Posted on Jan 4, 2020
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I currently am in the process of enlisting in the army national guard (Tx) and have an option of a 35 series language dependent MOS (35m/35p), or going to Federal OCS and earning a commission.

I currently work as a contractor for one of the letter agencies and would want to move either an investigator role with one of them or some sort of intel analyst job would also be interesting.

Which option do you think would be better considering my end goal? Any advice is much appreciated.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Your post is way too cryptic. I don’t where you are coming from and where you want to end. The possible branches of your routes are significant.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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It’s like a land nav course where we don’t know the start and end points.
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Lt Col Stephen Petzold
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It depends which 3 letter agency it is. If it is the FBI (since you mention investigator), at least in years past they did not have a good reputation for how they treated their intel analysts. If you are working at the agency you might try talking with folks in those positions and see how they like it.
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LTC Mark Beattie
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It really is difficult to advise based on a somewhat cryptic post. However, in my view it boils down to what most interests you.....investigations or collecting intelligence, analyzing the intelligence, then making making sense of it for your boss and staff. I think either three letter agency would reward either skill set. Ultimately your success is impacted by how much you enjoy and are committed to your work. This requires some soul searching on your part. I’m completely unfamiliar with Federal OCS....never heard of it. Good luck!’
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