What science related jobs are there in each branch of the military?

Dee-Gee: What science related jobs are there in each branch of the military?
In the 5 branches of the military (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard), what are the science related jobs, if any, in each branch? Also, if there are any, are they enlisted or officer jobs?

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Answer by jakepi
The US Army is attempting to develop germ warfare that is so specific it will only attack either Russians or Chinese. God help those in the US with the same background. The military wants to use the weather as a weapon. The federal reserve wants to use Economics as a weapon. You can also create vaccines and antidotes for certain poisons for the military. Creation of space based weapon systems that utilize energy beam weapons is high on their list.

Answer by Habib89
there are enlisted and officer in all fields. take a look at each branch’s website to read more about jobs. the navy and air force both are heavy in engineering and science, although the army also has a lot of civil engineering.

air force for example has the developmental engineering field which is basically their R&D field. They also have a scientist field (i forget the exact name) which is more about chemical engineering. my point is that all branches will need all types of engineering and science disciplines. just go to the websites and read up on the jobs. then you can go to https://usmilitary.about.com and you can read more detailed descriptions of each job.

as far as your decision on whether you want to be an officer or not. if you have a degree, become an officer. nothing wrong with being an enlisted person, they work their butts off, but you went to college presumably to make more money and have more of a mangement position as opposed to a technician position, and that’s the difference between officer and enlisted.

Answer by dlwr300
USCG has the marine science technician rate . MSTs are mostly stationed at marine safety units overseeing spill clean ups and conducting facility inspections and inspecting commercial ships. There’s are few MSTs onboard polar-class ice breakers and a few at the USCG Marine Safety Lab ) doing chemistry stuff. Officers work at the marine safety units but they’re farther away from the action, directing the enlisteds who are directing the clean up effort. At the small marine safety units, officers are part of the ship inspection team. Other rates are stationed at marine safety units but they’re just as likely to be assigned to a cutter or a small boat search and rescue (SAR) station where as MSTs don’t have any assignments on cutters and SAR stations.

USCG also has health service technicians (another enlisted rate) doing medical stuff —

Is a computer-related rating close enough to science?

What about avionics technician?

Electronics technician, electrician’s mate and aviation maintenance technician might be options —