Life as an Army Science Officer

As a graduate student generally, and specifically as a Postdoc, I was very discouraged by the industrial and academic opportunities available. Industry seemed solely money driven, and academics appeared too political and often with little reward for the long hours required. I became interested in military service in my third year in graduate school, but I was under the impression I was too old and that the military didn’t have a focus on science. I was dead wrong on both counts.