Navy clinical psychologists assist on-duty and off-duty Naval officers with issues related to their careers, relationships and financial planning. They also help with stress management, depression, grief after loss, anger management and crisis intervention. Navy clinical psychologists work in military hospitals and clinics throughout the country and the world. Graduate students seeking internship opportunities with the Navy must have completed all of their doctoral requirements (including a dissertation), have experience with in-patient and out-patient care, maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher and have experience in health psychology or behavioral medicine. In addition to internships, the Navy also offers the Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP), which provides students with the opportunity to receive 100 percent tuition assistance. To obtain employment as an active duty clinical psychologist, candidates must be U.S. citizens between the ages of 18 and 41 years old, be in good physical condition and be willing to serve a minimum of three years of active duty.
Information warfare officers are a vital part of the defense and invasion decision-making process. They are responsible for conducting Computer Network Operations (CNO), processing real-time signal intelligence, coordinating warfare exercises and operations, advising commanding officers and leading information operations personnel. Naval information warfare officers work in all parts of the world, in the ocean, in the air and on land. They also work in the Pentagon, in the National Security Agency and in regional cryptologic centers across the country. The Junior Officer Career Cryptologic Program is a competitive three-year program with an intensive internship at the National Security Agency that prepares information warfare officers for management career advancement. Applicants to the program must possess a bachelor's degree, have two years of intelligence experience and be a Lieutenant or Captain with no more than 10 years experience. The Navy also has a Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, which offers master's or doctoral training programs.
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) within the Department of Navy (DoN) provides technical advice to the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations. The ONR offers the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program (NREIP) for students who have completed at least their sophomore years of college. These are competitive research internships in which undergraduate or graduate students spend 10 weeks during the summer conducting research supervised by mentors. Research is conducted in one of 12 DoN laboratories within the science and engineering disciplines. Students are selected based on their personal statements, research interests, recommendations and academic achievement. Selected undergraduate students receive stipends of $7,690 and graduate students receive stipends of $10,250.