Which branch should I pursue through ROTC (or OCS), Infantry or Armor?

https://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/five-military-students-named-rhodes-scholars-1.198437

If the can get this, you can certainly try for it, if you can get your GPA up, honest....

https://www.todaysmilitary.com/working/careers/operations-research-analysts

I'd very seriously commend this to your attention, as it'd overlap nicely with history, economics, and political science, as I'd explained, honest...there are other approaches to history thama purely verbal pattern of study, I assure you, and history is inextricably intertwined with economics and political science, which is why I also suggest law, and your going JAG....

https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/transportation-and-aviation/aviation-officer.html

I'd very seriously consider this, not just as aviator/pilot, but also as nav/WSO, not all Army flight raters are warrants, I've seen Army commissioned flight on Jere, honest, of they can do it, you could possibly, also, out know? I'm me rely suggesting that to expand your horizons, OK?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Attach%C3%A9_System

This could be quite a god fit for you, I think, as I'd said, honest....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School

And this, I had a recommend for it while USAF, I couldn't get it, both schools are allowed for Army as I'd said....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Institute_of_Technology

Read this....

There's something you need to understand, I got very heavily engrossed in infantry and armor tactics, both from a verbal standpoint, as well as a quantitative ops research standpoint...you must he doing quantitative management as part of Army ROTC, or will...I had t, out would also, immsure of it, which would give you a taste of ops research....have you done any math? Physics? Chen? Do you have any flight interests? Would you want to go rotary wing flight as commissioned at all? Why mist it he only infantry or armor? Is your vision god enough to try for Army flight as commissioned? Would you be willing to at least entertain the idea? Also, elaborate on your hobbies, reading interests, and any research interests out !might had, knowing all that would give me a more complete picture of you. In order to be able to suggest more options for you, honest...look also at the military attache program, your intellectual tastes !right fit well there, as well as in law, honest...I'd he most eager to hear !ore, I'll try to send more if at app possible, OK?

And are you in SMP now? Green to gold? Would you want a STEM major like ops research at all that has very string relation to history, economics, and political science? I merely office r that as a thought...

I considered both, and went with Infantry. It has been challenging, but it has been worth it. Armor is very insecure about not being Infantry at this point, and whatever you do in life, that attitude won't serve you well. Not every armor officer has it, but who wants to be around that from those that do? Infantry is the best path to upper levels of leadership in the Army because it is what we do, period. You should seriously consider the Navy. They don't walk, and you could do their core role (surface warfare). In addition, wartime or not, they always have a real world mission going on. The previous advice of considering each service is very good. That means talking to their recruiters and taking time to figure out what you'd do of you had to choose that one service. Then compare best to best, and Army may not be the best option.

there is a saying that in Infantry and special ops, you equip the man, while in armor you man the equipment. ( I'm pretty sure I heard that from another infantryman.). But I did attend the Armor Officer Advanced Course as a foreign exchange student from Infantry. And an awful lot of the focus is about "fighting the tank" and maintaining it. I found there was a very different mindset with the armor guys than in the airborne infantry units I served in.

With armor, it was sort of like," we will beat your ass because our M1 can shoot and maneuver circles around your T72. " It was tank capabilities vs tank capabilities. Whereas in airborne infantry units, it was more, "we will beat your ass because I'm a MFing American paratrooper and it doesn't matter if all I've got is a knife in my hand, because I'm just badder than you." I found I really enjoyed serving with soldiers with that mindset.

But that being said, you should probably go armor. There is another saying, "the worst ride beats the best walk" and frankly if you are already whining about humping a ruck based upon the relatively small amount you did in basic, you will never make it as an infantry officer. And infantry soldiers deserve leaders who don't whine about difficult things.