Job: Human Intelligence Collector

The skills you'll learn as a Human Intelligence Collector will help prepare you for a future with federal government agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency. The training you receive in collecting, recording, analyzing and distributing tactical and technical intelligence information will prepare you for other fields, such as research or business planning.

Because of the time you'll spend studying society and human nature, depending on which specialty you pursue, you might be interested in a career as a lawyer, statistician, marketing manager, advertising executive, mathematician, computer programmer, computer scientist, reporter, social worker or counselor.

Having access to the correct information is absolutely necessary to plan for our national defense. Intelligence specialists, such as the Human Intelligence Collector(HUMINT), are integral to providing Army personnel with information about enemy forces and potential battle areas. Intelligence specialists use aerial photographs, electronic monitoring and human observation in order to gather and study information that's required to design defense plans and tactics.

The Human Intelligence Collector is primarily responsible for supervising and conducting information collection operations. Some of your duties as a Human Intelligence Collector may include:
* Assisting in the screening of HUMINT sources and documents
* Conducting debriefings and interrogations of HUMINT sources in English and -foreign languages-
* Translating written foreign material and captured documents into English
* Preparing and editing appropriate intelligence and administrative reports
* Utilizing CI/HUMINT reporting and communications equipment

The Army National Guard is a military service with a mission to support and defend not only the Constitution of the United States, but also that of individual States. As a National Guardsmen you will train one weekend a month, and two weeks out of the year.

As a National Guard Member you may be eligible for the following benefits:
* Earn extra pay for working one weekend a month and 2 weeks per year
* 100% Tuition Assistance programs
* Student Loan Repayment Program
* Army Academic Training Transcripts
* Life Insurance
* The opportunity to serve your community

Helpful attributes include:
* An interest in reading maps and charts
* An interest in or ability for foreign languages
* An interest in gathering information and studying its meaning
* An ability to organize information
* An ability to think and write clearly