USMC Intelligence - The Making of a Marine Intelligence Specialist for Special Operations

USMC Intelligence is one of the country's top-mostDefense Language Proficiency Test and if you score
authorities on all matters of intelligence. The Unitednicely you may land your job.
States Marine Corp issues only the best standards.One more thing a marine in this rank may do is
Intelligence, in this context, includes information andsupervise intelligence commands over sections up to
its processing through the proper channels. A marinethe Marines' Expeditionary Forces. The actual job
intelligence specialist may be classified as a type ofrequirements involve more tests, which are, the GT
MOS such as the PMOS. MOS stands for Military(this stands for General Technical) test with a
Occupational Specialty, while the acronym PMOScompletion score of 100 or more and the MAGTF
stands for Primary Military Occupational Specialty. HeIntelligence Specialist Entry Course with the
or she will perform duties that include collecting,appropriate scores. The MAGTF entry course is
recording, processing and redistribution or sowing ofadministered at the Navy Marine Corps Intelligence
the information (intelligence) to the appropriateTraining Center in Dam Neck, Virginia.
destination.The third qualification involves those who have not
Gaining rank in the USMC Intelligence department canhad previous active duty intelligence experience. In
depend on the individual's Defense Language Aptitudecases like these the individual is expected to
Battery, which should be 100 or better. The Defensesuccessfully complete Phase I and II of the MAGTF
Language Aptitude Battery Test or DLAB measuresIntelligence Specialist Reserve Course to be eligible
the person's ability or aptitude in learning a foreignfor the MOS 0231 title as an additional MOS only.
language. The military department who administersThe final four requirements for a USMC Intelligence
this test is the Department of Defense. Anyone whoposition are having eligibility for a top-secret security
wants to take the DLAB is free to study for it, but,clearance with access to Sensitive
on their own, the Defense Department as well as theCompartmentalized Information, that is, to be based
USMC do not provide study guides for the exam.on a SSBI or Single Scope Background Investigation,
Getting 100 on the DLAB many times entitles the24 months service time since graduating from MOS
requester to language training at the Defenseschool, be a citizen of the U.S. and have a screening
Language Institute in Monterey, California.interview that is conducted by a 0231 Gunnery
If you are already versed in the foreign languagesSergeant (GYST).
desired for the position you seek you can take the