<p>If I go to college and get a degree in Aerospace engineering. Then after I graduate and join the navy, will they train me to be an Air traffic control if I get/choose that job? </p>
<p>I don’t see why not.</p>
<p>Wait, what? Actually speaking, you do not need to get an AeroE degree to be an air traffic controller (ATC) job in the Navy. The ATC job is enlisted, you can get it right out of high school, no degree needed because they train you. </p>
<p>If anything, AeroE would be a better qualification for OTHER Navy jobs, like working as, you know, an engineer in Naval Aviation.</p>
<p>No enlisted jobs and very few officers’ jobs in the Navy require or are even substantially influenced by what degree you hold. But the best thing to do would be to contact a few Navy recruiters* and see what they suggest.</p>
<p>*: But don’t sign anything until you have verified all that they said through independent sources!!!</p>
<p>Typically, Aero Engineers interested in military service enroll in an ROTC program, get commissioned at graduation, then become pilots or engineers as officers.</p>
<p>No, you will not work in an air traffic controller type job as a naval officer. As Chucktown says, that would be an enlisted role.</p>
<p>Nor will you work as an engineer. There are very few, almost zero, engineering jobs for naval officers. The Navy does want its officers to have engineering degrees, so that those officers will have a thorough understanding of technology, ships, and planes. But they do not perform engineering tasks. Typically, your engineering degree will not determine what type of work they assign you to.</p>
<p>Most naval officers work in one of three areas: as pilots, or on submarines, or on surface ships (for example… frigates, destroyers, and aircraft carriers). Other options are available, but extremely specialized/competitive (for example… SEALS and Intelligence). So plan on one of the three areas listed above.</p>