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Chemical Corps
- Today's lethal battlefield demands officers who
possess expertise in nuclear, biological, chemical, smoke, and flame
operations. The chemical officer fulfills this vital role.
- Whether you are a Chemical Corps lieutenant in a
combat arms battalion or a Chemical Corps colonel making critical
recommendations to the corps commander, you will play an invaluable part in
winning on tomorrow's battlefield.
- Throughout your career, you, as a chemical officer,
can also expect to perform such diverse duties as platoon leader, commander,
operations officer, project manager, instructor, and engineer. You must
become an expert in all facets of combat operations, logistics, training,
intelligence, personnel management, research, development, and analysis. The
mission of the chemical officer is extremely challenging. Only the most
motivated and enterprising officers fill this mold.
- Upon graduation from the Chemical Officer Basic
Course, you may be selected to go to Ranger and Airborne School. All basic
course graduates will be affiliated with the Chemical Corps Regiment. This
affiliation will foster long time loyalty and commitment which will
perpetuate the history, customs, and traditions of the Chemical Corps. As a
Chemical Corps officer, your service will also contribute to the proud
tradition of the U.S. Army.
Signal Corps
- The success of the Army depends largely on its
ability to move, shoot, and communicate. And if you can't communicate, you
can't do the other two. It's a big responsibility for the men and women who
wear the crossed semaphores.
- Signal Corps officers are vital members of the
combined arms team. And they play a dual role. Besides being technically
proficient communications electronics officers, they also find themselves in
the challenging role of combat leaders.
- Training begins at the Signal Corps Officer Basic
Course. Most newly commissioned lieutenants can expect a variety of
assignments as platoon leaders in tactical combat signal units or as
detachment commanders in signal units which operate strategic fixed station
telecommunications switching centers, satellite terminals, and radio relay
stations. A few who possess electrical engineering degrees are assigned to
duties which involve the research and development of new communications
electronics equipment, missile guidance systems, lasers, and computer
hardware.
- Signal officers advise commanders on the employment
of cable, switching, radio, and satellite communications systems as well as
command signal units at company, battalion, and brigade levels.
Opportunities to serve as communications electronics staff officers are
diverse and challenging with worldwide assignments at operational levels
ranging from the forward edge of the battlefield to the White House
Communications Agency in the nation's capital.
- Keeping the Army in touch with the Army is a
demanding and challenging job.
Military Intelligence Corps
- Determining an enemy's plans, intentions, and
capabilities before they're set into motion is of critical value to military
leaders. This is the job of Military Intelligence (MI).
- The Army must be prepared to fight outnumbered and
win in a high intensity conflict, or to defeat the shadow of guerrilla
insurgency in a low intensity situation. In any scenario, military
intelligence is of paramount importance.
- With more than 30,000 members, MI is one of the
largest branches in the Army. Duties include all aspects of planning,
organization, training, and operations of tactical intelligence,
counterintelligence, signals intelligence and electronic warfare, security,
interrogation, and aerial reconnaissance and surveillance.
- Military intelligence officers are engaged in
fighting the "silent war" at tactical, operational, and strategic levels
collecting, analyzing and disseminating intelligence data. And the war is
continuous -- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Newly commissioned officers attend the MI Officer
Basic Course where they concentrate on acquiring tactical all-source
intelligence, as well as basic soldiering skills. Every officer must know
how to provide his future commander with the intelligence support needed to
win on the battlefield, while possessing the skills and knowledge of the
tactical soldier.
- Military intelligence officers work with high-tech
equipment in areas such as radio communications intercept and direction
finding, computer analysis, exploitation of digital imagery, and
transmission of satellite data. There is also an opportunity for extensive
overseas travel.
- The pressure of analyzing information, producing
intelligence, and accurately predicting enemy plans and actions is a
challenging and exciting job.
- For bright, energetic young people who want to
realize their full potential, MI offers exceptional opportunities for
accomplishment and advancement.
Military Police Corps
- Today's military police officer enjoys the
distinction of a truly unique role in the Army by having two diverse and
challenging missions. First is the ever- present need to prepare for war by
leading and training combat ready military police forces in the rear area,
and expedite battlefield movement of critical resources. Second is the
peacetime garrison environment for law enforcement, criminal investigation,
terrorism counter action, physical security, corrections, and crime
prevention. This mission focuses on the human aspects of law enforcement and
reflects the military police " motto of the troops and for the troops".
- Just as the infantry is trained to conduct combat
operations on the front lines, the Military Police Corps is trained to
detect and deter the enemy in the rear area, protecting command posts,
communications centers, and vital resources.
- As a newly commissioned officer, you'll attend the
Military Police Officer Basic Course. Your training will emphasize
leadership, tactics, physical training, maintenance, and supply. Additional
areas of study include military police operations, civil and military and
communicative skills. You may also attend specialized course such as
Airborne School, Air Assault School, and Adjutant General's Corps
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