DVIDS – News – Fort Gordon Army Intelligence Profession Day helps officers plan assignments

Fort Gordon hosted a first-of-its-kind Army Intelligence (MI) Profession Day, August 8, 2022.

The occasion was a chance for MI officers within the ranks of captain by way of lieutenant colonel and warrant officers of all ranks to satisfy and talk about accessible positions on Fort Gordon with representatives of a number of organizations, together with U.S. Army Cyber Command, the Cyber MI Group, the 116th MI Brigade, the 513th MI Brigade (Theater), the 706th MI Group, the 782nd MI Battalion, the Army Cyber Safety Brigade, and the U.S. Army Cyber Heart of Excellence (CCOE).

Greater than 30 officers participated within the occasion, together with a number of at the moment assigned to the recruiting models. These officers, focused on staying at Fort Gordon, have been in a position to interact with unit senior leaders and human assets personnel to study alternatives accessible to them previous to the Task Interactive Module 2.0 (AIM2) cycle opening in mid-August.

“For these people that want to stay on Fort Gordon for no matter cause — possibly household causes, and so on. — this occasion helps them to know what positions could be opening and offers them the possibility to talk with representatives of that unit to find out what these positions entail, previous to getting into the AIM market,” mentioned David Might, senior cyber intelligence advisor for the CCOE.

This job fair-like occasion was meant to go with the AIM2, which was applied in late 2019 to allow officers to discover their subsequent excursions of responsibility by way of a clear system that lets Troopers work together with models and rank their task preferences. Unit commanders, personnel officers, and department managers from the U.S. Army Human Sources Command can then assess these rankings and match requests to satisfy the wants of each models and officers.

“Occasions like this assist to supply officers and warrant officers a greater view of the mission and features of all Army Intelligence assets on Fort Gordon. We now have a big MI footprint right here; this occasion helps officers to achieve a greater appreciation for broadening alternatives primarily based on their pursuits.” mentioned Might.

A profession MI officer himself, Might arrived for his first task on Fort Gordon in 1993, and returned to the set up 4 instances throughout his profession.

“I spent numerous time at Fort Gordon, however I by no means had a very good understanding of what any of the opposite Army Intelligence models did.” he mentioned.

Representatives of the taking part organizations mentioned they have been happy with the quantity of participation within the occasion, and there are already plans within the works for future profession day iterations. Might mentioned these occasions could also be expanded to supply MI senior noncommissioned officers the identical alternative to discover task choices.