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Sunday, February 5, 2017

Yankee Marshall

MOS 97B

Counterintelligence Agent (97B)

Intelligence and Combat Support Army MOS Information
  • Enlisted
  • Active Duty
  • Army Reserve

Having access to the correct information is absolutely necessary to plan for our national defense. Intelligence specialists, such as the Counterintelligence Agent, are integral to providing Army personnel with information about enemy forces and potential battle areas. Intelligence specialists use aerial photographs, electronic monitoring and human observation in order to gather and study information that's required to design defense plans and tactics.
The Counterintelligence Agent is primarily responsible for supervising and conducting counterintelligence surveys and investigations of individuals, organizations, installations and activities in order to detect, assess and counter threats to national security. Some of your duties as a Counterintelligence Agent may include:
  • Studying aerial photographs of foreign ships, bases and missile sites
  • Studying foreign troop movements and codes
  • Operating sensitive radios to intercept foreign military communications
  • Conducting security investigations
  • Processing counterintelligence evidence
  • Preparing and distributing counterintelligence reports of Force Protection information to all relevant parties
  • Performing counterintelligence support to anti-terrorism operations
  • Consolidating intelligence data
  • Conducting liaison operations
  • Maintaining counterintelligence files and databases

Training:
Job training for a Counterintelligence Agent consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and nine to 24 weeks of Advanced Individual Training and on-the-job instruction, including practice in intelligence gathering. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Some of the skills you'll learn are:
  • Planning aerial and satellite observations
  • Preparing maps and charts
  • Analyzing aerial photographs
  • Preparing intelligence reports
  • Using computer systems

Helpful Skills:
Helpful attributes 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

Advanced Responsibilities:
As an advanced level Counterintelligence Agent, you may also be involved in:
  • Conducting liaisons with foreign agencies
  • Planning and conducting counterintelligence investigations
  • Applying fundamentals of military and civil law
  • Detecting, neutralizing and exploiting counterintelligence targets
  • Conducting overt collection and non-technical operations and surveillance
  • Conducting counterespionage investigations and operations 

Weekend update - WIND GAMES

Pretty good weekend.

This is the Superbowl weekend.  Atlanta Falcons versus the New England Patriots.

I was going to go down and watch it with Chad, but I decided to stay home since my jeep is still unreliable.

I did get the oil changed, the tire fixed and the remote entry fixed, so that is good.  Still haven't found the time or the money to get the Heater Core replaced and the brakes changes.

I did Saturday Mass and spoke with Father Tim.  I think Katie from work was singing in the choir.

Today I went shooting.

I shot 45acp's today including my Springfield XD and my Taurus 24/7 G2 Compact.

My marksmanship is just horrible!!!!

Last weekend with all the 9mm's I was hitting pretty bad and I had the targets out at the second layer of braces.

So this weekend I moved the target to the first - closest layer, and I was still hitting low and not having tight groups at all.

I did better with the Walther PPQ22, but it makes sense that practice and a closer target would yield better results.

I need to keep practicing as much as I can.

That is going to be hard though since next weekend is Drill and the weekend after is the Con of the North.

I might have to spring for some indoor range time.

My run is doing ok.  I have been doing longer slower runs, and I think I am making progress on getting used to long runs, and conditioning my body.  I need to make it a regular habit though to reap the best results.

I am totally off diet though, and my weight shows it.  I am fluctuating between 219-223 pounds.  Mot good.



Also - - - - I found this new thing called Wind Games.

This has captured my imagination and I have been thinking about it all weekend.  It is so cool, and the kind of thing that it almost seems like modern society takes for granted, but any other point of human history would have considered an expression of God!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O70OfBaxWwo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qlzQBryT9A