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I'm wondering what a Coast Guard Intelligence Officer does. The funny thing is I'm in the Coast Guard and I can't find out what they do. I just recently got my BS degree in criminal justice and would like to do some law enforcement (i.e. arrests, investigations, etc etc). I think I would be eligible for the direct commision intelligence officer field, but what do they do? So far I have found only recruiter type vague answers. I'd like to know specifically. Anyway any insight would be great.
Very respectfully
Charles Clark
Hi Charles,
For the most part, they do the same job that Intel officers in the other military branches do.
If you're envisioning arrests and investigations, I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way. Intel officers compile and analyze intelligence gathered from other government intelligence agencies. In other words, for example, a CG Intel Officer would take tons of pages of Intel data, received from various agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Defense Security Service, etc., and compile and analyze that data as it pertains to Coast Guard missions. They don't normally do law enforcement investigations.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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