Marine battalion intelligence specialist

[oz-13-ms]

I have searched the site and several threads concerning battalion intelligence specialist and what they do. The information i have recieved from a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant matched perfectly with the infomation i have found on said threads and websites. I have also talked to a recruiter stationed in my RSS. This recruiter stated that a 0231 intelligence specialist at the battalion level is more or less a undercover cop. Is this true? I have researched battalion level intelligence specialist and found no such information. My main concern is graduation from MCRD SD of course as well as graduation from my MOS school in Dam Neck, VA. I am concerned with my MOS, meaning, i would like something in Intelligence where i get down and dirty with the grunts (0311 was my second choice) assuming i become a marine. Thanks to all that post.

[0231Marine]

I have searched the site and several threads concerning battalion intelligence specialist and what they do. The information i have recieved from a retired Master Gunnery Sergeant matched perfectly with the infomation i have found on said threads and websites. I have also talked to a recruiter stationed in my RSS. This recruiter stated that a 0231 intelligence specialist at the battalion level is more or less a undercover cop. Is this true? I have researched battalion level intelligence specialist and found no such information. My main concern is graduation from MCRD SD of course as well as graduation from my MOS school in Dam Neck, VA. I am concerned with my MOS, meaning, i would like something in Intelligence where i get down and dirty with the grunts (0311 was my second choice) assuming i become a marine. Thanks to all that post.

First of all, you need to fill out your profile completely.

Secondly, I'm not sure what you mean by "undercover cop"? A boot Private straight out of Intel School and going to an infantry battalion is not going to do much more than sit in the COC reading message traffic, plotting significant events on a map and doing the leg work for the S2 shop. You will need to learn your job and prove yourself before being allowed to do anything but read and brief your NCO's. It is very far from being embeded with the grunts or what ever it is you think you're getting in to. Don't expect to be down at the squad level kicking in doors. There is also no guarantee that you'll end up at an infantry bn out of MOS school so you need to be realistic with your goals as well.

[Enigmatic]

There needs to be a new sticky: Intel questions? Contact 0231Marine!!

[0231Marine]

There needs to be a new sticky: Intel questions? Contact 0231Marine!!

LOL

[Achped]

The intel guys in my BN have the best coffee.

[EvilFrawg]

0231 Marine has a lot of good points here. There are a lot more things though also. The places you could end up are pretty much unlimited as far as air wing units MEF HQ Intel Bn's so on so forth. I get new guys like you in my shop all the time. Someone sales you kids on the idea that Intel means you are going to be James Bond. If that is the bill of goods you have been sold you are definetly going to want a refund. Additionaly 0231 MArine is right about you having to prove yourself, the S2 although considered by many to be a relatively inreliable place for info is actually the one place that should be able to give a commander or a team going out of the wire accurate information about the enemy, information that if innaccurate could prove to be fatal to our brothers. I am in Okinawa and am able to evaluate my young Marines prior to assigning them to any detachments of deploying Marines and I promise you that I do not send out any of my Marines prior to them being ready to accurately interpret analyze prepare and deliver intelligence. Get ready for a job that is very demanding mentaly. I guarntee you that for at least the first year you will not be getting anything that most would be considered exciting, but if you work hard learn from your NCO's and SNCO's then there is potential for several exciting opportunities. Nothing glamourous here but after 19 years there is still no other job in the Corps that I would rather be doing.

[yellowwing]

Has our process moved to the Robert M. Clark model of cooperative information?

[0231Marine]

I'm unfamiliar with the model you're describing and I have not read any of Mr. Clarks work. Could you describe his method a little and then I could answer more definitively.

[yellowwing]

It where all modules communicate driectly.