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roger29
8 February 2004, 21:42
I hate stressing out about friggn branching! All I want is INFANTRY! Sorry, just here to vent and relieve stress!
Ckim715
8 February 2004, 21:46
I hear that, I want Infantry too...MI would be cool..but Infantry is for me...
Sammy Sandbag
8 February 2004, 21:53
Are both of you MSIIIs? What year are you graduating?
Hammer6
8 February 2004, 22:18
Just wait until the night you receieve them. YOu'll be all stressing out then like the last few hours your just like fuck it, whatever I get, I get... you cant do anything at that point to change what you got..
roger29
9 February 2004, 00:22
Yeah, I'm an MSIII.
StuporMunky
9 February 2004, 01:30
If you guys wanna know stress, then branching night would be it (not that I actually went through it). My PMS gave a big long speech about how the year before they had given out fake branches, and how that was cruel and it was no longer gonna be done. They gave out all the branches, and everyone's gettin aviation, except for the last one. They hand the extraordinarily talented, but somewhat unmotivated cadet one bottle of tequila signifying chem corps, the last choice on his wish list. The look on his face was enough to make you cry. After a few minutes of gleefully watching his internal struggles play out on his face, the cadre hand him a toy apache and a pair of aviator glasses. Cruel indeed.
airjun
9 February 2004, 03:34
ill branch you!! i'll branch you good
Gambit
10 February 2004, 00:43
you cant do anything at that point to change what you got..

Not true at all. A good friend of mine got chem corps and demanded that he be re-assessed... which he was, to Infantry (just as he wanted). Where there's a will, there's a way...
Sammy Sandbag
10 February 2004, 06:29
Same happened to a fellow classmate who was originally assessed finance corps then reassessed into aviation. Things can change, just depends on how determined you are, and how willing your cadre are to help you.
Gambit
10 February 2004, 11:14
...and how willing your cadre are to help you.

That part is KEY. To be re-assessed, you need to be signed off not only by your PMS but by your Brigade... so cadre support is a must.

Side note, for all of you in AROTC/Eastern Region... the CSM's first name is Major... hah... Command Sergeant Major Major Washington...

http://www.usaac.army.mil/cc/east/cmdgrp/csm.htm
roger29
10 February 2004, 11:20
Hey, just in case of the need to reassess, how would I go about doing that? What is the procedure?
Gambit
10 February 2004, 11:24
Speaking from someone who does not have intimate experience with it, I would say that the first step is to find a cadre member that like you and ask them. :)

Seriously, you're going to have to use them as a crutch... as I'm sure you know, any attempt to go over their head will probably look bad on you and them. But they have paperwork to fill out and submit to BDE, I would try to find out from them what it is, and then make sure that they're following up on it.