

You swear into the DEP for the Air Force with your recruiter and you can take the DLAB after that. Spanish Korean and Russian are three of the 7-8. There are 7-8 languages the Air Force will want you to learn, none of them are Japanese. Develops and maintains handbooks, working aids, and analytical references to ensure applicability and currency. Air Force requires a 110 on the DLAB to qualify for either linguist job. For Chinese, we typically bounce back and forth every few years between Maryland and Hawaii. When ground linguists deploy it's because they sought out the opportunity and fought to go. Ground linguists almost never deploy, regardless of language. Completes, annotates, and distributes logs, forms, and correspondence. It's part of why they're chronically undermanned and have low retention. Compiles and maintains operation records and statistics. Maintains technical aids, logs, and records. Your responsibilities include handling, distributing, and safeguarding classified information and foreign language material from incoming radio transmissions. Recognizes essential elements of information, analyzes communications, and reports items of interest. Uses applicable working aids and references, transcribes, performs preliminary analysis on, and summarizes communications in accordance with established formats and priorities. Performs preventive maintenance on mission equipment. Monitors and records communications adding appropriate comments to assist in transcription and analysis. Tunes receivers to prescribed frequencies and performs frequency search missions, over specified portions of radio spectrums to locate and monitor stations and frequency use. Operates radio receivers, recording equipment, keyboards, computer consoles, and related equipment. Operates and manages operation of communications equipment. Performs and supervises acquisition, recording, transcribing, translating, analyzing, and reporting of assigned voice communications.Įxperience in directing cryptologic activities.
