Army MOS · Intelligence

35F Intelligence Analyst

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Overview

An Intelligence Analyst performs and coordinates the collection management, analysis, and processing of intelligence. The analyst also supervises these activities and disseminates strategic and tactical intelligence.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Minimum ASVAB: ST 101

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: smartbook-611-21-ch10c-fy2025 (source date 2025-12). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Evaluating information for significance and reliability
  • Fusing information into all-source intelligence products
  • Assessing threats and likely courses of action
  • Planning and assessing intelligence collection requirements

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

All-source intelligence production, threat evaluation, and presentation of findings transfer directly to DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities.

How to prepare: Prepare for DIA's writing test by drafting an unclassified assessment of foreign military capabilities. DIA requires U.S. citizenship and security clearance approval before hiring is finalized, with background vetting, drug screening, 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)

    Validate established all-source analysis proficiency for DoD civilian intelligence work.

    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. Smartbook DA PAM 611-21, Chapter 10C, MOS 35F

    [1] Section 10-35F a and a(1); cached text lines 6495-6508

    Supports: Evaluating information for significance and reliability, Fusing information into all-source intelligence products, Assessing threats and likely courses of action, Planning and assessing intelligence collection requirements, 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] 35F 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 35F

Predecessor codes

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

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