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Career Description

As an Air Force Pathologist, you'll do exactly what you do as a civilian pathologist — perform pathological examinations of body tissue. The only difference is you'll do it in a setting devoid of hospital bureaucracy and insurance hassles. Your patients will be Airmen and their families around the world, which means you could end up working in the United States or abroad.

Career Tasks

• Diagnose diseases by performing necropsies and pathological examination of body tissues
• Analyze case histories
• Prepare tissues for microscopic examination
• Manage clinical laboratory services and schedule and assign medical technicians in clinical pathological procedures

Relevant Interests & Skills

You might like this career if you have interests in these areas:

• Health and Medicine
• Natural Science
• Business Operations and Administration

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.