Careers

Career Description

Insects are not just unwanted houseguests; they are often carriers of dangerous diseases. And with Airmen serving around the world, there's an almost endless variety of bugs for Air Force Medical Entomologists to deal with.

Career Tasks

• Fight diseases, perform a variety of duties to help fight pests, including developing medical pest programs, conducting biologic surveys and advising medical personnel about insect-borne diseases
• Engage in entomologic, epidemiologic and environmental research

Becoming a Direct Commission Officer

To ease your transition into the Air Force, you'll enter a five-week training regimen designed to educate you on the ways of both the military and military healthcare. You'll participate in physical conditioning five days a week, leadership training and classroom studies.