What is the best Army officer branch to commission into?

Sam M since this was written, this was published. https://www.rallypoint.com/command-post/how-do-i-choose-an-army-branch-a-framework

Sam M and 1LT (Join to see) solid contemporary advice.

Capt Daniel Goodman Army Materiel Command AMC, aka A Million Civivlians, is the strategic enterprise. Their are a handful of officers and the O3 level and above that serve on the HQ Staffs, other than that, the operational and tactical level of logistics is in the Sustainment Brigades, Expeditionary Support Commands, and the Brigade Combat Teams. AMC has a few units, but usually only consist of 1-2 green suiters (AFSBs and AFSBn's supporting the force regionally) unless you are in Army Contingency Command. ACC has Captains and above because Comtracting is a functional area that you have to get into as a senior captain. I commanded one of the last Companies in AMC, 95th Maintenance Co TMDE.

If this is your area of interest Sam M , ask for Ordnance 91A and become an FA90 or a 53A/C when you do the CFD. Understand that if you are a logistician (OD, QM, TC, and sometimes MSC) you will neeed to come up through the tactical level serving in Brigade Support Battalions in direct support of BCTs or a COmbat Support and Sustainment Battalion (CSSB) in one of their functional companies. They are customers of AMC, obtaining passback support from the BLST Chief, AFSBn, and the installation Logistics Readiness Center. As a FA90 LG Officer, Your point of entry into AMC is as a BLST as a Major, centrally selected command a staff an AFSBn Commander as a LTC, or as a staff officer at Redstone at the HQ, grade dependent, but not before successful Company Command as a Captain.

That is interesting, I'd expected there'd he such restrictions on assignments by grade, I was initially in an acquisition SPO, though I was moved to pure research, fortunately, as I'd just been bored out of my skull by acquisitions where I'd been, I'd just been aware of a good many Army organizations of that type, however, your details about actual grades needed I do certainly find useful info, obviously....

Capt Daniel Goodman this used to be the home of the Ordnance Corps, as a matter of fact I went to my Officer Basic Course and Phase II of my Captains Career Course at APG. Ordnance Center and School closed under BRAC and moved to Ft Lee.

This is now predominantly an Acquisition Officer duty station and is predominantly civilian employees.

I'd kinda figured that, when I'd been in Army ROTC, my unit had gone there as part of a show and tell o see it, I'd always found it interesting from a research standpoint certainly, though I'd of course expect it'd be largely civil service, where I was had largely the same characteristics in USAF, I just didn't know if he knew of it at all, honest....

where if i remember correctly. jsoc, medical, dental, Chaplin ect have their own predisposed cores... and if their all full up, then you hit the back list and go to random normal units anyway.