2021 Summer Internship - Counterintelligence Career Field
POSITION SUMMARY
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE CAREER FIELD
Officers in this Career Field perform a wide variety of functions in support of the mission to include detecting, identifying, assessing, exploiting, countering, and/or neutralizing the intelligence collection efforts/intelligence activities, sabotage, terrorist activities, and/or assassination efforts of foreign powers, organizations, or persons directed against the Department of Defense and the US Government, its personnel, information, material, facilities and/or activities. They also participate in activities that conceal true identity and assert false information in order to support and enable authorized activities and lawful operations.
CI Agent Career Specialty:
Comprises officers who support the career field missions by leveraging one or more of the disciplines of counterintelligence. The roles for Counterintelligence (CI) Agents generally require specialized skills, abilities, and training. CI Agents engage in four of the five CI functions of investigations, collections, operations, and functional services. The analysis and production function of CI is carried out at DIA by officers within the All Source Analysis Career Field/Specialty: Counterintelligence.
Cover Support Career Specialty:
A Cover Support Officer (CSO) is an individual designated by the Defense Cover Office (DCO) who provides all aspects of cover support activities that conceal true identity and assert false information in order to support and enable authorized activities and lawful operations. The CSO Career Specialty consists of officers with varying skillsets who support sensitive missions by leveraging one or more of the disciplines of cover support. The roles for CSOs generally require specialized skills, abilities, and training.