Marine Corps MOS · Intelligence
2641 Cryptologic Language Analyst
Overview
A Cryptologic Language Analyst monitors, transcribes, and translates intercepted foreign communications and performs their collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and reporting. This analyst installs, operates, and performs preventive maintenance on intercept equipment while supporting signals intelligence, electronic warfare, and cyber operations at team and battalion levels.
Minimum clearance: TS/SCI
Core Skills
- foreign language proficiency
- signals intelligence collection
- voice and text transcription
- translation and interpretation
- traffic analysis
- metadata analysis
- report writing and briefing
- electronic warfare fundamentals
- cyber operations support
- opsec and information handling
Civilian Software & Tools
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Hypertext markup language HTML
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Productivity software
Civilian Career Paths
- Intelligence Analysis
- Signals Intelligence
- Open Source Intelligence
- Human Intelligence
Training & Development
Getting Started
- ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) · Funded
- ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT)
- Core Certification Healthcare Interpreter (CoreCHI)
Career Growth
- Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI-Arabic) · Funded
- Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI-Spanish)
- Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional: Fundamentals (CCITP-F)
- Certified Counter-Insider Threat Professional: Analysis (CCITP-A)
- Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC)
Also Common
- American Translators Association (ATA) Certification, relevant language
- Criminal Intelligence Certified Analyst (CICA), IALEIA
What the Work Involves
- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
- Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
- Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
- Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
Related Occupations
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Speech-Language Pathology Assistants
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Typical preparation for these civilian roles: a four-year degree or equivalent experience.
Formerly Known As (Legacy)
Retired codes that converted into 2641. Each legacy page documents the cited history.
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