0212 - Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) Specialist

Summary

Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Specialists are involved in all facets of planning and conducting tactical, strategic, and joint TSCM operations and activities.

These activities are designed to detect and neutralize a wide variety of hostile technical surveillance technologies designed to obtain unauthorized access to classified and sensitive information.

TSCM Specialists are expected to possess a working knowledge of the techniques and equipment employed by foreign intelligence entities (FIE) and terrorist organizations to obtain information from controlled facilities through technical means.

TSCM Specialists normally perform as members of a Marine Corps TSCM team and may also serve with other Service or Joint TSCM teams, as TSCM instructors, or as TSCM representatives to Department of Defense (DoD) and National-level agencies.

This MOS is to be assigned only as a NMOS and will be assigned and voided only by the authority of the CMC (MM).

Prerequisites

Must hold primary MOS 0211.

Must be a Sergeant or above.

Prior to entry into TSCM training, must have 36 months of remaining obligated service upon graduation from training.

Must be interviewed and recommended for training as a TSCM Specialist by a board of Marine TSCM personnel, per reference (cu).

Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.

Must possess an EL score of 120 or higher (may be waived by CMC (I)).

Security requirement: Must have a current single scope background investigation/T5 investigation and adjudicated for sensitive compartmented information (SCI) eligibility.

Must meet minimum physical, hearing acuity, and vision requirements per reference (cv); reference (cw); and reference (cu).

Requirements

Complete the U.S.

Army TSCM Course (A18HBR1) (3C-SQIW/244-ASIG9), or the joint department of defense prerequisite training and the Interagency Training Center (ITC) TSCM Fundamentals Course (TSEC-2722).

Exceptionally qualified personnel are eligible for a waiver in lieu of DoD prerequisite training from the DoD TSCM Program Manager.

MOS 0212 assigned upon successful completion of the U.S.

Army TSCM Course (A18HBR1) (3C-SQIW/244-ASIG9), or the Department of Defense prerequisite training or receipt of DoD prerequisite training waiver, and the Interagency Training Center (ITC) TSCM Fundamentals Course (TSEC-2722).

POI CID

None

Duties

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (g), Intelligence Training and Readiness Manual.

Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, All Other 55-3019.

CI/HUMINT Specialist, 0211.

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