1. “Career Opportunities in the U.S. Military & Government:
A Scientist Prospective”
Robert Carter III, Ph.D., M.P.H.
US Army Captain, Medical Service Corps
Research Physiologist

3. Objectives
Why Work for the Military and Government?
Where in Government are Scientists
Employed?
Where in the Military are Scientists Employed?
What are the Challenges and Rewards?

5. “ The government organizations think of the postdoc period as a training period, and support training through institutional programs”
David Gottesman -
NIH Intramural Research
Deputy Director
NCI
NIH
Livermore Lab
Naval Research Lab
NIEHS
Similar postdoc salary, postdoc officer, etc. However, Fed Labs tended to have higher salaries. Livermore Lab had the highest range. 45,600 to 93,600.
Some of the inst programs include workshops on drug development, technology transfer, research ethics, and grant writing to help equip researchers for future careers on and off the bench.

6. Scientists in Government
National Laboratories
Lovelace, Lawrence Livermore
National Institutes of Health
Federal Bureau of Investigation
USDA, NASA
Indian Health Service
Federal Departments and Agencies

7. National Research Council
Federal Laboratories
Postdoctoral and Senior Scientist Fellowships

8. Scientists in Government
Laboratory Scientists
Grants Administrators
Science Policy
Technology Transfer
Information Technology Specialist

9. Scientists in Government
Websites of Agencies (NIH)

10. Scientists Within the Military

11. Scientists Within the Military
DoD Civilians
Uniformed Officers
Contractors
National Research Council Fellows
Public Health Service Officers
Other Governmental Agencies

12. Scientists Within the Military
Naval, Army, and Air Force Medical Centers
Specialty Laboratories
Infectious Disease, Naval Submarine Lab, Surgical Research, WRAIR
Industry
Military Academies, Medical School
National Institutes of Health
Armed Forces Radiobiology Laboratory

13. Scientists Within the Military
Central America
Middle East
Balkans
Central Asia
Korea
Africa
South
America
Tibetan Plateau

14. Scientists within the Military
Biochemists
Biomechanicists
Biomedical Engineers
Biophysicists
Cellular Biologists
Dietitians
Epidemiologists
Mathematicians
Microbiologists
Medical Technologists
Nutritional Scientists
Pharmacologists
Physical Scientists
Physicians
Physiologists
Psychologists
Statisticians
Veterinarians

15. Scientists within the Military
Government Service Application (DoD)
National Research Council (Fellowships)
Commissioned Officers (HC Recruiters)
DoD
Public Health Service Corps
Health Care Recruiter

16. Career Challenges in Military or Government?
Grant Writing Experience
NIH Grant Writing Workshops
Proposals, STO Funding
Academic Flexibility
Collaboration, Publishing
Inventions, Security Issues

17. Career Challenges in Military or Government?
Change Duty Assignments (Active Duty Military)
Foreign Postdocs / Scientists
Security (Post 9/11)
Citizenship Issues
Mission or Objective Oriented*

18. Careers Rewards in Military or Government?
Job Security
Intramural Funding
No Teaching Responsibilities
Travel & Adventure
Field Research
Airborne
Combat

19. Careers Rewards in Military or Government?
Benefits
Insurance
Pension and Retirement Plans
Leadership Experience
Patriotism

20. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson