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0363 Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Unit Leader

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Overview

Light Armored Reconnaissance Unit Leaders advise unit commanders on planning, training, employment, logistics, maintenance, accountability, welfare, and administration. They control the employment of their vehicles and sections, help coordinate supporting arms, and supervise maintenance, embarkation, and recovery operations.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Vehicle maintenance and recovery coordination
  • Embarkation and logistical support coordination
  • Supporting arms coordination and implementation
  • Technical advice on armored unit employment

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

Advising a LAR commander on armored vehicle employment, supporting arms, logistics, and maintenance provides operational context for DIA's analysis of foreign ground military capabilities.

How to prepare: Prepare an unclassified writing sample assessing a foreign armored unit's capabilities from public sources, then review DIA's Military Capabilities specialty and application process. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a writing test and interview for selected analyst applicants, security clearance approval, a background inquiry, drug screening, and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 0363

    [1] MOS 0363 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 28117; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Vehicle maintenance and recovery coordination, Embarkation and logistical support coordination, Supporting arms coordination and implementation, Technical advice on armored unit employment, 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

Defense contractor jobs for 0363

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