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35L Counterintelligence (CI) Agent

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Overview

A Counterintelligence Agent conducts investigations, operations, collection, reporting, analysis production, and technical services to address foreign intelligence entities and international terrorist threats. The agent identifies insider threats and foreign collection activities while ensuring counterintelligence work complies with current law, executive orders, and Army and Department of Defense policy.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Minimum ASVAB: ST 101

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

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

  • Detection of intelligence-related insider threats
  • Identification of foreign adversary collection efforts
  • Threat intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting
  • Application of intelligence laws and policies

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

DIA Analysis Officer

Military experience collecting, analyzing, and reporting on foreign intelligence and terrorist threats transfers to defense intelligence analysis.

How to prepare: Practice writing a concise assessment from public sources for DIA's writing test and hiring-panel interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a thorough background inquiry, and a granted security clearance before hiring is finalized; initial employment also includes personal interviews, drug screening, and any required medical examinations or counterintelligence-scope polygraph.

Private Detectives and Investigators

Counterintelligence investigations, information collection, and reporting provide a foundation for civilian investigative research and case documentation.

How to prepare: Prepare a dated record of your investigative assignments to compare with licensing criteria in your intended state and locality. Typical entry includes a high school diploma or equivalent and several years of related experience, including military or federal intelligence work; most states require a license, with age, experience, and other conditions varying by jurisdiction.

What the civilian work involves
  • Write reports or case summaries to document investigations.
  • Search computer databases, credit reports, public records, tax or legal filings, or other resources to locate persons or to compile information for investigations.
  • Conduct personal background investigations, such as pre-employment checks, to obtain information about an individual's character, financial status, or personal history.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (5 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 35L Counterintelligence (CI) Agent

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

    Supports: Detection of intelligence-related insider threats, Identification of foreign adversary collection efforts, Threat intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting, Application of intelligence laws and policies, DIA Analysis Officer, Private Detectives and Investigators (O*NET 33-9021.00)

  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. O*NET: Private Detectives and Investigators

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Private Detectives and Investigators (O*NET 33-9021.00)

  5. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Private Detectives and Investigators

    [5] How to Become a Private Detective or Investigator; Work Experience in a Related Occupation; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; page dated 2026-08-27, retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Private Detectives and Investigators (O*NET 33-9021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 35L

Predecessor codes

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

68L1Avionic Comm EQ Rep68L2Avionic Comm EQ Rep68L3Avionic Comm EQ Rep97B2Counter Intelligence Agent97B3Counter Intelligence Agent97B4Counter Intelligence Agent97B5Counter Intelligence Agent

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