Navy NEC · Intelligence

849A Operational Support Specialist

Current service use not established

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

Overview

An Operational Support Specialist provides general operational and administrative support for CI/HUMINT efforts and activities. This specialist carries out authorized or directed support under national and DoD policy and guidance.

Minimum clearance: TS/SCI

Core Skills

  • Administrative support for CI/HUMINT activities
  • Operational support under DoD policy

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Administrative support to CI/HUMINT activities provides a foundation for civilian office support, although executive-specific duties extend beyond the verified military description.

How to prepare: Build a sample executive-support portfolio using fictional information, including a weekly calendar and a formatted office memo.

What the civilian work involves
  • Manage and maintain executives' schedules.
  • Prepare invoices, reports, memos, letters, financial statements, and other documents, using word processing, spreadsheet, database, or presentation software.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC 849A

    [1] NEC entry "849A - Operational Support Specialist"; cached text line 22156; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Administrative support for CI/HUMINT activities, Operational support under DoD policy, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (O*NET 43-6011.00)

  2. O*NET: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (O*NET 43-6011.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 849A

Descriptions may be summarized for clarity. Verify all information with your branch career counselor or official military documentation before making career decisions.

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