SPC Manning’s dedication led to the detention of a Tier-2 level FSG individual within the Command OE. This effort consistently disrupted their operations. His analysis led to heavy targeting of insurgent leaders in the area. SPC Manning’s tracking of targets led to the identification of enemy support zones that were previously unknown. Achievement #2 – SPC Manning’s persistence led to the disruption of Former Special Groups (FSG) in the New Baghdad area. His research greatly assisted the subordinate unit with accurate information that led to the disruption of the organization. His research and efforts led to the identification of the structure in which this particular group conducted operations and how they targeted United States Forces. In this capacity, he assisted in the Brigade Commander’s better understanding the Promise Day Brigade in Zafraniyah. It reads “Achievement #1 – SPC Manning worked as the night shift Violent Extremist Analytical Team lead. That recommendation is now public information. He was promoted to Specialist and after a few months his immediate supervisor, the S2 NCOIC (Non-commissioned Officer in charge) recommended him for an Army Achievement Medal. Manning worked as an analyst in the S2 (Intelligence) Shop of Brigade Headquarters at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Hammer, near the Iranian Border. That Brigade deployed to Iraq in late 2009. After his training he was assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. Intel analyst at work.Īrmy Military Intelligence Analysts can’t talk much about their job, because most of what they do is classified.īradley Manning was an Army Military Intelligence Analyst MOS 35F. Engineers may have a critical need to know certain technical components of a project, but have no need to know the purpose or scope of the entire project, and the fewer people who know the whole scope the less chance for leaks to foreign agents. There is SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) and SAP (Special Access Programs). Officially there is no “Above Top Secret” clearance, however there a couple of categories that really are above a Top Secret clearance. Having the security clearance doesn’t get access to everything.
We were all being processed for SI (Special Intelligence) clearances when I left that job.
I had a Top Secret clearance when I was assigned to the Communications Center of US Army Europe Headquarters, but I had to be processed for Special Category (SPECAT) clearance before I could go into the center and go to work.
The security classifications are Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret, and then there are probably 20 categories and special compartmentalization’s above Top Secret. Potential enemies, and some supposed friends, have vast complex organizations whose missions are to find our secrets, just as we have the CIA. Army Military Intelligence Analyst – MOS 35FĪmerica’s military secrets are classified and compartmentalized into sections that are only available to people who have a need to know that particular information. What is the enemy doing, where is the enemy and what is he planning? That is the job of the intelligence analyst. For a commander to make a decision to commit soldiers to combat, he has to have information about the enemy. Intercepted radio transmissions or cell phone conversations, prisoner of war interrogations, and news reports and many other sources, and puts it together to try to determine what an enemy or a terrorist cell is doing and what it is planning to do. So what does an Army Military Intelligence Analyst do? He or she collects information from all sources, aerial photos, satellite images, reports from human intelligence collectors, reports from the field. It requires a Top Secret security clearance, and in the words of some soldiers in that job, they get to see and do some really cool stuff. Military Intelligence – what image does that phrase create in your mind? Really smart people? Soldiers studying maps of enemy movements? James Bond or a Tom Clancy character? The Army has an enlisted MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) called Military Intelligence Analyst, MOS 35F. This was originally published in The Belle Banner, Belle, Missouri, February 20th 2019.
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