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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:

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CHIMS chum -

I suppose you've looked at janes. already ?

Bash it into your search motor

best,

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.

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,

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.

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 ....

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.

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!

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.