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CAREER SPECIFICS
The Mission Management Career Field represents DIA’s ability to synchronize and assess the entire intelligence cycle. Officers in this Career Field are the critical link in the combatant commands between warfighters, planners and defense intelligence analysts. As trusted advisors to senior Government officials and flag officers, they coordinate and integrate diverse intelligence operations from the tactical theater level to the national strategic level across the following career specialties: Collection Management, Information Sharing, Intelligence Operations Management, Joint Capability Development and Intelligence Support to Acquisition, Joint Intelligence Planning, Joint Target Intelligence, and Policy and Strategy.

                        - COLLECTION MANAGEMENT
                        - INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
                        - INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
                        - JOINT CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT/ INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO ACQUISITION
                        - JOINT INTELLIGENCE PLANNING
                        - JOINT TARGET INTELLIGENCE (JTI)
                        - POLICY AND STRATEGY
                        - SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
                        - EXAMPLE JOBS

Collection managers optimize collection requirements by building relationships to understand customer intelligence needs and gaps, researching existing requirements, and then developing or updating and validating requirements to task collection resources. DIA offers collection managers an accredited certification program. Positions in this specialty include senior intelligence officer, collection strategist and intelligence officer, among others.

        In this specialty, officers represent DIA to allies and foreign        partners. They plan and coordinate foreign military intelligence        cooperation and engagements, manage international intelligence        arrangements, and execute intelligence sharing conferences and        relationship development activities with partner nations. These officers        also provide foreign disclosure support to enable sharing of        intelligence with foreign partners. Positions in this specialty include        partner engagement officer, information sharing officer, foreign        disclosure officer and more.      

        Officers in this specialty manage multi-discipline intelligence        operations to provide intelligence support to defense and intelligence        community decision-makers. They develop, coordinate and demonstrate        operational knowledge of joint capabilities across intelligence        disciplines. Positions in this specialty include watch officer, joint        staff officer and intelligence officer.      

        This specialty defines the future intelligence architecture. Officers in        this specialty advocate for future DoD intelligence, surveillance and        reconnaissance (ISR) capability requirements through the Joint        Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) to the chairman        of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and office of the Director of National        Intelligence. Positions include action officer, program analyst and        portfolio subject matter expert (SME).      

        In this specialty, officers mastermind intelligence plans for        warfighters. They orchestrate the intelligence planning process at CCMDs        and organizations. They integrate all available intelligence        capabilities and resources in support of the DoD’s military planning        process and assess risks to intelligence support. DIA offers        intelligence planners an accredited certification program. Positions        include planning officer, command intelligence planner, exercise plans        officer and operational planner.      

        These officers establish policy governing JTI intelligence standards and        procedures. They advise joint force targeting and fires operations to        determine appropriate guidance and targeting priorities. They develop        targets and engagement strategies for targeting priorities and assess        the results of the engagements. Positions in this specialty include        target intelligence planner, weaponeering specialist and targeting        operations officer.      

        Officers in this specialty advise organization leaders on national, DoD,        Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Joint Chiefs of Staff,        and CCMD policies and strategies. They also develop and advise on        long-range DoD and DIA institutional plans. Positions include policy        officer, strategy officer and legislative officer.      

        Our officers have a wide variety of backgrounds and degrees to include:      
                                  -           Military, Civilian government, or private sector experience          demonstrating foundational skills relevant to any of the Mission          Management career field specialties. Experience of association with          the Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence.        
                                  -           Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's degree or PhD; desired majors or          area of concentration include:                                               - Political Science
                                    - Public/Business Administration
                                    - Public Policy
                                    - Government
                                    - Intelligence
                                    - History or related subject 
                                  - Boren Scholar

Collection ManagerTargeting OfficerTargeting AnalystWatch OfficerLiaison OfficerIntelligence OfficerProgram AnalystIntelligence PlannerStaff OfficerForeign Disclosure Officer

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