I realize I am bringing up an old thread, but I am curious about much of the info here & a career in army or navy intelligence.
I am in the middle of filling out my Forces application and at the moment I am very interested in the Intelligence Operator position. After reading this thread it seems that the navy reserve intelligence operator/officer role is going through a lot of changes? Initially I was leaning toward the navy but now I am not so sure if I can or if it's even possible to enter. In terms of employment between army & navy which area am I more likely to be needed? I see from what I have read here, that the navy reserve intelligence officers lacks the underlings to properly do their job, if this is true does that mean they're is need for more intelligence operators? Or is it more of a funding issue?
I am not sure if this bit of info will help in answering my questions, but currently I am a CEGEP (college) student living in Montreal. All of my studies/courses in my Social Science program have been directed toward this type of job, courses such as Political Science, Geography, History, Economics, Psychology, & Religion. Further I have tried to relate my required Humanities, French, English, Phys-Ed, & Complementary courses to the job position. I really want every course I take in college & later in university to be useful to the Canadian Forces specifically useful to the Intelligence Operator & Officer careers in either Navy or Army.
A lot of you seem to know about the job, either through friends or self-experience. Maybe some of you are intelligence officers… if so what is it you want most from your operators? What would be most useful to know about beforehand? I am coming from the education environment, and I don’t have any military experience, what can I do to start preparing mentally? For example are there any course suggestions, or areas of study that I should focus on? Physically, this job doesn’t sound to demanding but I am in good health, I cycle everywhere year round & trail run a couple days a week.
Any info about the is very appreciated, just leave a message here or PM me.