So… I finally started my internship at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) cold case homicide unit. The first day I made sure that I was there early and I was….way too early, but I guess that’s better than being late. Upon arrival I was greeted with more paperwork to fill out, but that was expected. Once I was able to get most of the paperwork out of the way and get my badge I was able to go to my department and right away I was tasked with sorting through pictures from a crime scene, which was a lot better than I expected. I’ve only been there a week, but I am pretty happy I am interning with NCIS, it’s not like some other internships which just make you do boring administrative tasks all day long. I am actually helping some of the special agents solve cold case homicides.

The other day at NCIS a few interns and I had to go to the National Archives Library and conduct some research for one of the cases we are working on. That was the ultimate library. There were a number of people there who could help you find what you are looking for and you need help cause there’s no way anyone could just walk in there and find what they are looking for. We had to look through a great deal of microfilm to find the information that we needed. We were also given a government vehicle to drive there, which was sweet. I am happy I wasn’t the one who had to drive; I am way too nervous that someone would hit me and I don’t think NCIS would look too highly upon me if I crushed their new Jeep.

Some of the other things that I do at work is call around to different places and seek out information about people and places, which can be hard. This is cold case homicide so many of the cases are 10 or 20 years old and people move and places go out of business. It is nice to actually be able to do some investigative work and it can be very rewarding when I am able to find information which may help to solve a crime.

There are a number of fieldtrips that we are able to go on including going on a tour of the Pentagon, tour an aircraft carrier, and going to the shooting range. I am pumped about going to the shooting range since I usually shoot three or four times a week back home. Now I have to go four months without shooting, so at least I get to go once.

Check back next week for some more information about the exciting life of a NCIS intern.