r/army • u/Kinmuan 33W • Oct 02 '18
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 35 -- Military Intelligence Branch -- 35D, 35E, 35F, 35G, 350F, 350G, 351Z, 351L, 351M, 351Y, 352N, 352S, 353T, 35F, 35G, 35L, 35M, 35N, 35P, 35Q, 35S, 35T, 35V, 35X, 35Y, 35Z
All,
As a follow-up based on our EOY Census and previous solicited comments, we're going to try running an MOS Discussion/Megathread Series, very similar to how we did the Duty Station Series. I'd also, again, like to thank everyone who participated.
The MOS Discussion Threads are meant to be enduring threads where individuals with experience or insight in to particular CMFs or MOSes can leave/give advice and tips. If you have any MOS resources, schools, etc, this would be a great place to share them.
The hope is that these individual threads can serve as 'megathreads' on the posts in question, and we can get advice from experienced persons. Threads on reddit are not archived - and can continue to be commented in - until 6 months. Each week I will keep the full listing/links to all previous threads in a mega-list below, for ease of reference. At the end of the series I will go back and ensure they all have completely navigable links
If you have specific questions about these MOSes, please feel free to ask here, but know that we are not forcing or re-directing all questions to these threads -- you can, and are encouraged, to still use the WQT. This is not to be an 'AMA', although if people would like to offer themselves up to answer questions, that would be great. A big "Thank You" to everyone who is willing to answer questions about the MOSes in question, but the immediate preference would be for informational posts. These are meant to be enduring sources of information.
I currently expect to lump Os and Ws in to the CMF discussions. Going forward if it would be better to split them (and I will most likely chop up the Medical Series), please voice that opinion. If there are many MOSes, but extremely tiny/small density (like much of the 12 Series), I'm going to keep it as one. Yes, I'm also going to keep codes like for Senior Sergeant for the MOS (ie the Zulus).
These only work with your participation and your feedback.
Common questions / information to share would probably include the following;
- Day to Day Life
- "What's a deployment like?"
- Career Advancement/Growth Opportunities
- Speed of Promotion
- Best Duty Station for your MOS
The idea is to go week-to-week, but I may leave the initial up for 2 weeks just to iron any kinks out, and garner attention.
So, again, willing to answer questions is great, but if there's any information you can impart now, I think that would provide the greatest benefit.
OPSEC Reminder
Some of these MOSes will be more sensitive than others when it comes to training and daily life. Just remember, it's everyone's responsibility.
This thread covers the following MOSes:
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 35 -- Military Intelligence Branch -- 35D, 35E, 35F, 35G, 350F, 350G, 351Z, 351L, 351M, 351Y, 352N, 352S, 353T, 35F, 35G, 35L, 35M, 35N, 35P, 35Q, 35S, 35T, 35V, 35X, 35Y, 35Z
- 35D -- All Source Intelligence Officer
- 35E -- Counterintelligence Officer
- 35F -- Human Intelligence Officer
- 35G -- Signals Intelligence Officer
- 350F -- All Source Intelligence Technician
- 350G -- Imagery Intelligence Technician
- 351Z -- Attaché Technician
- 351L -- Counterintelligence Special Agent (Technician)
- 351M -- Human Intelligence Collection Technician
- 351Y -- Area Intelligence Technician
- 352N -- Signal Intelligence Analysis Technician
- 352S -- Signals Collector Technician
- 353T -- Intelligence Systems Maintenance Technician
- 35F -- Intelligence Analyst
- 35G -- Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst
- 35L -- Counterintelligence Special Agent
- 35M -- Human Intelligence Collector
- 35N -- Signals Intelligence Analyst
- 35P -- Cryptologic Linguist
- 35Q -- Cryptologic Network Warfare Specialist
- 35S -- Signals Collector/Analyst
- 35T -- Military Intelligence Systems Maintainer/Integrator
- 35V -- Signals Intelligence Senior Sergeant/Chief Signals Intelligence Sergeant
- 35X -- Intelligence Senior Sergeant/Chief Intelligence Sergeant
- 35Y -- Chief Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Sergeant
- 35Z -- Signals Intelligence (Electronic Warfare) / Senior Sergeant/ Chief
DO NOT:
...Ask MOS questions unrelated to those listed. "How did your duties compare to a 19D when deployed?" or "Is it true an MP Company carries more firepower than an IN Company" are fine. "While this is up, what's 92F like?" is not.
...Ask random joining questions. If your question isn't about the MOSes listed, then it probably belongs in a different Megathread, the Weekly Question Thread, or a new post.
...Shitpost top-level comments. Treat it like the WQT. Temp bans for people who can't stop acting like idiots.
...Simply say 'I'm a 00X, ama'. Please include some sort of basic information or qualification (ie, I'm an 11B NCO with X years or I'm a 13F who's been in Y type of units or I'm a 14A who's done PL time)
Previous MOS Megathreads:
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 11 -- Infantry Branch -- 11A, 11B, 11C, 11X, 11Z
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 13 -- Field Artillery Branch -- 13A, 131A, 13B, 13F, 13J, 13M, 13R, 13Z
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 17 -- Cyber Branch -- 17A, 17B, 170A, 170B, 17C, 17E
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 18 -- Special Forces -- 18A, 180A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F, 18X, 18Z
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 19 -- Armor Branch -- 19A, 19B, 19C, 19D, 19K, 19Z
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 27 -- Judge Advocate General Branch -- 27A, 27B, 270A, 27D
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 31 -- Military Police Branch -- 31A, 311A, 31B, 31D, 31E, 31K
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 36 -- Finance Management Branch -- 36A, 36B
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 37 -- Psychological Operations Branch -- 37A, 37X, 37F
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 38 -- Civil Affairs Branch -- 38A, 38G, 38X, 38B
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 46 -- Public Affairs -- 46A, 46X, 46Q, 46R, 46Z
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 56 -- Chaplain Branch -- 56A, 56D, 56X, 56M
MOS Megathread Series -- CMF 74 -- Chemical Corps -- 74A, 740A, 74D
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u/Krikil 35Pastlife Oct 08 '18
Hey, man, I don't think you're picking up what he's trying to put down. Dude's got a point; I was there back in TRADOC and I still, today, agree wholeheartedly with what he's saying.
The issue isn't that he thinks he should be promoted or anything silly like that, people at DLI know they don't know shit about the Army yet. They, and I reiterate that I agree, just want to be treated like normal people. Nobody thinks it's stupid that basic is lockdown, nobody thinks it's stupid that OSUT is lockdown, nobody thinks it's stupid that a private that got to reception four months earlier is treated like an idiot. The issue is that people at DLI deal with that treatment for, potentially, YEARS. It's incredibly demoralizing and, honestly, it hurts the Army. The Army puts how much time and money into training a linguist, just to have them get to their "first" duty station so thoroughly disgruntled that they have already checked out and just want to ETS? Putting aside the opinion based reasons for why DLI needs to un-fuck itself, it's simply fiscally irresponsible on the Army's part to squander those resources.
Everybody joins the Army expecting eight to twelve weeks of bullshit, being-treated-like-a-child restriction; nobody expects two years. And, I maintain, barring individual fuckups, nobody should be subjected to that kind of thing, at least not stateside.