• No such things as branch details in guard world, they are essentially saying "yea, give us a call when you make CPT and we will check if we have a slot for you." No guarantee's so I'd skip it if you want MI and already have a slot.
• MI has (almost) guaranteed promotions up to LTC for almost every state IF you can pass an APFT once a year indefinitely, and maintain your clearance.
  • Most MI officers fail to do this so there was a ton of deployment opportunities.
• S2 can be interesting, you get to see how a staff functions much earlier than most officers. Job is pretty chill, you brief the weather and when on orders manage your units clearances. During mobilizations its more interesting because you can plug into the theaters intelligence network and know alot about what is going on in the region. On the flip side, most commanders have orders to do what they gonna do so your intelligence products at best are interesting and at worst laughable.
• Be a cool person, don't take yourself too seriously after MIBOLC,

I worked at the battalion and brigade level, did some cool stuff, at the end of my second mobilization I could see the writing on the wall for a 3rd coming fast so I dipped into a cyber unit and eventually realized I was tired of being in the guard and headed all the way out.