Summary
This AFSC is only open to Prior Service Members.
Must be (S)Sgt or above to apply; SrA may be accepted on a case-by-case basis with approval from the 1N/9S ISR Career Field Manager (CFM). Collects and reports information obtained from human sources in response to intelligence requirements.
Screens documents and open-source materials to identify potential source leads. Assesses and debriefs sources in English. Provides oversight of and supervises interviews or debriefings conducted in foreign languages. Performs controlled operations officer duties.
Technical School
Days: Varies
Other Names
HUMIT
Bonus
None
Badge
Intelligence Badge
Duty Identifier
ISR Duty Identifier
Clearance
Top Secret
Open Aptitude Category
None
AFSC Entry Requirements
Demographics
Males: 31
Females: 9
Total: 40
Community College of the Air Force Degree
Intelligence Studies and Technology
CCAF Degree Plan
AFSC YouTube Videos
None
AFSC Reddit Posts
Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct intelligence debriefing. Debriefs human sources and conducts HUMIT operations to address intelligence requirements in compliance with US laws and polices.
Assesses sources by examining biographical records and personal documents; and by assessing subject’s demeanor, grade, apparent status, and other pertinent data.
Evaluates source reliability and documents appropriately. Conducts in-depth debriefing under conditions ranging from peacetime through major conflict. Performs controlled operations officer duties, as required.
Lead development. Screens documents and open-source materials to identify source leads. Targets against validated human-source requirements. Contacts and assesses leads to determine value and validity of source information.
Practices and applies appropriate security controls. Conducts coordination and deconfliction for source-related issues with interagency partners.
Intelligence reporting. Prepares Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) and summaries from collected data citing specific requirements.
Responds to intelligence community requirements. Appropriately disseminates IIRs to consumers, in accordance with intelligence community reporting guidelines and organizational standards.
Publishes notices of intelligence potential and requests for requirements to alert the intelligence community on source availability and information. Assembles resulting source-directed requirements and performs in-depth debriefings, in response.
Collection management. Coordinates, validates, and maintains familiarity with intelligence requirements. Applies requirements to screenings, assessments, debriefings, and to any documents resulting from these activities.
Develops/updates continuity book or database on current requirements. Works with sources within the guidance of the collection management system.
Establishes and maintains an open channel of communication between the collector and the customer to ensure requirements are satisfied. Solicits feedback from consumers of reporting. Tracks production and evaluations of reporting; ensures reporting directly addresses agency or service-specific operational directives.
Specialty Qualifications
Knowledge is mandatory of:
- Intelligence organizations and systems.
- Collections and reporting systems, procedures, and methods.
- Intelligence information sources.
- Techniques of identifying, collating, evaluating and analyzing information
- Geographical and cultural aspects of foreign countries.
- Domestic and foreign aircraft and weapons systems, military organizations, maps, signs and symbols.
- Procedures for acquiring, updating and maintaining intelligence documents, maps and charts.
- Techniques of interviewing and debriefing to obtain intelligence information, scientific detail.
- Human personality characteristics, traits, habits, and behaviors.
- Air Force and DoD intelligence report writing and dissemination procedures and methods.
- Security directives.
- Appropriate practices for handling, disseminating and safeguarding military, intelligence, and political data.
- Word processing software; and professional writing skills.
For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or General Education Development equivalency is mandatory.
Completion of courses in speech, journalism, critical thinking, effective writing, and college- level courses in English are highly desirable.
Training and Experience-
The following formal training and/or experience is mandatory for the award of the AFSC indicated:
- 1N731. For award of AFSC 1N731, successful completion of The Defense Strategic Debriefing Course (DSDC) and the ISR.
- Fundamentals for HUMINT tech school are mandatory.
- 1N771. For award of the AFSC 1N771, qualification in and possession of AFSC 1N731 for a minimum of 12 months and completion of the BASIC Career Development Program (CDP) are mandatory.
The following are mandatory for entry into this specialty:
- Ability to type 35 words per minute (wpm).
- Ability to speak clearly and distinctly.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
- A narrative autobiography outlining two specific achievements and why the member wants to retrain into the 1N7 AFS will be submitted with the retraining application. The autobiography will be no shorter than one page and no longer than three pages in length.
- An in-person or virtual interview with the 1N7 Deputy CFM or appointed member.
- Letter of Recommendation for current CC and Supervisor.
- Last three EPRs.
- Must have a minimum score of 65 in General on the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) or a minimum score of 62 in General on the ASVAB plus a minimum score of 44 on the 1N7X1 Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System (TAPAS)/ASVAB predictive success model (PSM).
- Specialty requires routine access to Tier 5 (T5) information, systems, or similar classified environment.
- Completion of a current T5 Investigation IAW DoDM 5200.02, AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program, is mandatory.
- When required for a current or pending assignment, must successfully complete and pass a counterintelligence (CI) polygraph examination and meet all customer access eligibility requirements. Airmen unable to access mission, systems and/or facilities after 12 months of investigation/security screening will be considered for change of assignment, retraining, or separation.
- Must maintain local network access IAW AFMANs 17-1201, User Responsibilities and Guidance for Information Systems and17- 1301, Computer Security.
Civilian Career Options
High Salary: $125,350
Low Salary: $36,170
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists: $79,820
- Customs and Border Protection Officers: $65,540
- Database Administrators: $98,860
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators: $86,940
- Editors: $63,400
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs: $47,110
- Emergency Management Directors: $76,250
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers: $60,910
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives: $92,970
- General and Operations Managers: $103,650
- Intelligence Analysts: $86,940
- Interpreters and Translators: $52,330
- Interviewers: $36,170
- Management Analysts: $87,660
- Operations Research Analysts: $86,200
- Police Identification and Records Officers: $86,940
- Political Scientists: $125,350
- Private Detectives and Investigators: $53,320
- Sociologists: $86,110
- Technical Writers: $74,650
***This information was retrieved from Veterans Job Matcher at CareerOneStop (www.careeronestop.org), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
Shreadouts
None
Assignments
Career Field Education and Training Plan
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