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Signals Collection/Identification Analyst

Branch: 
Military Intelligence
CMF: 
98K
MOS Details
Major Duties: 

Performs and supervises collection, identification, exploitation, and analysis of foreign radioteletype, facsimile, and data communications. Performs collection management.

Skill Level 1 Operates signals intelligence/electronic warfare (SIGINT/EW) equipment and prepares logs and technical reports. Searches radio spectrum to collect and identify target communications. Performs elementary signals analysis to determine signal parameters for identification and processing.

Skill Level 2 Performs duties shown in preceding skill level and provides guidance to subordinate soldiers. Operates SIGINT/ EW equipment, assists in the establishment of operational sites, and maintains technical data bases in support of collection operations. Recognizes and reports items of intelligence interest. Performs intermediate signals analysis to determine signal parameters for identification. Performs collection management function in support of collection operations. Quality controls processing and reporting procedures.

Skill Level 3 Performs duties shown in preceding skill level. Supervises collection and identification activities and allocates collection resources to support/meet mission requirements. Coordinates interaction with other data collection and processing activities. Prepares technical reports and quality controls technical data bases in support of collection operations. Performs advanced signals analysis to determine signal parameters for identification. Supervises processing and reporting. Supervises collection management process.

Skill Level 4 Performs duties shown in preceding skill level. Supervises and determines SIGINT collection requirements and identification activities and interprets collection priorities at the platoon level.

Skill Level 5 Performs duties shown in preceding skill level. Supervises immediate subordinates in SIGINT/EW operations and command procedures. Coordinates tactical and strategic signals collection/identification and provides appraisals of intelligence products, activities, and operations. Develops unit intelligence training strategy.

Physical Demands Rating: 
light
Physical Profile Serial #: 
222121
Qualifications and Prerequisites
ASVAB Minimum Score: 
95 total from GS+WK+PC+MK+MC
Education: 
High school graduate or GED equivalent
Other Qualifications: 
  • Must be a US citizen
    1. Members of immediate family (spouse, parents, brothers, sisters, and children) must also be U.S. citizens. Soldier and immediate family members can be naturalized citizens. If naturalized, there is no minimum residency requirement.
    2. Soldier and spouse must not have immediate family members who reside in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be common practice, either against-
      1. Persons accused of acting in the interest of the United States or
      2. The relatives of such persons to whom they may reasonably be considered to be bound by ties of affection, kinship, or obligation. Near relatives will also include uncles, aunts, grandparents, father- in-law, mother-in-law, and relationships corresponding to any of the above persons in loco parentis (AR 630-5 and 37 USC 501).
  • Formal training (completion of MOS 98K course conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center) mandatory.
  • Must meet TOP SECRET security clearance and Sensitive Compartment Information (SCI) access eligibility requirements.
  • Meet career management and development criteria contained in AR 600-200, AR 614-200, and DA Pam 351-4.
  • No record of court-martial
  • No record of conviction by a civil court for any offense other than minor traffic violations
  • No information in military personnel, Provost Marshal, intelligence, or medical records which will prevent the granting of security clearance under AR 380-67
  • Never been a member of the U.S. Peace Corps, except as specified in AR 614-200, chapter 1
  • Have neither commercial nor vested interest in a country within whose boundaries physical or mental coercion is known to be a common practice against persons acting in the interest of the United States. This requirement applies to the soldier's spouse as well.
  • Normal color vision
  • Meet hearing acuity test standards per AR 40-501.
  • Be advised that due to the nature of training and assignments, temporary restrictions may be placed on foreign travel both during and after the term of service.
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