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Description

Psychological Operations officers plan, coordinate, direct and participate in Psychological Operations. They serve in units performing the above core roles in all operational environments and all levels of command. A Psychological Operations CPT leads either a Tactical or Regional. The Tactical PSYOP Detachment is a highly trained PSYOP unit, which includes (in addition to the CPT) twenty Psychological Operations Noncommissioned Officers (NCOs). The Regional PSYOP Detachment is a highly flexible unit of action that consists of eight PSYOP NCOs. A successful Tactical or Regional Detachment must be adept at accomplishing a wide range of requirements including PSYOP planning, Target Audience Analysis (TAA), PSYOP Product Development and Dissemination, and PSYOP Product Testing and Evaluation. Detachment personnel must be adept at negotiating and working with foreign and U.S. government agencies and country teams. Psychological Operations officers who successfully lead a detachment may later command larger Psychological Operations units, at company level as a MAJ, battalion as an LTC, and group as a COL. They serve on upper echelon Psychological Operations, Army and Joint Special Operations Forces (SOF) staffs and in interagency assignments. They also serve as staff officers in Division, Corps, Army Service Component Command/Theater Armies and in Joint Task Forces. There are a very high number of Join Interagency and Multinational (JIM) assignment possibilities and opportunities within the PSYOP branch.