Army MOS · Intelligence
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An Intelligence Master Sergeant leads, manages, and trains company and battalion intelligence activities while synchronizing intelligence efforts with operational requirements. The sergeant manages intelligence readiness and the intelligence cycle, oversees intelligence architecture and systems maintenance, and reviews the deployment, employment, and redeployment of intelligence assets.
Minimum clearance: TS/SCI
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Managing the intelligence cycle and providing operational guidance across all-source intelligence disciplines provide a foundation for DIA defense-intelligence analysis.
How to prepare: Prepare a writing sample on foreign military capabilities using public sources to practice for DIA's writing test and panel interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, security-clearance approval, and agency vetting, including any required counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
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Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
Document validated all-source analysis experience relevant to a defense-intelligence analysis career.
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
[1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 35Z (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank enlisted, authority codeType enlisted
Supports: Intelligence asset deployment and redeployment planning, Coordination across intelligence collection disciplines, Mission-based staffing and equipment authorization review, Intelligence systems maintenance and testing oversight, DIA Analysis Officer
[2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23
Supports: DIA Analysis Officer
[3] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23
Supports: DIA Analysis Officer
[4] 35Z cached COOL credential feed
Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
[5] Overview and Requirements
Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
Historical codes with documented links to 35Z. Each history page explains the change.
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