I always tell the cadets here that there are no "bad" branches, only bad officers. While some branches tend to attract "better" (insert your own definition of "better" here) officers, there are no guarantees. I started off with an Infantry branch detail, and had two of the worst pieces of shit field grades that anyone ever had to suffer under as a battalion commander and XO. And this was in a relatively high-speed conventional unit: the 101st. My wife started off with a "crappy" assignment to the schoolhouse, and ended up working for an incredible command team, complete with an NCO that I desperately tried to get as my First Sergeant and then Sergeant Major. Between my wife and me, which of the two of us do you think wanted to get out after that first duty station?
People are what makes or breaks an officer's career. If you're in a job with good people, you'll have a good assignment. The opposite is also true, no matter what branch you're in. I'm specifically including SOF career fields here as well.
Whatever branch you get, you be the best lieutenant that branch has ever seen. Whatever first post you get, you be the best lieutenant on that post. You focus on people, you focus on accomplishing the mission, and good things will come.
I know.
People are what makes or breaks an officer's career. If you're in a job with good people, you'll have a good assignment. The opposite is also true, no matter what branch you're in. I'm specifically including SOF career fields here as well.
Whatever branch you get, you be the best lieutenant that branch has ever seen. Whatever first post you get, you be the best lieutenant on that post. You focus on people, you focus on accomplishing the mission, and good things will come.
I know.
