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35G Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst or 12Y Geospatial Engineer
Hi everyone!
I'm just about to reenlist with the RA, I'm trying to decide whether to go in as 12Y Geospatial Engineer or 35G Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst. I have a BA in Environmental Science with concentration of GIS. My current job in the RA is 13F in Ft Bragg NC and I'm trying to reclass so I can gather experience for the civilian side. I already have my TS, and I was going to choose 35G but then I started to look that 12Y is similar and literally the same thing I studied in college.
I'm a little bit confused now with these two MOS's. and I really want to know what MOS fits me better for the civilian side. I want to know if anybody can tell me if 35G is more complete than 12Y and if can give me the opportunity to work with ArcGIS? I know that 35G work with S2 but what about 12Y?
I have more inclination for 35G because it was my first choice but then when I saw the 12Y mos I started to lose my mind. I want to take advantage of one of these MOS's and I don't want to be sitting around doing nothing. The one that more experience gives me, because these would be my last 4years in the Army.
cons and pros please?
Which job is more exciting? Have you enjoyed this MOS? Thank you!
Hi everyone!
I'm just about to reenlist with the RA, I'm trying to decide whether to go in as 12Y Geospatial Engineer or 35G Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst. I have a BA in Environmental Science with concentration of GIS. My current job in the RA is 13F in Ft Bragg NC and I'm trying to reclass so I can gather experience for the civilian side. I already have my TS, and I was going to choose 35G but then I started to look that 12Y is similar and literally the same thing I studied in college.
I'm a little bit confused now with these two MOS's. and I really want to know what MOS fits me better for the civilian side. I want to know if anybody can tell me if 35G is more complete than 12Y and if can give me the opportunity to work with ArcGIS? I know that 35G work with S2 but what about 12Y?
I have more inclination for 35G because it was my first choice but then when I saw the 12Y mos I started to lose my mind. I want to take advantage of one of these MOS's and I don't want to be sitting around doing nothing. The one that more experience gives me, because these would be my last 4years in the Army.
cons and pros please?
Which job is more exciting? Have you enjoyed this MOS? Thank you!
Posted in these groups: 
35G-Enlisted: Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst
12Y: Geospatial Engineer
35G-Enlisted: Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst 12Y: Geospatial Engineer
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 2
SGT (Join to see), it all depends on what assignment you get. In my last job, I was the Director of the Army Support teams from NGA and had a number of 12Ys and 35Gs that worked for/with me and my folks.
In a large part, 12Ys and 35Gs are flip-sides of the same coin. The 12Ys doctrinally are focused on the terrain aspects (how do I get the most accurate information about the terrain and features? How can that data be best represented?) and the 35Gs are about analyzing that data (how does the terrain and its features impact upon the friendly/enemy forces? How does that data fuse with other intelligence disciplines?). Both have a heavy role (if applicable to the job they are in) in doing support during disaster relief.
12Ys are Army Engineers and 35Gs are Military Intelligence. Both focus heavily on You will learn about Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geographic analysis, and imagery interpretation and exploitation, but again .. the Engineers will be focused more on the front-end of the information while the intel folks will be focused on the back-end/fusing of the information and turning it in the useful intelligence.
As far as 'sitting around and doing nothing' ... There is a large shortage of GIS Soldiers (both 12Ys and 35Gs) in the Army ... there aren't enough to have some "sitting around" unless they are looking to hide somewhere (a Soldier will always find a way...)
In a large part, 12Ys and 35Gs are flip-sides of the same coin. The 12Ys doctrinally are focused on the terrain aspects (how do I get the most accurate information about the terrain and features? How can that data be best represented?) and the 35Gs are about analyzing that data (how does the terrain and its features impact upon the friendly/enemy forces? How does that data fuse with other intelligence disciplines?). Both have a heavy role (if applicable to the job they are in) in doing support during disaster relief.
12Ys are Army Engineers and 35Gs are Military Intelligence. Both focus heavily on You will learn about Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geographic analysis, and imagery interpretation and exploitation, but again .. the Engineers will be focused more on the front-end of the information while the intel folks will be focused on the back-end/fusing of the information and turning it in the useful intelligence.
As far as 'sitting around and doing nothing' ... There is a large shortage of GIS Soldiers (both 12Ys and 35Gs) in the Army ... there aren't enough to have some "sitting around" unless they are looking to hide somewhere (a Soldier will always find a way...)
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I am a 35G. I want to do the 12Y, as it more aligns with what I want to do on the civilian side. I have been turned down from civilian jobs because I have experience as a 35G and not as a 12Y, which sucks because I just got my GIS certificate and really wanted to work with ArcGIS. 35Gs do not use ArcGIS from what I have seen, but the 12Ys do. I have heard that 12Y do not always do "their job" though. I am not sure about RA though as I am a reservist. The 35G units I have been in have been pretty good about doing our actual MOS on drill weekends though. If you want to do intel on the civilian side go for the 35G. If you want to do GIS and not necessarily intel then do the 12Y. There are many GIS jobs that do not require a clearance and some you can even work from home. Most if not all intel jobs will require a clearance and work out of a SCIF.
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