Posted on Jun 18, 2015
Does the Army Reseach Lab (ARL) have military members do research or is it all done by civilians?
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I'm currently enlisted in the Guard and in college wanting to get my commission and do research in physics for the Army. I know a lot of medical research is done by those in uniform, and while the ARL does work in the physical sciences I haven't found anything on their website on doing research while still in the service. Any guidance/clarification?
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Most Officers I have encountered in research I believe were 71B, a lot of them had back grounds in exercise physiology and kinesiology, chemistry or hard science they work side by side with civilians and enlisted 68KP9 ( Biological research assistants) to do testing and write abstracts and technical documents on their projects. Natick is one of those unique places that recruit their officers and enlisted.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
Not sure. Generally you have to be an O-3 or above as an officer. It used to be you got branch detailed to an assignment like that. You make it to O-3 get command and then you would be schooled in a secondary specialty such as automation, procurement, etc. something that wasn't a branch specific specialty.
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I did a 3 month TDY as a research volunteer and when i was there the researchers were predominately civilian
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