ID in Army or Air Force

[MicroBugs]

Hi- I'm interested in doing Infectious Disease in conjunction with the military. I've narrowed it down to Army and AF, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice for which one may be a better branch for doing ID. Would one have better/more opportunities than the other?
Thanks!

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[Croooz]

Hi- I'm interested in doing Infectious Disease in conjunction with the military. I've narrowed it down to Army and AF, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice for which one may be a better branch for doing ID. Would one have better/more opportunities than the other?
Thanks!

With the consolidation of military research it doesn't matter.

 

[NavyFP]

Hi- I'm interested in doing Infectious Disease in conjunction with the military. I've narrowed it down to Army and AF, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice for which one may be a better branch for doing ID. Would one have better/more opportunities than the other?
Thanks!

All three services work at USAMRID.

 

[MicroBugs]

Well, I guess I'm not going to narrow it down that way then....hmmm....

 

[Zerosixjt]

What other labs are available to work in?

Do military scientists work at all government labs (NIH, NIAID, CDC) or just military affiliated?

Any HPSP recipients taking this path?

 

[DogFaceMedic]

Army may have more residency opportunities. But, choose the service based on which service you like and what each offers. Army has ID specialists in DC area for all those deployed for Desert Storm, OIF/OEF/etc. Yet, they use all services for research and treatment.

 

[GMO_52]

Army may have more residency opportunities. But, choose the service based on which service you like and what each offers. Army has ID specialists in DC area for all those deployed for Desert Storm, OIF/OEF/etc. Yet, they use all services for research and treatment.

The Navy has research stations in Peru, Egypt and Indonesia. There's money out there to send medical students and interested housestaff for rotations at these facilities (you might not have to be Navy, I'm not sure).