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anon answered on 29 Jan 2018:
It doesn’t go by that name, but if you would like to use scientific acumen to help troops in battle, you could join Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (https://www.gov.uk/dstl). They have placements for students:
Graduate Scientist: covering science, social science, technology, information science, mathematics and statistics.
Judging from their current vacancies, they do look for a wide range of scientific knowledge from chemical safety, to data science, to psychology, to physics, to marine expertise.Another option might be to become operational researcher or an engineer, and work for universities which take grants from the Department of Defence and develop military tech through that means.
Third option – join Defence Intelligence branch of the Department of Defence. They have both civilian options (you will work alongside soldiers, but won’t be considered one) and military ones (more info here: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-intelligence).
Finally, there is an option to join MI5. They seek intelligence officers to help solve some of the most pressing problems too. It’s counter-intelligence/security, not military, but it’s another way to be out their on the (often digital) front line.
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Verity commented on :
If you’re thinking of the type of Scientist that solves crimes in the military (like in TV shows like NCIS), then forensic science might be interesting to you. A forensic scientist specialises in one of many scientific areas, involved in a crime.