OPSEC? you do realize that job descriptions are given on USAJOBS.com and it's open to the general public.
I wasn't talking about the job description. re-read my post. I was talking about flying missions over a conus location. But obviously you don't have a clearance and have no idea what OPSEC is.
If you didn't have the need to know, you didn't have the clearance. You should know that being intel analyst.
Now you just have no clue what you're talking about.
We have the clearance because of the scope of our jobs. If we don't have the need to know, a little red flag pops up in some distant computer questioning why we're accessing the information.
With the systems I have access to, I *could* access all kinds of shit I don't need to see. But if it wasn't related to my tasks, then yes, I would be questioned as to why the fuck i was nosing around.
As for Northcom, the US is not the only country in north America. You don't think we watch the areas closest to us? Look at the shit happening in Mexico, those lunatic drug and human traffickers are definitely a concern because of the potential for exploitation of their 'services' by those who might do us harm.
Canada's border isn't exactly the Berlin wall either.
And yes, when we look within our borders, it is not army intel we are using. We get the info from agencies who do have the authority to target and collect information within the US. (FBI, CIA, DIA, DEA, SS, etc) We (military) can't do the groundwork here. THEY (all the other agencies) can. All we do is monitor these situations.
I have been doing my job for a few years now. With a deployment I just got back from which gave me some amazing and exciting experiences (well, as far as information we collected and assholes we identified to send the "target collection" teams to deal with. It's a nerdy thrill for us)
I seriously doubt YOU can tell me something about MY job that I don't know.
And your little link?
Not only was that from 2008, but it specifies the types of activities the soldiers would be used for. Same shit the guard does when they're called up for disaster relief.
Why are you trying to make a conspiracy theory out of nothing?
Originally Posted by DFW5Traveler
My point again, is it is VERY unlikely that predators are being flown around any metro area and you were the only person to see it. I searched the Dallas area papers and found no mention of it.
If you did see a drone, like mentioned above, it was MUCH more likely to be a police dept's drone, and probably a raven.
Also, fuck Somalia and their terrorists and sympathizers.
~edit to add~~
and your newest links..
We use information gathered from the other agencies to determine if there is a threat against soldiers.
the Taliban loves to kill Afghans who work for the ANA and ANP, so we're just being cautious in case someone is trying to come after us on our own bases.
Bomb threats, protests etc.. the only reason anyone cares about any names is if the name is connected to a terrorist organization.
Again, we don't collect that data.
I work in the G2, and we do not do that.
We only analyze data collected by other agencies to determine if maybe we need to raise our alert levels to Delta and restrict access to the base until the threat passes.
Before the deployment, my AOR was northcom and the PAK border provinces. I was the junior analyst writing the daily briefs on both, complete with dazzling power point slides to put everyone to sleep. My NCO would look it over, validate my analysis with his own quick research, and hand it up to our OIC to brief the G2 who would then brief the CG.
Sometimes boring, always tedious, high risk of papercuts.
I know my fucking job, and you don't. You're just making yourself look like a paranoid imbecile.
Originally Posted by lilred_robin
