As others stated: You’ll have to do due diligence and “dig” in order to know what branch best represents the mission you wanna be apart of. We can all speak of experiences on working in many pharmacy’s in the uniformed services , but each branch does indeed play the same role in a highly different way.
As a P4, your best bet is to do deep research...This is a choice not to be taken lightly and your preparedness on the packet(s) in a timely matter will prove that. As far as the army goes (and the others typically follow this outline more or less) you have to have your licensure in hand. The packet is a long process that an AMEDD recruiter has to assist you with (GPA, physical health evaluation - background, etc). Give yourself a good 7-10 month window to have this packet completed. Each branch has a handful of slots (as few as 1 or many as 20 depending who leaves and/or retires).
Very competitive, but worth it if service means something. Shadow if possible and see what others say. It can be very demanding but rewarding. I’m actually leaving as a non-comissioned Officer (pharm tech) due to a medical discharge (ie deployed readiness training injury) and pursuing a pharmD instead. As far as inside details of army pharmacist roles I can get in touch with some to give you further details.
