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Cryptologic linguists play a crucial role in the U.S. Army by identifying and analyzing foreign communications. This role requires a unique blend of language skills, technical expertise, and analytical thinking.
Key Responsibilities- Identify and Categorize Foreign Communications: Use signals equipment to identify and categorize foreign communications from assigned geographic areas.
- Analyze Foreign Communication: Analyze foreign communication for information to support mission reporting requirements.
- Recognize Changes in Transmission Modes: Recognize changes in transmission modes and tip the appropriate analytical or intercept authority.
- Provide Translation Expertise: Provide translation expertise to analysts to support signals intelligence tasking, reporting, and coordination.
- Operate Systems: Operate systems as needed to support signals intelligence tasking, reporting, and coordination.
- Provide Gist, Transcription, or Translation: Provide gist, transcription, or translation of foreign communications.
Cryptologic linguist job training consists of 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and three to 52 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and in the field.
Recruits who fluently speak a needed foreign language may be allowed to skip DLIFLC training. DLIFLC training is followed by advanced individual training.
To qualify for a job as a cryptologic linguist, recruits must score a 91 on the ASVAB in the Skilled Technical (ST) area. The Army also evaluates recruits on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB), to determine how well a native English speaker will be able to learn a new language.
A DLAB qualifying score of 100 or above is required for this job. Security Clearance: Top Secret. Cryptologic linguist in the Army must be free of color blindness, be U.S. citizens, and have a qualifying score on the English Comprehension Level Test.
Recruits must have good voice quality and be able to speak English and an additional language fluently and idiomatically, without accent or impediment. It's not enough just to be able to speak the language, in other words.
A record of conviction by court-martial or civil court for any offense other than minor traffic violations removes a recruit from eligibility for the position of cryptologic linguist.
Must be between the ages of 17-34. Similar civilian occupations to cryptologic linguist are interpreters and translators, radio operators, database administrators, computer operators, business operations specialists, and training and development specialists.
