Is it better to branch in something not similar to your civilian job?

No. You should try to branch into what you want to do in your civilian career.

Not redundant at all. Go 31B to align with your civilian job. Military law and civilian law are two separate worlds, one will reinforce the other.

Go MP and take every opportunity to train with civilian police. You can branch transfer later.

You could always branch aviation and become a pilot. Then you can take that over to a civilian LEA and fly for them.

Although best for 1SG and CSM to advise, I will take a shot.

As an MP, you understand the standards, the culture and the procedure; you can walk the walk with the best police officers in the nation. So; branch out and learn a new skillset. The new skill should be compliment your civilian career in the police force.

As a Police Officer, the intelligence, security and investigation fields compliment best your responsibility to the community. Therefore, if I am to branch out, I will most likely choose MILITARY INTELLIGENCE OR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL career paths in my military service.

Your career; your choice!

I'd like to try to give you a few hopefully creative suggestions, for whatever they might be worth. I'd seem you'd listed transportation corps (TC). I did three years Army ROTC at a program that, unfortunately, no longer exists, before I'd gone USAF OTS afterward. I !erepy !mention that to try to illustrate at least a passing familiarity with some of the content of Army ROTC coursework. I'd also actually drilled with my unit at West Point a good deal, went through their obstacle course, did orienteering there with West Point cadets, and repelled down their cliff for that, as well as ate with them in the dining hall, and also stayed with them sometimes in their barracks, not app the time, however, enough, incl formations with them, sufficient to get at least some of the feel.one of my brothers went to one of the academies, where I got to commission him, and a few friends were also SUNY Maritime College, as well as others in the church my wife and I go to, a Pentecostal (she went there before we:d met) were USMC as well as Army Natl Guard, and other friends ehod been Army Reserve. Now, having said all that, I've known of some instances where academy grads though I'm not sire about Army or other service ROTC, are occasionally allowed to commission in other services. I'm not suggesting you ask for that, I merely mention I'd encountered it sometimes, albeit rarely, someone had to generally be pretty stellar to be allowed to do it. Also, if you wamt transportation, a way I think could actually be quite good might be, if you might be so inclined, could be to ask for grad school, either UAF AFIT at Wright Pat, or possibly Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, CA. Similarly, if you'd want to go masters, possibly Ph.D., and really wamt TC, what could, I think, be of inordinate help to you there is being industrial engineering (IE), and or operations research (OR). Look IP a topic if you haven't covered it yet called PERT/CPM, used in multiple engineering and/or logistic fields, its a numerical technique for project planning. Also, a little known facet, I've found, in TC, is that the Army actually has a pretty extensive fleet of ships, often supporting Corps of Engineers. I realize ypid saidmyoud wanted paw enforcement, I realize that. However, consider, also, that, ifmyour vision is adequate, there's nothing to prevent you from either going pilot, or mav for helicopters, which would be an excellent eau to bridge to police aviation, just a thought, of course. I realize most At!u helicopter pilots and or navs (WSOs) are frequently warrants, however, I've read of instances for commissioned At!u aircrew, though I don't know, of course, if its done now. Likewise, I know, going Army ROTC, you've always set your sights and.or thouhgjts on commissioning, I did also, I realize that. However, very frequently, as I reflect on the matter, I often find warrants of interest, as they get to specialize inmwhay they do, even if ROTC programs normally emphasize the commissioning route. I just wonder whether an ROTC grad could actually request to go warrant; I'm not sauingmyoud want that, it was just a passing thought on my part. A substantial part of TC, I'd expect, is logistics, the two are quite frequently intertwined, and often rather inseparable, I'd expect. I realize those things might not be what you'd necessarily expected as suggestions, I just thought I'd mention them here, as their merely occurred to me, I'd be most eager to know your thoughts about any of !y notions. If I see Amy links I think might be worthwhile to send in, I'll try to domsp, of course, as well, o hope it was at least of so e use and/or interest, !any thanks.