Navy Rating · IT & Cyber
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Cryptologic Technicians specializing in collection operate advanced computer systems to support operations in the information environment and cyberspace operations. They collect, analyze, and exploit signals across the radio frequency spectrum to identify, locate, and report worldwide threats.
Minimum clearance: Top Secret
Minimum ASVAB: PC+MK 110 or AR+PC+MK 164 or AR+PC 110
ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19
Program scope has not been reviewed.
Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.
Source: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.
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CTR experience analyzing signals and reporting worldwide threats transfers to DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities.
How to prepare: Draft a foreign military capabilities assessment using public sources to practice for DIA's writing test and analyst interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship and security clearance approval through its hiring vetting process.
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Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
Validate all-source analysis experience after moving into eligible defense intelligence work.
Eligibility and preparation: Available to DoD civilian and military personnel, including Coast Guard personnel, who perform all-source analysis functions, hold a TS/SCI clearance with access to AGILE on JWICS, and have at least two years of validated DoD all-source analysis experience performing, leading, or enabling that work within the last five years.
For: DIA Analysis Officer
[1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 24299; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition
Supports: Radio frequency signal collection and exploitation, Threat identification, location, and reporting, Signals intelligence support for warning and targeting, 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
[4] CTR cached COOL credential feed
Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
[5] Overview and Requirements
Supports: Certified Department of Defense All-Source Analyst I (CDASA-I)
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