On Point: Open Your Envelopes!

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The waiting is finally over.

One night to find out my path for the next five to eight years.

Will it be infantry, ordnance, signal corps, or one of the other 14 options.

How will I feel? Happy, disappointed, emotional.

Will all of my 41 months' worth of intense academic, physical and military training be worth it?

These are the thoughts that run through a firsties' mind walking into Eisenhower Hall in mid-November for one of the most anticipated night while at the United States Military Academy.

Branch Night.

Every year the senior class assembles in the auditorium, where the class president and military personnel briefly speak about the importance of the evening in relation to the future officers' chosen profession in the Army.

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