Examine and analyze foreign communications and activity; produce strategic and tactical reports; and identify, track, and analyze target operational patterns.
ASVAB ST: 112
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Signals Intelligence Analysts collect, process, and analyze foreign communications and electronic signals. Work happens in secure facilities at a workstation, often on rotating shifts to maintain coverage. You identify patterns, build technical assessments, and produce reporting for consumers who act on it. Precision and tradecraft matter because conclusions drive real decisions. Continuous training keeps pace with changing technology and targets.
You learn signals analysis, technical reporting, and the databases and tools the discipline runs on. Analytic tradecraft including source evaluation and confidence assessment is trained explicitly. The job builds strong technical writing and briefing skills. You gain a working understanding of communications systems and networks. Everyone in this field holds a high-level security clearance with additional access.
The job builds intellectual rigor and the discipline to distinguish evidence from inference. You develop sustained concentration on detailed technical material. It teaches discretion, since the work cannot be discussed outside controlled spaces. Signals Intelligence Analysts tend to become precise, curious, careful thinkers. You also gain comfort with ambiguity and incomplete information.
The clearance plus analytic experience is among the most valuable combinations an enlisted veteran can carry. Defense and intelligence contractors hire directly, frequently at salaries well above comparable civilian entry positions. Federal agencies recruit actively and prior clearance shortens hiring dramatically. Cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and data analysis are realistic private-sector destinations. Many veterans add a degree while working and move into senior analytic or management roles.
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“Choosing to serve was the best thing I could do for myself.”
“I am constantly being pushed to be better physically and mentally while challenging my disposition and outlook on life. I wake up every day better than I was before.”
“I’ve been given a lot of mentorships in this unit.”
“The leaders bring me up to speed in a manner that promotes respect and open dialogue to ask more questions. I always feel encouraged to learn more.”
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Your shift starts at a classified workstation pulling overnight signals intercepts and correlating them with the current intelligence picture. You spend hours processing SIGINT, imagery, and HUMINT reporting, identifying patterns and building products that answer the commander's questions. Between analysis you brief updates to the intelligence team and refine collection priorities so the right sensors are pointed at the right targets.
Related career-field video—not specific to Army 35N.
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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.
Conditional opportunity: Soldiers outside engineering must submit a waiver to attend. Approval is not guaranteed; all other course requirements still apply.
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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For Army 35N Signals Intelligence Analyst, official service-wide guidance and any exact feeder-list matches are distinguished below from unverified specialty-specific requirements. Ranks are not separate jobs, and these possibilities are not guaranteed promotions or available contracts.
Examples of higher service ranks
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Published feeder conditions: 35N, 35P, 35S
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Examine and analyze foreign communications and activity; produce strategic and tactical reports; and identify, track, and analyze target operational patterns.
Signals Intelligence Analysts collect, process, and analyze foreign communications and electronic signals. Work happens in secure facilities at a workstation, often on rotating shifts to maintain coverage. You identify patterns, build technical assessments, and produce reporting for consumers who act on it. Precision and tradecraft matter because conclusions drive real decisions. Continuous training keeps pace with changing technology and targets.
You learn signals analysis, technical reporting, and the databases and tools the discipline runs on. Analytic tradecraft including source evaluation and confidence assessment is trained explicitly. The job builds strong technical writing and briefing skills. You gain a working understanding of communications systems and networks. Everyone in this field holds a high-level security clearance with additional access.
The clearance plus analytic experience is among the most valuable combinations an enlisted veteran can carry. Defense and intelligence contractors hire directly, frequently at salaries well above comparable civilian entry positions. Federal agencies recruit actively and prior clearance shortens hiring dramatically. Cybersecurity, threat intelligence, and data analysis are realistic private-sector destinations. Many veterans add a degree while working and move into senior analytic or management roles.
ASVAB ST: 112. 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. Observed specification timing: Effective 202311. Retained appearances include historical and future-effective specifications, not necessarily current 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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No dated public inventory confirmed a currently open recruiting contract for this role. This does not mean there are no openings. Confirm current eligibility and offers with an official recruiter.
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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