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785B Special Operations Forces (SOF) Offensive Cyberspace Operator

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Overview

A Special Operations Forces Offensive Cyberspace Operator provides limited and focused offensive cyberspace operations support to Special Operations Forces. The operator conducts time sensitive intelligence operations and delivers cyberspace effects for tactical objectives in air, ground, and maritime environments.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Time-sensitive intelligence operations for tactical objectives
  • Cyberspace effects supporting air, ground, and maritime operations

Civilian Career Paths

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DIA Analysis Officer

Time-sensitive intelligence operations and cyberspace effects supporting SOF tactical objectives provide relevant operational context for DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities.

How to prepare: Practice for DIA's writing test by drafting a public-source assessment of a foreign military cyberspace capability. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a granted security clearance, and employment vetting, including background inquiry, interviews, drug screening, and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 785B

    [1] NEC entry "785B - Special Operations Forces (SOF) Offensive Cyberspace Operator"; cached text line 18878; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Time-sensitive intelligence operations for tactical objectives, Cyberspace effects supporting air, ground, and maritime operations, 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

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