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35A Intelligence Officer

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Overview

An Intelligence Officer directs and coordinates the planning, collection, evaluation, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination of all source intelligence. The officer manages multidisciplinary collection, coordinates surveillance and reconnaissance, supervises intelligence preparation of the battlefield, and advises commanders on the enemy, weather, and terrain.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Multidiscipline intelligence collection planning and coordination
  • Surveillance and reconnaissance activity coordination
  • All-source intelligence evaluation and fusion
  • Enemy, weather, and terrain assessment

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

Evaluating and fusing all-source intelligence and advising commanders on enemy capabilities transfers directly to DIA's military capabilities analysis specialty.

How to prepare: Practice writing a concise foreign military capabilities assessment using public sources to prepare for DIA's writing test and panel interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a security clearance before hiring is finalized, and background screening that includes drug testing and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Training & Development

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Career Growth

  • Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)

    Document validated all-source analysis experience relevant to defense intelligence analysis.

    Eligibility and preparation: Available to DoD civilian and military personnel, including Coast Guard personnel, performing all-source analysis functions; requires TS/SCI clearance, access to AGILE on JWICS, and at least two years of validated DoD all-source analysis experience performing, leading, or enabling analysis within the last five years.

    For: DIA Analysis Officer

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 35A Intelligence Officer

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 35A (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank officer, authority codeType officer

    Supports: Multidiscipline intelligence collection planning and coordination, Surveillance and reconnaissance activity coordination, All-source intelligence evaluation and fusion, Enemy, weather, and terrain assessment, DIA Analysis Officer

  2. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [3] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. COOL credential mapping: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)

    [4] 35A cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)

  5. DoD All Source Analysis certification requirements

    [5] Overview and Requirements

    Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)

Defense contractor jobs for 35A

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 35A. Each history page explains the change.

27E1Land Combat Electronic Missile System Repairer27E2Land Combat Electronic Missile System Repairer27E3Land Combat Electronic Missile System Repairer27E4Land Combat Electronic Missile System Repairer

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