Officer
INFORMATION OPERATIONS OFFICER
What you’ll do
- Lead structured analytical techniques, critical and creative thinking concepts representing relevant actor’s vulnerabilities
- Manage planning for flexible and adaptive operations through the Informational and Operational Environments
- Direct the synchronized execution and assessment of kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities to create psychological effects and wage information warfare
- Drive the coordination and integration of information-related capabilities with service, joint and interagency organizations
- Lead IO-focused input to assessment plans and evaluate data to provide IO-related assessment recommendations
- Lead the planning and assessment of unit-level signature management activities
TRAINING & EDUCATION
How do we transform you into a leader and an officer in this field? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.
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BASIC MILITARY TRAINING
8.5 weeks
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MILITARY TRAINING LOCATION
Maxwell AFB, AL
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Bachelor’s degree in one of the following disciplines: behavioral sciences, social sciences, psychology, sociology, marketing, cultural studies or public relations.
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- Completion of the Information Operations Professionals Course (IOPC) or completion of the following: Information Operations Integration Course (IOIC), Psychological Operations Qualification Course (POQC) or Information Operations Integration Course - Military Information Support Operations (IIC-MISO), and Air Force Operations Security Course (AFOC); or similar courses as approved
- Completion of a Tier 5 Investigation for Top Secret clearance
- Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday