Anyone worked with HUMINT?

[schmoo]

I am English but serving in the USN. I am going over to Intel and was interested in the HUMINT rate. It's fairly new to us and I know the UK forces (Army I think) deal with it. Just wondering if anyone worked with these intel guy's or know how the training/job is. Thanks! :lilangel:

[Pilgrim Norway]

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CHIMS chum -

I suppose you've looked at janes. already ?

Bash it into your search motor

best,

[schmoo]

No, I hadn't even heard of Janes...I was going more on the lines of experience etc. but I guess it doesn't really matter since I can't get any decent info on here as its unclass; I should have thought before I started typing. Thanks anyway.

[Pilgrim Norway]

There was once quite an amount of human intelligence in England -

Then the UK joined the European Union ...... :multi: of which Mr. Bliar
will soon be Presindente.....

You are right- not much info will be forthcoming on the application of same

Good luck,

[schmoo]

Yeah, every time I go home (well to visit mum) I feel more and more like a foreigner (is that weird or what?) I mean I go home and find out there is several new laws that are totally ridiculous and find myself thinking what the ? Americans think very highly of Blair, not so much the EU though, forget the UN.

[Pilgrim Norway]

Well, you can begin to feel at home soon then ......

The US now has it's first Labour Government -

and the policies will be Gordon's own ....

[Sarastro]

HUMINT is now run by the Int Corps in a special tri-service lot called Defence HUMINT Unit (DHU). Involves agent handling, surveillance, interrogation, debriefing, and elements of reconnaissance. As you might expect, that list of duties requires pretty tough & specialised training; fit, intellegent soldiers with high interpersonal skills and independent streak are required. Languages, specific area knowledge, cultural experience and other specialisations are a help but not requirements (apparently). I've heard pretty credible hearsay that the dropout rate for the selection course is higher than SAS (though I've also been told by a HUMINT WO2 not to believe everything one hears about phys requirements etc).

Seems to be one of those jobs that is tough as f@#k to get into, lets you cut your own detail a fair bit, but leaves little time for a life once you're in, and involves the kind of massively gucci work that only takes people who don't give a toss about that kind of boastability. As one guy put it to me, 'SF for geeks'.

There are also, I understand, lower levels of HUMINT training that are part of officer progression in the Corps & so is much more widely spread, but I don't know the extent of what that involves.

All this is taken from low-level briefs by the Int Corps & talking to some of the guys working in HUMINT during Corps recruiting. Try the Int Corps section of www.arrse.co.uk for more info.

[schmoo]

Thanks for the reply 'S' all I can say is your right. I'm in a pre-requisite class right now and will be screened in Jan. I was watching some of the Marines this morning and all I can say is holy crap...drop out and kick out is high, and only 4 females passed this course so far. No I'm not a GI Jane either, so hopefully my motivation and of course English sense of humour will get me through!

[Rogue Chef]

pretty tough & specialised training; fit, intelligent soldiers with high interpersonal skills and independent streak are required.

Seems to be one of those jobs that is tough as f@#k to get into, lets you cut your own detail a fair bit, but leaves little time for a life once you're in, and involves the kind of massively gucci work that only takes people who don't give a toss about that kind of boastability. As one guy put it to me, 'SF for geeks'.

I have met a few in my time, and that about sums them up.