Army MOS · Intelligence
V4 Advanced Source Handler
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Overview
An Advanced Source Handler enables soldiers to develop the skills, knowledge, techniques, and procedures required by personnel with counterintelligence and HUMINT backgrounds for HUMINT collection operations. The operations covered by this preparation support tactical commanders in active theaters during prewar, wartime, postwar, or stabilization periods under a military commander's direction.
Notes & Sources
- V4 (Advanced Source Handler) is an Army Additional Skill Identifier (proponent: U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Ft Huachuca), not a standalone military occupation.
- Authority scope: "Enables soldiers to develop the skills, knowledge, techniques, and procedures required by DOD personnel with counterintelligence and HUMINT backgrounds to conduct HUMINT collection operations." Award requirement: "Must successfully complete one of the following Category I Military Source Operations (MSO) courses: (1) Advanced Source Operations Course conducted at the Human Intelligence …" Restrictions: "(1) For use with positions and personnel for MOS 35M (SSG-SFC)." The identifier alone does not establish a civilian occupation; occupation-specific skills and career guidance depend on the holder's primary MOS and actual duties.
Evidence for this guidance (1 document)
- DA PAM 611-21 FY2025 Smartbook ch 12 (posted 2025-12-04): ASI V4 Advanced Source Handler
[1] Table 12-2 numerical listing of ASIs, entry 'Code: V4 ', lines 4385-4402
Supports: Specialty definition
Source review recorded October 7, 2026.
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