As such, all Operation Officers must be able to be medically cleared for world wide deployment. All Operations Officers address a highly diverse and dynamic set of intelligence requirements on country- and region-specific issues, as well as transnational issues such as counterterrorism, counter proliferation, and cyber.
All Directorate of Operations DO officers are hired at an entry level and train as they are expected to work — as one team.
Operations Officers begin their careers spending one to two years learning the foundations of clandestine operational tradecraft via classroom training, practical exercises, and on-the-job experience gained through a series of interim assignments. Following successful completion of the foundational training, each DO officer will transition into advanced training activity to prepare them to serve effectively in their respective career occupational specialty.
This position requires a 5-year Contract Term Agreement. People from a broad range of backgrounds and viewpoints work at CIA, and our diverse teams are the reason we can keep our country safe.
Read more about diversity and inclusion. Our programs include highly sought-after government health benefits, flexible schedules, sick leave, and childcare.
Assignments for operations officers are usually in the areas of:. Paramilitary Operations Officer — Candidates for paramilitary operations officer jobs must be United States citizens, and they must possess:. Although not required, previous foreign travel and foreign language proficiency are highly valued by the CIA for paramilitary operations officer jobs. All candidates for paramilitary operations officer and specialized officer careers with the NCS must complete an online application and include their college transcripts and a one-page cover letter that describes why they are interested in an NCS career and what characteristics they possess that make them an ideal candidate.
So put down the oil can and look elsewhere. What's their deal? Good call. Because the CIA is all about being secretive and their actions are not widely publicized, many laymen are in the dark about what exactly it is that they do and how it came about.
Here's the skinny, Minnie. Created by Congress and signed into law by President Truman in so, shortly after World War II —the one with that Hitler dude , the CIA came into being after our government decided that there needed to be a single, central agency that was directly supervised by the President.
The problem was that many of the duties and activities that are today performed by the CIA were at that time split among the State and War departments, and it was difficult to exchange all available information without missing something and to effectively coordinate both departments' efforts. By making the CIA a one-stop shop for all foreign intelligence, things would run much more smoothly. And indeed they do.
The CIA has had some great victories over the years since remember when they tracked down and took out Osama bin Laden? While they strive to recruit the best of the best, no CIA officer is perfect, and sometimes our enemies are unfortunately successful at withholding secret information that is of huge national importance to us. This is a powerful country we live in, but we're not all-powerful. That sort of terminology is generally reserved only for Superman.
And Oprah. Still want to know more about how the CIA works? Catch up on episodes of Homeland , the Showtime series—they do a good job of showing what it's like to be a CIA officer.
Even if most of them don't look quite like Claire Danes. That's right—all those cool toys you can pick up in your local spy shop…you get to use those as part of your job. And then some. But keep in mind that that "I" in CIA stands for "intelligence. First and foremost, it's your job to make other government agencies—the ones who create policies or make decisions about war, for example—cognizant of whatever international scenarios concern them. You may have to kick butt at some point, but mostly it's just a lot of creeping around and being sneaky.
Because you're performing a job that's so significant and well-respected, this can be an extremely rewarding career path. However, because it's so attractive, be prepared to face some stiff competition.
As stiff as a CIA field officer's guns biceps or weapons—take your pick.
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