U.S. Army Military Intelligence Officer

American soldiers have provided intelligence to the Army in every conflict since the American Revolution while the cavalry first served in this role the Civil War highlighted the need for dedicated intelligence organizations at the unit and staff levels leveraging new technologies such as the Telegraph and aerial observation by 1885 the army had established a military intelligence staff division that focused its intelligent efforts through World War one but it wasn't until World War two that a professional force of officers enlisted soldiers and civilians was organized as the Military Intelligence Service setting the stage for the establishment of the Military Intelligence Corps in 1987 today's military intelligence Corps provides timely relevant accurate and synchronized intelligence and electronic warfare support to tactical operational and strategic level commanders as well as to the larger national intelligence community the cores timeless mission is to find no and never lose the enemy junior military intelligence officers can expect to spend most of their time in the Army's operating force honing their small unit leadership and staff expertise this is an invaluable training and educational experience that helps them to understand the larger army that they serve as they approach mid-career military intelligence officers are afforded opportunities to pursue graduate education and develop expertise suiting them for leadership in either operating force or generating force assignments they also have opportunities to collaborate with joint national and allied intelligence agencies military intelligence officers possess a special blend of skills knowledge and behaviors their unique talents help them to succeed in any mission inspirational leader military intelligence Corps officers are expert at motivating soldiers warrant officers and civilians to work harmoniously towards desired outcomes you are working with tons of different type of people building effective teams was very important you're gonna be leading soldiers who are enormous ly intelligent and very well educated you're working with civilians military intelligence absolutely makes use of warrant officers you want everyone sort of working towards a collective goal problem-solver military intelligence officers routinely use a mix of established practices and new unorthodox solutions to meeting complex threats and challenges I want to be an mi officer because I really like looking at the big picture solving the problems asking the questions why how challenging the the current paradigm combat leaders really do look to their intelligence officers to find out what's going on what do I need to do next where the threats how can I best protect my forces communicator military intelligence officers are precise efficient and compelling in both the written and spoken word you can't be an effective military intelligence officer without being an effective communicator and everyone can articulate an idea not so many people are strong communicators all of the great intelligence information you have is pretty useless if you can't accurately and effectively communicate and if it doesn't make sense if it's convoluted or even grammatically problematic the commander won't be able to follow it interdisciplinary military intelligence officers routinely integrate and apply expert knowledge from multiple disciplines into a coherent overarching perspective you can apply a lot of different educational backgrounds to the cultural studies philosophy analytic expression statistics intelligence is absolutely both an art and a science you're never done learning you're always absorbing everything you can perceptive keenly aware of their surroundings intelligence officers readily discern the deeper meaning of actions events or communications in their operating environment you get so many reports as an mi officer every day in my officers I've always said need to be able to read between the lines your ability to sort of anticipate future requirements to be perceptive to see patterns emerging where others may not is pretty important logical analytical military intelligence officers are able to disaggregate and solve complex problems thinking in terms of cause and effect they logically analyze threats to predict the enemy's most likely courses of action analysis is one of the fundamentals of the branch the military intelligence officer looks on the other side of the table and analyzes what the enemy's thinking it's unlikely that he is thinking like you are um and it's kind of your job to get in the head of the enemy it's almost like a sixth sense that you develop over time you can't do this job without those attributes I was commissioned through ROTC at Villanova University I was commissioned at West Point a University of Arizona I majored in systems engineering international relations medical science I was a double major in Arabic and Spanish the mission of in military intelligence in a nutshell is to provide decision advantage to the commander any commander any level whatever the mission is always out front is the motto always out front essentially means intelligence needs to lead maneuver before a maneuver unit hits an objective we've already thought about what they're going to find while they're there what they can expect what the situation they might find themselves in will be most branches are focused on blue force on the friendly forces where we are focused on red force but we can't be successful in that unless we understand both sides tactical intelligence is the baseline you need to be tactically proficient and a good tough leader don't think that you're going to be resigned to a desk as you sort of move up in terms of s Elan becomes more and more important to understand I think the broader geopolitical context of the conflict I've worked with the FBI I've worked with the Department of State I work with the CIA they're also going to work with other services the intelligence divisions of the Navy Air Force Marines there can be a certain perception that you know mi is the sort of James Bond slash a group of nerds you're gonna wear civilian clothes all the time and be like the CIA or in a little cubicle or in a big building like NSA for the rest of your career it's neither you're not a spy it's not what intelligence officer do intelligence is a great branch I liked being able to provide intelligence at levels echelons above core to have an impact that's kind of greater than myself if you have an analytical mindset you can't go on autopilot in this branch if you can function in a high-stress environment you have to stay focused you have to perform you have to think when this branch might be for you mi is there to serve the warfighter what I'm doing is is making a difference always out fun you

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Published: Fri Apr 03 2015