Active
Duty
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The Air Force provides
opportunities for entomologists to apply their professional skills
in consulting, teaching, and writing while gaining management
experience. With only 15 individuals, the medical entomology career
field (43M) is one of the smallest in the Air Force. Thirteen
assignments are in the United States and one in each of two
locations overseas |
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Entry level Medical Entomologists provide support for educational
programs at the School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, or
literature updates at the Defense Pest Management Information
Analysis Center, Washington, DC. These two assignments provide an
opportunity for a newly commissioned entomologist to have mentors
with the same specialty. The remaining assignments provide field
support at Japan, supervisory experience at the School of Aerospace
Medicine, policy development at the Pentagon, career broadening, and program
implementation at two major commands (Air Mobility Command at Scott
AFB, IL, and European Command at Ramstein AB, Germany).
Company Grade officers (Lieutenants and Captains) typically serve
in positions of support and implementation. Field grade officers
(Majors, Lieutenant Colonels, and Colonels) serve in supervisory and
policy development positions. All officers are encouraged to apply
for career broadening assignments such as teaching at the Air Force
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Reserves
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Mobilization Augmentees (IMAs) are members of the USAF Reserves who
have specific duties and responsibilities with active duty units.
They typically hold jobs in the civilian workforce and perform two
weeks of duty during an annual tour (AT) and 12 or 24 days of
inactive duty training (IDT). They can, as agreed upon by their
unit, perform other tours to support the active duty forces or
reserves forces. Medical IMA specialties (and some others) are
"centrally managed." These IMAs are supported from a central office
and are not assigned to a unit, but are "attached" to a unit for
duty. One IMA is currently attached to the USAF School of Aerospace
Medicine, and one is "on loan" from the technical training center at
Sheppard AFB, TX. Maj David Bowles is formally attached to the
USAFSAM and TSgt Mathew Kramm has volunteered to perform his AT and
IDT with us. Maj Bowles is a PhD entomologist and TSgt Kramm is a
civil engineer environmental specialist. These professionals are a
tremendous asset to the USAFSAM program. They research, develop, and
build lessons and presentations, lecture in our USAFSAM courses, and
assist in many of our tasks in and out of the classroom. Each brings
to the program their tremendous experience, a unique perspective,
and a fresh outlook, which benefit the students’ learning and the
instructors’ teaching skills - A "win - win" situation for the Air
Force! For further information about the USAF Reserves, visit the
Air Reserve
Personnel Center web page:
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