart. Arty Officer does, the space industry.

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Which branch handles the nukes? I'm not talking about the little field missles, "Honest John", "Tiny Dink", or whatever, I mean the big bad ones with the multiple warheads able to obliterate a dozen cities in a single blow. That's the way to go if you're looking for real power. If you get into that branch then truly your words will be backed by nuclear weapons. I wonder if they'd let me in that branch?

If I was to guess I think that would be Ordinance. Probably a specialized group in that branch that dealt specifically with chemical/nuclear ammo.