14FX - INFORMATION OPERATIONS OFFICER AFSC Officer

Summary

Information Operations Officers apply social science principles throughout the full range of military operations to influence perceptions, behavior, action or inaction of relevant actors. Whether it’s through analysis, planning, integration or assessments, these professionals leverage information quickly and efficiently to achieve information advantage across the competition continuum.

What You’ll Do

• Lead structured analytical techniques, critical and creative thinking concepts representing relevant actor’s vulnerabilities.
• Manage planning for flexible and adaptive operations through the Informational and Operational Environments.
• Direct the synchronized execution and assessment of kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities to create psychological effects and wage information warfare.
• Drive the coordination and integration of information-related capabilities with service, joint and interagency organizations.
• Lead IO-focused input to assessment plans and evaluate data to provide IO-related assessment recommendations.
• Lead the planning and assessment of unit-level signature management activities.

Duties

• Plan, collect, process, analyze, and disseminate intelligence information.
• Direct intelligence activities and coordinate with other intelligence agencies.
• Support combat operations by analyzing information and providing threat warnings.
• Create intelligence products to support military planning and operations.
• Manage intelligence databases and information systems.

Qualifications

• Completion of the Information Operations Professionals Course (IOPC) or completion of the following: Information Operations Integration Course (IOIC), Psychological Operations Qualification Course (POQC) or Information Operations Integration Course - Military Information Support Operations (IIC-MISO), and Air Force Operations Security Course (AFOC); or similar courses as approved
• Completion of a Tier 5 Investigation for Top Secret clearance
• Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
• Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday

Training & Education

How do we transform you from a raw recruit to an expert Airman in this field? From hands-on experience to college credit toward a degree, the path begins here.

Training Stages

• BASIC MILITARY TRAINING: 8.5 weeks
• MILITARY TRAINING LOCATION: Maxwell AFB, AL

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s degree in one of the following disciplines: behavioral sciences, social sciences, psychology, sociology, marketing, cultural studies or public relations.

Components

• Air Force Active Duty
• Air Force Reserve
• Air National Guard