“The people I work with are a big inspiration. They have high expectations of me and the work I produce.”
Analyze and process intelligence information to support military operations and strategic planning.
ASVAB ST: 101
Catalog listing, not a contract offer. Confirm with a recruiter.
Intelligence Analysts collect, evaluate, and synthesize information into products commanders actually use. Work happens largely in secure facilities, at a workstation, reading reporting and building assessments. You produce briefings, maintain databases, track patterns, and answer specific intelligence requirements. Analytical work is deadline-driven, and products are scrutinized closely before they go forward. Field and deployed assignments bring the work closer to operations, supporting mission planning directly.
You learn structured analytic techniques, source evaluation, and how to write clearly for decision makers. Briefing skills are trained explicitly, since analysis that cannot be communicated is worthless. The job builds fluency with intelligence databases, geospatial tools, and link analysis software. You gain a working understanding of how collection disciplines fit together. Everyone in this field holds a security clearance, which is itself a major professional asset.
The job builds intellectual honesty, because overstating confidence in an assessment has consequences. You develop the ability to work with incomplete, contradictory information without freezing. It teaches concise writing, which is a rarer and more valuable skill than most people realize. Analysts tend to become curious, skeptical people who ask what the evidence actually supports. You also gain comfort presenting to senior audiences early in your career.
The clearance plus analytic experience is one of the most marketable combinations available to a junior enlisted veteran. Defense and intelligence contractors hire directly, often at salaries well above comparable civilian entry roles. Federal agencies recruit from this population, and prior clearance substantially shortens the hiring timeline. Corporate roles in threat intelligence, fraud analysis, business intelligence, and risk are realistic with modest upskilling. Many veterans add a degree while working and move into management or specialized analytic tracks.
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“The people I work with are a big inspiration. They have high expectations of me and the work I produce.”
Quotes are from U.S. government public-domain news stories (DVIDS, army.mil and other official sources). Individuals and units are named as reported at time of publication.
Your shift starts by pulling overnight reporting and updating the enemy situation template for the units you support. You fuse multiple sources of intelligence into assessments, tracking enemy activity and building products that drive planning. Between analysis you brief the commander and refine collection requirements so the right questions get answered in time.
Related career-field video—not specific to Army 35F.
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Related field: military intelligence — human intelligence perspective. Source occupation: Army 35M.
U.S. Army Sergeant John Gilliam, a Human Intelligence Collector with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty, NC, discusses his duties as a Human Intelligence Collector. The U.S. Army gives soldiers the ability to learn skills that can carry over to the private sector. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Michael Bradle)
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$43,902–$74,948
2026 basic pay only; the same grade and service time pay the same across jobs. Promotions are assumed, not promised. Excludes allowances, bonuses and special pays.
Possibilities for serving Soldiers, including those in support roles—not guaranteed admission or awards. Individual eligibility, assignment, selection, available training or competition places and successful qualification apply.
Earned by successfully completing Ranger School's demanding leadership and field training.
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Recognizes successful airborne qualification, including the required training jumps.
Support specialties can attend too; the Army explicitly gives human resources and wheeled-vehicle mechanics as examples. Requires a school slot and medical, physical and course qualification.
Earned through Air Assault School, covering helicopter operations, sling loads and rappelling.
Available across job specialties, not just combat roles, subject to unit nomination, available seats and current school requirements.
A waiver-dependent opportunity outside engineering; earned by successfully completing the Sapper Leader Course.
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Recognizes tested Soldier proficiency in specialties outside the infantry, Special Forces and medical expert-badge tracks.
A skills-based distinction for support and other eligible MOSs. Current proponent requirements and successful testing apply; holding this MOS does not award the badge.
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Published feeder conditions: 35F
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Analyze and process intelligence information to support military operations and strategic planning.
Intelligence Analysts collect, evaluate, and synthesize information into products commanders actually use. Work happens largely in secure facilities, at a workstation, reading reporting and building assessments. You produce briefings, maintain databases, track patterns, and answer specific intelligence requirements. Analytical work is deadline-driven, and products are scrutinized closely before they go forward. Field and deployed assignments bring the work closer to operations, supporting mission planning directly.
You learn structured analytic techniques, source evaluation, and how to write clearly for decision makers. Briefing skills are trained explicitly, since analysis that cannot be communicated is worthless. The job builds fluency with intelligence databases, geospatial tools, and link analysis software. You gain a working understanding of how collection disciplines fit together. Everyone in this field holds a security clearance, which is itself a major professional asset.
The clearance plus analytic experience is one of the most marketable combinations available to a junior enlisted veteran. Defense and intelligence contractors hire directly, often at salaries well above comparable civilian entry roles. Federal agencies recruit from this population, and prior clearance substantially shortens the hiring timeline. Corporate roles in threat intelligence, fraud analysis, business intelligence, and risk are realistic with modest upskilling. Many veterans add a degree while working and move into management or specialized analytic tracks.
ASVAB ST: 101. This is the catalog's listed requirement, not an individual eligibility decision. Confirm the current standard and any exceptions with the service.
This specialty can be pursued through an initial enlistment, subject to eligibility and available contracts. Confirm the current status of this specific classification with an official recruiter.
Catalog sources consulted: 2026-09-26. This is not an entry-by-entry verification date. No record-specific verification date is recorded. Occupation audit evidence reviewed: 2026-09-26; this does not re-verify every requirement.
Confirmed in DA PAM 611-21 Smartbook, November 2025, historical end-of-FY2025 snapshot (https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/2025/12/04/7573670f/chapter-10-enlisted-base-chapter.pdf). The Army maintains a newer restricted version; it was not sought or accessed. Checked 2026-09-27. Confirmation means documented appearance, not present-day accession availability.
Official branch occupation evidence
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Army G-1 DA Pam 611-21, chapter 10C: enlisted MOS specifications (historical public consolidation, December 2025) · reviewed 2026-09-26
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Advertised — Army, as of 2026-09-28Deployment likelihood: Moderate*
* Estimated. Rank progression and specialty-pay eligibility are illustrative assumptions. Deployment likelihood, when shown, is inferred from similar specialties in the branch and career field, not a published specialty deployment rate.
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