I am putting in a green to gold packet. Could people give insight into these officer branches and responsibilities (MI, MP, EN)?

As a former MP who was assigned to MI, I would agree with the Capt. MI has more opportunities, especially in todays Army.

This helps a great deal. I kind of assumed not having an engineering degree would hinder me. MI is actually what I originally wanted to enlist for hut was not available. Part of me wants to do infantry or aviation but the family side of me says no. Is there a way to sort of do a mix between branches?

SPC (Join to see), not to sure about the difference between any of the branches when it comes to family time as an officer. Bottom line there is, you have two families and your spouse had best understand what the two of you are getting into. The idea that your family comes first is a convenient lie that everyone tells you once they are already successful and have sacrificed a portion of their life to get there...and now they are looking back at it and justifying what they did with platitudes like, "My wife is a saint," or, "My family understands." Sure they do. That doesn't make it suck less for them. So...MI, IN, FA, CA, AR, AV...doesn't matter. Time is time and coming to work at 0530 and leaving at 1900 is the way it's done. Sleep when you're dead and make the time with your family quality. You ain't getting quantity in any branch as an officer. Gets worse as you get promoted or are in command/leadership positions. ANYHOW...you can do a branch affiliation as a young officer. Your primary branch could be MI but you could be affiliated to the Infantry. What that means is that you will be an infantry officer for 4 years and will then be forcibly transferred to the MI. What usually happens is that by the time your 4 years are up, you realize that you made a horrible life decision and really want to stay in the combat arms branch that you are in...but HRC rarely lets people out of those situations and you end up doing another 2 years in a branch that you now aren't really fond of. Up to you. I'd chose a profession and then put your oars in the water and row like hell. MP, MI, IN, AR, EN. Do what you WANT to do. Do what appeals to you. This profession is too demanding to be doing something that you don't truly enjoy doing. Keep yourself on the path and do not allow yourself to be kept there by others.

I agree! I will research more and try to find something I can be passionate about

Essayons! Sappers clear the Way! Includes combat engineers (obstacles, mines & demolitions), construction engineers, topographic engineers (mapping), Army dive teams, and Prime Power (electric power generation on a large scale).

Sapper definitely interests me. As well as rescue. I just want something fulfilling and not mind numbing or monotonous

whichever the three you finally choose, complete your captains career course as a first lieutenant or as a captain and then I recommend taking an exciting functional area such as civil affairs or psychological operations. you will definitely expand your horizons more that way and be easily promotable to Major .Originally, I was Military Police branch and now I have Civil Affairs as my functional area. I knew of a registered nurse medical service Corps who was also a psychological operations specialist. I also met a veterinarian who was also civil affairs. Those women are probably both now Lieutenant Colonels because of the experience they gained. Medical service Corps does lend you out to functional areas like civil affairs and psychological operations. That will also keep you from worrying about doing routine and/ or boring things.

some good to think about when you make 1Lt or captain (after you complete your branch Captains Career Course) you can pick a functional area such a civil Affairs or psychological operations. it is a separate branch in the active duty .you could still be an engineer and add civil affairs just like you could be an RN or a veterinarian and joint civil if there's a psychological operations. that is one reason I think I made major very easily is because I picked civil Affairs as a secondary even though military police is my primary. Whichever of the three you choose, they will all be the right answer. Just keep those two suggested functional areas for later. You will be a well-rounded officer. Those other branches have no problem sharing you by the way.