INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SECURITY Professional

As an Intelligence Officer, you will take on a wide variety of assignments, each one essential in its related mission or objective. This role may include:

• Leading the planning, development, testing and deployment of information systems crucial to the intelligence process
• Monitoring and analyzing maritime activities that pose a threat to national security, such as drug smuggling, illegal immigration, arms transfers, environmental mishaps and violations of UN sanctions
• Delivering real-time operational intelligence assessment to high-level decision makers
• Planning intelligence operations including threat analysis for pre-strike missions and direct action missions
• Managing intelligence systems
• Enabling the collection of human intelligence
• Overseeing the work of Intelligence Specialists - Enlisted Sailors (no degree required) who help convert information into intelligence

These careers bring the expertise in all facets of Information Operations, making sure our fleet is capitalizing on the information vulnerabilities of our adversaries. Candidates seeking careers in this field should preferably have a degree that focuses on areas of study such as international relations, political science, government, engineering, physical science, natural science, computer science or other academic fields related to intelligence., + Bachelor’s degree

• U.S. citizen or equivalent
• Candidates seeking an Information Professional Officer position should preferably have a degree that focuses on areas of study such as: international relations, political science, government, engineering, physical science, natural science, computer science or other academic fields related to intelligence.

• Competitive salary
• Free health insurance
• Free housing
• A retirement plan

• 30 days paid vacation per year EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES Beyond professional credentials and certifications, the Navy can help ease your financial burdens and advance your career with generous financial assistance and continuing education programs. Opportunities for further education within this platform include:

• Post-9/11 GI Bill
• Navy Tuition Assistance Program
• Human Resources Center of Excellence (HRCOE) at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)
• Navy College Program
• VOLED Assistance Center
• VOLED Region Advisors
• Navy War College (NWC)
• USAF Air University Air Command and Staff College

America’s Navy is approximately 450,000 Sailors, 300 ships and submarines, and 3,700 aircraft strong. Water and salt flow through our veins in the same proportion as the sea. That mighty force is the lifeblood of the greatest Navy ever to sail unstoppably upon it, slip stealthily beneath it or fly unchallenged above it. And we defend with honor, courage, and commitment every hour of every day. We are America’s Navy. We are forged by the sea.