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71E Clinical Laboratory

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Overview

A Clinical Laboratory Officer conducts and directs laboratory procedures used to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. The officer may direct blood bank programs and manages laboratory resources to support quality patient care in organizations within and outside the continental United States.

Core Skills

  • Blood bank program and procedure direction
  • Laboratory resource management for patient care

Civilian Career Paths

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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Conducting and directing laboratory procedures for disease detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention transfers directly to clinical laboratory testing.

How to prepare: Compare your education and laboratory experience with target employers' credentialing criteria and the intended state's laboratory licensing rules. Technologists typically need a bachelor's degree; some states require licensing or registration, and employers may prefer certification.

What the civilian work involves
  • Analyze samples of biological material for chemical content or reaction.
  • Analyze laboratory findings to check the accuracy of the results.
  • Conduct chemical analysis of body fluids, including blood, urine, or spinal fluid, to determine presence of normal or abnormal components.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • MEDITECH software
  • Commercial plate reader software

Clinical Laboratory Manager

Directing laboratory or blood bank procedures and managing laboratory resources provides specific experience for managing clinical laboratory services.

How to prepare: Build a laboratory operations portfolio showing the procedures or programs you directed and how you allocated resources to support patient care.

What the civilian work involves
  • Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
  • Plan, implement, and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 71E Clinical Laboratory

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 71E (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Blood bank program and procedure direction, Laboratory resource management for patient care, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (O*NET 29-2011.00), Clinical Laboratory Manager (O*NET 11-9111.00)

  2. O*NET: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (O*NET 29-2011.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: clinical laboratory technologists and technicians

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists (O*NET 29-2011.00)

  4. O*NET: Medical and Health Services Managers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Clinical Laboratory Manager (O*NET 11-9111.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 71E

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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