What Army MOS (branch) is the best to commission into?

SGT(P) (Join to see), just thought might you update CPT (Join to see) and me. Did you decide to attend AOCS and if so, do you have a start date yet?

Only you can determine that. I can only tell you what I'd prefer.

It all depends on what's your goals. Any combat arms is good but at the same time they are very competitive.

I would say logistics or Intelligence, but it all comes down to what you like to do.

I appreciate all of the advice I have received from this thread; I am going to do some more research on my options. As of now, I plan on branching Infantry, but that is subject to change. I will keep you all updated as I go throughout the process!

SGT(P) (Join to see): where are you attending AOCS?

Infantry, 100% of the time. It teaches you how to lead. You can transition out after your first 4 years. And you wouldn’t do anything worth doing in those 4 years as support, you need experience and rank to be a decision maker.

In the Guard, Infantry will probably give you the greatest breadth of exposure. You will eventually work with Artillery, Logistics, Intelligence, etc. I noted your comment about using this relative to your civilian resume. My thoughts here are this... Leadership is a great intangible. If you can demonstrate discipline and mastery over the Troop Leading Procedures and look objectively at how your planning, decision making and leadership affect your Soldiers, that is the best way to create examples in future interviews for civilian employment. Regardless of your branch, developing factual and qualitative responses to behavioral type questions will be your ace. I did 3 years as an enlisted mechanic, 12 years as an Infantryman, and am currently an Engineer officer. My commission source was Direct Appointment. Good luck, whichever you choose!

Reading the previous comments reminded me of a type of thinking that I disliked while on active duty, and that was looking at your service through the prism of “careerism”. Are you in service because you want to serve or are you there because you want to make rank and have an EZ retirement and civilian benes? I know the rank and benefits are important to family, but so is the courage and character of the soldier who follows a path that enables him to contribute his best and truly serve to best of his ability. If you are a warrior and good at it, go Infantry or Armor. Do what you love and do best. Whether or not you get rank and a good job after service you can look in a mirror at the end of your life and know you served and you did your best.

In my opinion, and through my life experience, get into the field you love. What do you like? What do you love? what are you willing to compromise for the sake of fast promotion, excitement? If you one day wish to become a BG or higher, you need TROOP LEADING/COMBAT/COMMAND. bUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE TO DECIDE FOR YOU, you gotta love what you do. Or you'll walk away from it or worse, lead, command badly, even toxically. And no one wants or needs a toxic leader.