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What is CIA motto?
Central Intelligence Agency
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Motto | “The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence.” Unofficial motto: “And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:32) |
| Employees | 21,575 (estimate) |
| Annual budget | $15 billion (as of 2013) |
Is there a CIA fitness test?
In order to work as a CIA operative, you need to pass the Army Physical Fitness Test. It involves a push-up test, a timed two-mile run, and a sit-up test. If you pass that, you get to do paramilitary training, which is essentially basic training.
What do CIA officers learn at the farm?
Top candidates spend six months at the Farm, the ultra-secret 9,000-acre military base in Virginia where spies master 007-style skills from shooting Glocks and M4s to parachuting, speed boating and recruiting assets.
What experience do you need to work for the CIA?
Military experience. Just as in the private sector, the CIA /NCS places great value on military experience. Obviously, if you are looking to become a paramilitary case officer in the agency, you would absolutely have to have military experience.
What do BND officers learn from the CIA?
“They teach you tricks, such as making left-hand turns so you can see if there are cars behind you,” former CIA officer Lindsay Moran revealed of her CIA vehicle training. BND officers are taught not only how to avoid suspicion but also how to handle high-speed and violent chases.
What is it like to work for the CIA’s NCS?
That all being said, working in the intelligence field, and specifically, for the CIA’s National Clandestine Service (NCS), is a kick-ass job, and a great way to serve your country. You will find little else as intellectually stimulating, challenging, and thrilling—on a regular and sustained basis—as a career in the NCS.
What happened to the CIA in Mogadishu?
The top Somali CIA informant had apparently been mortally wounded in a game of Russian roulette. By the time Task Force Ranger arrived in Mogadishu in August 1993, the Intelligence Support Activity (Delta Force’s special intelligence cell) and the CIA had completely lost track of the warlord, who had not been seen for a whole month.