35F/Army Intelligence Career Path...?
If you have the standard four year contract, you won't be "transferring" to a new MOS at your leisure. That is completely up to the Army to decide, not you. They spent a lot of time and money to make you a 35F, why would they do it twice within one contract and lose your services while in school for a new MOS? You seem to be motivated which is very great and you are trying to plan you future which shows you really care. But you should invest some time into getting adjusted to the Military and learn about it prior to setting yourself up like this. To answer your questions now... The languages that are most valuable right now are Arabic, Farsi and Pushtu. That may be different ten years from now. Your Master's Degree should be in the field of study you want to pursue. The Federal agencies you listed have more than Intelligence-type employees. A lot of them may be in the Intelligence field, but they have more specific jobs as well. Example: Intel Employee A = Order of Battle Intel Employee B = Targeting Intel Employee C = Field Agent And all of those can be even more different based on what area of the world they are assigned to work on. CENTCOM for example handles Central Asia. And you could go even more indepth by being assigned a certain Country with that AoR and possibly even further by being assigned a certain Countries Military or Military Installation or Province. My advice? Graduate BCT. Graduate AIT. Get to your first assignment and begin doing your job. Learn from the people you work with, especially the Civilians who started out like you are and you will find the answers you are looking for while. Best of luck.
What is the life of an IFS (Indian Foreign Services) officer? How is it different from an IAS (Indian Administrative Services)?
I will try to answer the second part of the question (how life in IFS is different from that in IAS). In doing so, I hope to cover some aspects of the first part of the question.The differences are:(i) An IAS officer rises to the most exciting, fulfilling and satisfying part of his/her career within 5 to 8 years of his/her service. This phase is when he/she is Collector/DM. An IFS officer rises to this phase in his/her career after 12 to 18 years. This is when an IFS officer becomes Consul General or Ambassador. But the IFS officer has an edge over his/her IAS counterpart in this aspect since this phase lasts for 17–25 years in case of IFS, while it is about 6–8 years in case of IAS.(ii) An IAS officer spends most of his/her life dealing with grassroots level. An IFS deals with leading members of the society, whether it is Indian delegations visiting foreign countries or citizens of the country where the IFS officer is based.Within 4 months of my first posting abroad, I was involved in the first State Visit of former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Russia. As a young Second Secretary, I handled all agreements signed during former PM Vajpayee’s second visit to Russia.Below is a photo of the signing ceremony in Kremlin, Moscow. Former PM Vajpayee and President Putin are in the centre. On their sides are former EAM Yashwant Sinha and former FM of Russia, Igor Ivanov. I am standing next to former EAM.(iii) An IAS officer deals with day-to-day administration and his day is spent dealing with files and matters related to daily life of people. From day one, an IFS officer prepares reports that help shape the foreign policy of India. As a young Under Secretary/Deputy Secretary while posted in the Ministry of External Affairs, I used to prepare the first draft of all speeches and other official documents for President/PM/EAM level visits and meetings.(iv) Unlike his/her IAS counterpart, an IFS officer spends his/her entire life in Capital cities. Whether in developed or in developing world, the best facilities of the country are in the Capital. Hence, the quality of life is better, whether it is housing or children’s education.(v) An IFS officer gets Foreign Allowance when posted abroad. Foreign Allowances, while not comparable to remuneration in the private sector, are much higher than allowances at home. An IFS officer also has other perks and benefits while posted abroad, which are not available to home-based civil servants, including the IAS.
I'm doing a speech and I need to know all I can about child abuse. So can anyone help me with this topic?
What type of abuse / certain kinds / all kinds...I could give you some specifics about what I know...but abuse is abuse...whether it's mental / physical / emotional / bullying...whatever the case maybe... you can get a lot of info off the internet...or try calling a placement agency that deals with kids this has happened to and see if a case worker / councelor can speak with you. They can't give you specific cases, but can help in answering some of your questions.