Intelligence Specialist (IS) is a
US Navy
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enlisted
rating
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Rating or ratings may also refer to:
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within the Information Warfare community. The Intelligence Specialist rating was established in 1975 by combining the Photographic Intelligenceman (PT) rating (first established in 1957) and parts of the
Yeoman
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(YN) rating.
Initial training ("A" School) was conducted at
Lowry Air Force Base
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in
Aurora
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, Colorado until 1984 when the school was moved to the Navy Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center (NMITC) in
Dam Neck, VA. As of September 2018, there are roughly 2950 enlisted Intelligence Specialists in the US Navy.
General description
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...
is a discipline utilized to collect information for decision makers within the military. Intelligence Specialists analyze information from all forms of intelligence (
OSINT
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the collection and analysis of data gathered from open sources (covert and publicly available sources) to produce actionable intelligence. OSINT is primarily used in national security, law enforcement, and busi ...
,
HUMINT
Human intelligence (abbreviated HUMINT and pronounced as ''hyoo-mint'') is Intelligence (information gathering), intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to the List of intelligence gathering disciplines, more technical ...
,
SIGINT
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of ''signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ( ...
, etc.) and interpret their value for decision makers.
Intelligence Specialists present their information compiled through intelligence briefings and maps.
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