is - Intelligence Specialist Enlisted

Summary

ISs connect the right information to the right person at the right time.

You’ll plan and execute intelligence operations to collect information from adversaries to ensure the success of Coast Guard missions.

You’ll use advanced technology and geospatial techniques to predict and communicate locations and actions of adversaries.

ISs are typically assigned to shoreside sectors, districts, cutters, and major intelligence units.

ISs turn information into actionable intelligence that enables missions to succeed.

ISs receive a 12-week rating course in Yorktown, VA, with instruction in intelligence disciplines, intelligence analysis and briefing, and protecting classified information.
Advanced training in intelligence collection and analysis, counterintelligence analysis, and operations, as well as advanced training in human intelligence, signals intelligence, cyber intelligence, and geospatial intelligence.
Both full-time and part-time Coast Guard-funded educational opportunities leading to an Associate or Bachelors Degree or higher may be available. Specifically, the Strategic Intelligence Program is available to the IS rating.