Primary Responsibilities
Collect, process, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate information for commanders and staffs.
02xx Intelligence / Marine Corps MOS Profile
0204 Human Intelligence Officer
Human Intelligence Officers manage and supervise HUMINT and counterintelligence operations, personnel, reporting, source operations, and collection support within authorized Marine Corps intelligence channels.
Code / Pipeline0204
MOS NameHuman Intelligence Officer
Category02xx Intelligence
Unit AssociationIntelligence Cell
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Responsibilities and Pipeline
Training Pipeline
Complete accession training appropriate to officer or enlisted status.
Billet Progression
This MOS supports commanders by turning collection, reporting, and analysis into usable decision support.
Current Member Tracking
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USMC Responsibilities
0204 Human Intelligence Officer is described here by practical Marine Corps duties, billet expectations, and training progression. This section avoids game-language so the page reads like a professional MOS reference.
- Collect, process, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate information for commanders and staffs.
- Support intelligence preparation of the operational environment, collection planning, and reporting cycles.
- Coordinate with operations, fires, communications, and security personnel so intelligence products support planning and decision making.
- Maintain accountability for classified material, briefing standards, and analytic accuracy within the intelligence section.
Training Pipeline
The pathway is shown at a broad public level. Exact prerequisites, screening, quotas, course names, and assignments can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, command screening, and schoolhouse policy.
- Complete accession training appropriate to officer or enlisted status.
- Attend Marine Corps intelligence training for the assigned specialty or officer community.
- Serve in intelligence sections, battalion/squadron staffs, collections, analysis, or HUMINT/CI billets according to MOS.
- Progress through advanced intelligence, security, collections, or leadership schools as billet requirements increase.
Billets And Skill Growth
- Entry-level Marines focus on core tasks, equipment, field discipline, and reliable execution.
- NCOs supervise small teams, enforce standards, plan rehearsals, and train junior Marines.
- SNCOs and officers manage readiness, risk, training plans, inspections, reporting, and integration with adjacent staff sections.
- Instructor and staff billets preserve standards, document lessons learned, and build repeatable training for the next rotation.
Chain of Command Matching Logic
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Rank / Grade Requirements
Grade LaneCommissioned officer MOS
Entry / Award Basis
Normally held by commissioned officers assigned to human-intelligence/counterintelligence leadership billets after screening and MOS training.
Typical Rank Use
2ndLt through Capt for entry and company-grade billets; Maj and above for staff and supervisory intelligence billets.
Schoolhouse & Qualification Requirements
SchoolhouseMarine Corps intelligence schoolhouse / CI-HUMINT and intelligence specialist training pipeline
Intelligence training covers collection management, reporting, analysis, briefing, source handling or counterintelligence fundamentals as applicable to the specialty.
Entry QualificationsScreening / Prerequisites
Requires security clearance eligibility, command screening, judgment, writing ability, interview or analysis aptitude where required, and completion of formal intelligence training.
Associated SchoolsFollow-On Training
- CI-HUMINT course path for 0211
- Collections / analysis sustainment
- SERE and high-risk survival training for selected operational billets
- Language, regional, targeting, and interagency coordination training as assigned
Course titles, quotas, prerequisites, and sequence can change by fiscal year, manpower requirement, medical qualification, and current schoolhouse policy.
Current Members in this MOS
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MOS Association
Intelligence Cell
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