Navy NEC · Intelligence
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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.
A JSOC Signals Intelligence Targeting Officer coordinates signals intelligence analysis for targeting that enables kinetic and nonkinetic effects in support of SOF mission sets. The officer augments Joint Task Forces by synchronizing, integrating, and directing Navy, Department of Defense, interagency, and Intelligence Community signals intelligence assets for indications and warning, signature reduction, and precise targeting across multiple domains.
Minimum clearance: TS/SCI
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Coordinating SIGINT targeting analysis across operational domains and intelligence agencies provides relevant experience for DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities.
How to prepare: Practice for DIA's writing assessment by drafting an unclassified foreign military capabilities assessment using public sources. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a security clearance before hiring is finalized, and background vetting that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph.
[1] NEC entry "785K - JSOC Signals Intelligence Targeting Officer (SITO)"; cached text line 19047; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition
Supports: Joint and interagency SIGINT asset coordination, SIGINT integration for indications and warning, Cross-domain targeting for kinetic and non-kinetic effects, DIA Analysis Officer
[2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23
Supports: DIA Analysis Officer
[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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