The Army accepts almost every college major for commissioning, with Nursing and Cybersecurity being the exceptions. Nursing majors who wish to serve on active duty must join the Army Nurse Corps, while the Cybersecurity Branch is highly competitive. Students aiming for this branch are encouraged to pursue a major in cybersecurity or computer science to qualify.
Officer Career Fields (Branches) are divided into three main categories:
Officers within the Maneuver, Fires, and Effects are tasked with protecting lives through the actual or perceived use of weapons and movement against the enemy. Examples of Branches within this field are Engineers, Chemical Corps, Infantry, Armor, Aviation, and Field Artillery.
Force Sustainment trains, supports and transports. Branches include the solider-training Adjutant General Division, weapons systems and munitions-developing Ordnance Corps, field operations-supporting Quartermaster Corps, budget and disbursement managing Finance Corps and supply-moving Transportation Corps. Together, this division keeps the Total Army trained and running.
Thwart threats and keep information systems humming with Operations Support. The division’s Military Intelligence Corps saves in-battle front-line soldiers by assessing risks and enemy challenges by managing intelligence and data. The Signal Corps maintains Army’s data, information and voice systems through insightful planning, integration and operation. Cybersecurity conducts integrated and synchronized defensive and offensive cyberspace operations by targeting hostile enemy activities and capabilities.