"We simply must develop a greater capacity for languages
that reflect the demands of this century. No technology
delivers this capability; it is a truly human skill that
our forces must have to win, and that we must have to keep
the peace."
-Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Language and the Intelligence Profession
Language and the Intelligence Profession.
As the only linguist brigade in the U.S. Army inventory,
the 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) supports
a variety of critical military intelligence tasks from the
tactical battlefield to the strategic national intelligence
agencies. Soldiers in the brigade combine their unique
language and military intelligence skills to support one
of the following intelligence disciplines:
Voice Interceptor.
These linguists perform and supervise detection, acquisition,
location, identification and exploitation of foreign communications.
They transcribe and translate foreign voice transmissions.
Counterintelligence Agent.
These linguists supervise and conduct CI surveys and
investigations of individuals, organizations, and
installations to detect, identify, assess, counter,
exploit, and neutralize threats to national security.
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