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Army Announces Human Intelligence Special Recruiting Program |
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Written by davidtkl
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Friday, 06 April 2007 |
The U.S. Army announced the implementation of the Human Intelligence
(HUMINT) Non-Commissioned Officer Special Recruiting Program March 28
to bring at least 100 experienced NCOs into the 97-Echo career field.
"Our goal is to quickly infuse 100 Staff Sergeants and Sergeants First
Class to our HUMINT force from all other career fields," said Sgt. Maj.
Fernando Martinez-Irizarry, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 Sgt. Maj. "They
will be provided accelerated training on basic and advanced HUMINT
skills and be assigned to units deploying in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom."
The 97-Echo military occupational skill (MOS) is the U.S. Army's MOS
for HUMINT Collectors. HUMINT Soldiers are responsible for collecting
intelligence information from human sources, analyzing HUMINT
information, and conducting debriefings and interrogations. The career
field currently offers a Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) of up to
$30,000 or a critical skills retention bonus of up to $50,000.
Training is 24 weeks and four days or 27 weeks and four days, depending
on the follow on assignment. Classes will be held only in 2007
beginning on May 14, June 25 and Aug. 13. The application deadline for
the first class is March 30, 2007, and April 30, 2007, for the final
two classes. Soldiers interested should be U.S. citizens with minimum
General Technical (GT) scores of 100 and fully deployable.
Source and credits:
http://www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2007/03/28/2435-army-announces-human-intelligence-special-recruiting-program/
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