A friend is about to commission. His goal is to eventually join the Special Forces. What branch should he pursue? CA, MI, SC?

2LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 11:45:33 -0400

Response by CPT Joseph K Murdock made Aug 14 at 2016 12:22 PM

CPT Joseph K Murdock — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:22:45 -0400

Infantry

Response by SMSgt Thor Merich made Aug 14 at 2016 2:00 PM

SMSgt Thor Merich — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:00:03 -0400

MI would be more useful in his "afterlife" when he gets out of the military.

Response by ENS Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2016 4:01 PM

ENS Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:01:20 -0400

Best of luck to your friend! SF Officers have a tough life. Tip of the Spear!

Response by SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2016 5:19 PM

SPC(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 17:19:40 -0400

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Aug 14 at 2016 6:23 PM

SGM Steve Wettstein — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:23:14 -0400

Infantry would probably be the best. If not that then one of the other combat arms MOSs. He has to remember that SF really only does small unit stuff so he needs to concentrate on small unit tactics and being a small unit leader.

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Aug 14 at 2016 10:46 PM

CPT Aaron Kletzing — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:46:38 -0400

Your friend should go Infantry

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 15 at 2016 12:51 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:51:48 -0400

Does he want to eventually branch SF or just work with them? What is his source of commissioning? As you might know you can't directly branch neither CA nor SF, so he would have to wait to be a CPT or CPT (P), then attend either of their respective course.

A recent commissioned 2ndLT at my school went SC and got sent with SF.

Some good info: http://www.sorbrecruiting.com/SF_Qualifications.htm

SF Qualifications

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 18 at 2016 3:27 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 15:27:10 -0400

Is he reserves? If he's active, he can't pursue the CA route until he's either a 1LT promotable or CPT.