An essential part of America's security is the protection of national defense information from adversarial, Foreign Intelligence Service and terrorist threats. Intelligence specialists, such as the Counterintelligence Agent, play a vital role in providing Army personnel with information regarding the capability and intent of enemy intelligence, and countering this capability.
The Counterintelligence Agent's main responsibility is supervising and conducting counterintelligence surveys and investigations which are designed to detect, identify, assess, counter, exploit and neutralize adversarial, Foreign Intelligence Service and terrorist threats to national security.
Some of your duties as a Counterintelligence Agent may consist of:
Conduct investigations of national security crimes, such as espionage, treason and subversion * Process counterintelligence evidence * Prepare and distribute counterintelligence reports of Force Protection information to all relevant parties * Perform counterintelligence support to anti-terrorism operations * Conduct liaison operations * Maintain counterintelligence files and databases
Training
MOS 35L is not available for entry-level Soldier. Therefore, Basic Combat Training will have already been accomplished during enlistment into previous MOSs.
To training to be a Counterintelligence Agent, you must attend the Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC) for 19 weeks, as well as undergo on-the-job instruction, which including practice in counterintelligence investigations, operations and analysis. Some of this time will be spent in the classroom and some of this time will be spent in the field. Some of the skills you will learn will be:
* Interviewing techniques * Preparing maps and charts * Evidence collection * Preparing counterintelligence reports * Using computer systems * Multi-discipline counterintelligence techniques
Useful Skills
Helpful skills include:
* An interest in reading maps and charts * An interest in gathering information and studying its meaning * An ability to organize information * An ability to think and write clearly * An outgoing personality
Advanced Responsibilities
An advanced level Counterintelligence Agent provides guidance to, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Counterintelligence Agent, you may also be involved in:
* Conduct liaisons and operational coordination with foreign, and U.S. law enforcement, security, and intelligence agencies * Plan and conduct CI investigations of national security crimes * Apply fundamentals of military and civil law * Detect, identify, counter, exploit and neutralize threats to Army and DoD missions, organizations and personnel * Conduct CI collection activities and source operations to include overt collection, surveillance and non-technical operations * Provide support for CI analytical products, to include preparation of CI reports, estimates and vulnerability assessments
US Army Counterintelligence Agent (35L)
An advanced level Counterintelligence Agent provides guidance to, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Counterintelligence Agent, you may also be involved in: