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Imagery Analyst (Chicago, IL)

Having access to the correct information is absolutely necessary to plan for our national defense. Intelligence specialists, like the Imagery Analyst, are integral to providing Army personnel with information about enemy forces and potential battle areas. Intelligence specialists use aerial photographs, electronic monitoring and human observation in order to gather and study information that's required to design defense plans and tactics.

The Imagery Analyst is primarily responsible for supervising and analyzing aerial and ground permanent record imagery developed by photographic and electronic means. Some of your duties as an Imagery Analyst may include:

Studying aerial photographs of foreign ships, bases and missile sites
Planning and recommending the use of imaging sensors for reconnaissance and surveillance missions
Using electronic, mechanical and optical devices, as well as photogrammetry, in order to obtain information from imagery
Obtaining intelligence by studying and analyzing imagery products
Determining target coordinates for accurate location of imagery analysis findings
Identifying enemy weapons and equipment defenses
Analyzing military installations and lines of communications
Studying land and sea areas that could become battlegrounds in time of war
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Job training for an Imagery Analyst consists of nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and 20 weeks of Advanced Individual Training and on-the-job instruction, including practice in intelligence gathering. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Some of the skills you'll learn are:

Planning aerial and satellite observations
Preparing maps and charts
Analyzing aerial photographs
Preparing intelligence reports
Using computer systems
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Helpful attributes include:

An interest in reading maps and charts
An interest in gathering information and studying its meaning
An ability to organize information
An ability to think and write clearly
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Advanced level Imagery Analysts supervise and train other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Imagery Analyst, you may be involved in:

Studying and analyzing imagery produced by aerial sensor systems and hand-held photography
Conducting mission planning and selecting entry zones
Computing distances, areas and volumes by manual and automated means on oblique and pan imagery
Analyzing industrial facilities and their components on aerial imagery
Maintaining imagery analysis library and files
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The skills you learn as an Imagery Analyst will help prepare you for a future with federal government agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency or the National Security Agency. The training you receive in collecting, recording, analyzing and distributing tactical and technical intelligence information will prepare you for other fields, such as research or business planning.

Due to your extensive experience with maps and aerial photographs, you might consider a career as a surveyor, cartographer, photogrammetrist or surveying technician. These positions generally involve determining property boundaries and providing data relevant to the shape, contour, location or dimension of land or land features. You'd most likely be qualified to work for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation and construction companies.


Thank you for your interest in our job posting. This job is with the US Army and would require enlistment and relocation if you were to go full time. The Qualifications are as follows:

1. 17-41 years of age
2. US Citizen or permanent resident
3. HS Diploma or Equivalent
4. Height and Weight requirements
5. Qualifying score on a vocational aptitude test
6. Good physical health

Please let me know if you would be qualified and if you would be interested in scheduling an appointment to go over the programs and taking the vocational aptitude test.

SGT Darrell Myers
US Army
3905 n cicero ave
Chicago, IL 60641
(877)-806-6899

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