Personal Narrative: A Career As An Intelligence Analyst

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I have worked as an Intelligence Analyst in the USAF from 2004 to now. As an intel analyst I work as part of a team to analyze incoming information, looking for key elements that will help with missions. Through my research, I’ll create databases of information as well as materials to support combat mission planning and ensure our Airmen never go into battle blind.

I research, and produce intelligence information. I build and provide different types of briefings/presentations for commanders and aircrew. I also build daily summaries that include information on a given day’s events. I enjoy these tasks because they match up with my first use learning patterns of sequence and precision. The precision pattern is used a lot during days that I have to research tons of information. When I build briefings and presentations I am using both sequence and technical reasoning. The information included in these briefings are generally put together based on who the audience is and what they want or are required to know. Building daily summaries also uses the sequence pattern, as there is a format that I follow. The information goes in a specific order, gets sent to the same group of people, and also gets sent out (e-mailed) at the same time each day.
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I also analyze intelligence information and evaluate it to determine whether it's accurate and then disseminate to appropriate levels of command. These tasks require more of a technical reasoning and confluence patterns. I do not enjoy building databases and would prefer that they be already build. Therefore, I could use them as a reference. I also do not enjoy analyzing and evaluating intelligence information because it requires problem solving and I do not like it when or if I am

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