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61G Infectious Disease Officer

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Overview

An Infectious Disease Officer diagnoses infectious diseases, confirms them through laboratory work, and provides treatment. They control these diseases and study or describe their natural history and transmission kinetics.

Core Skills

  • Laboratory confirmation of infectious diseases
  • Characterization of disease transmission kinetics
  • Description of infection natural history

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Infectious Disease Physician

Military experience diagnosing, confirming, treating, and controlling infectious diseases directly overlaps with civilian infectious disease practice.

How to prepare: Contact the target state's medical board and prospective employer's credentialing office to review your medical education, residency and subspecialty training records against licensure and practice requirements. All states require physician licensure, with requirements varying by state.

What the civilian work involves
  • Diagnose, treat and prevent infectious diseases.
  • Guide antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention.

Epidemiologists

Military work describing infectious disease natural history and transmission kinetics supports epidemiologic investigation of disease progression and transmission.

How to prepare: First compare your existing professional education and epidemiology, statistics, and study-design training with a target employer's requirements to identify specific gaps. BLS describes entry preparation as typically at least a master's degree, with some epidemiologists holding a medical degree, so determine whether targeted coursework or further graduate education is needed.

What the civilian work involves
  • Investigate diseases or parasites to determine cause and risk factors, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission.
  • Monitor and report incidents of infectious diseases to local and state health agencies.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
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  • SAS

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 61G Infectious Disease Officer

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 61G (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Laboratory confirmation of infectious diseases, Characterization of disease transmission kinetics, Description of infection natural history, Infectious Disease Physician, Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

  2. American Board of Medical Specialties: Infectious Disease

    [2] Infectious Disease definition; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Infectious Disease Physician

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Physicians and Surgeons

    [3] What They Do; Duties; How to Become One, Training and Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Infectious Disease Physician

  4. O*NET: Epidemiologists

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: epidemiologist education and preparation

    [5] How to Become an Epidemiologist, Education; checked September 24, 2026

    Supports: Epidemiologists (O*NET 19-1041.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 61G

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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