One of the U.S. Army’s newest Functional Areas (FA), Logistics, combines the areas of Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation. Because of the advanced expertise and training needed to become a logistics officer, this FA is only open to those holding the rank of captain and higher in the Army.

Created due to an increasing need for multi-skilled leaders, officers serving in Logistics are focused on the complete picture of supply, maintenance, and transportation. This is in direct response to the multifunctional needs of today’s modern battlefield.

It’s not just the strongest law firm. The Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps was established in 1775, making it the oldest law firm in the nation. As a JAG attorney and officer, you’ll serve as prosecutor or defense counsel in international, operational, labor, contract, environmental, tort, and administrative law. You’ll provide military, state, and federal legal services for the U.S. Army and its soldiers. You’ll also have immediate experience, handling real cases and significant legal issues.

To be an infantry officer is to be at the core of the Army’s fighting force. In this position, you will be a leader in the main land combat force of the U.S. Army. You will serve as a platoon leader and eventually as a company commander. You will ensure that your troops work together for a common goal. You will also share in their challenges and in their victories.

The Army’s Finance Corps is a Combat Service Support branch responsible for sustaining operations through purchasing and acquiring supplies and services. As an officer in this branch, some of the many duties you may regularly perform include paying commercial vendors, paying soldiers and civilians for their service, balancing and projecting budgets, calculating travel and transportation allowances, preparing and distributing reports and financial statements, and managing other financial matters that keep the Army running.

As an officer in Field Artillery, you will become a combined arms expert, controlling long- range weapons while coordinating with Armor and Infantry forces. Leaders in this branch may also coordinate their strikes with tactical air, naval gunfire, and Army aviation weapons.

These officers are on the battlefield responding with long- range precision weapons against distant targets. They neutralize or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket, or missile fire.

The Army's cyber force is engaged in the real‐world cyberspace fight today, against near‐peer adversaries, ISIS, and other global cyber threats. The Corps defends military networks, secure Army weapons platforms, and protect critical U.S. infrastructure. Cyber operations officers oversee both offensive and defensive cyberspace operations in support of the full range of military programs. Offensive operations involve the application of computer capabilities to target the capabilities of enemies and hostile adversaries.

The second oldest regiment in the Army, the Corps of Engineers is one of the most dynamic branches in the Army. As an officer in this branch, you can lead various engineer units, including Sapper, Stryker, Bradley, Construction, Geospatial, Dive, Bridge, Power, rescue, and training. From conducting reconnaissance to construction roads to analyzing terrain data and more, the roles of engineers across these units are as varied as they are crucial to the U.S. Army.

Our Army has a proud history pf working with the civil population to prevent conflict and to identify underlying conditions of instability. In order to do this, Civil Affairs officers learn and work through the cultures and language of the operational environment. These leaders are then deployed globally, applying their regional, cultural, and language expertise to support U.S. ambassadors, combatant commanders, and our partner nations’ efforts to prevent conflict.

Challenging doesn’t even begin to describe the job of an officer in the Chemical Corps. In this branch, you will train in the detection and identification of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons, reconnaissance, decontamination, and smoke operations.

Since the country’s inception, Army chaplains have provided religious services and guidance in times of war and peace. Today, officers in the Chaplain Corps perform or provide religious support for all soldiers and family members. As a leader in this corps, you will serve both God and country with rewards and challenges like no other in the Army.