ANNIVeRSARY AIR SHow! - Royal New Zealand Air Force
ANNIVeRSARY AIR SHow! - Royal New Zealand Air Force
ANNIVeRSARY AIR SHow! - Royal New Zealand Air Force
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RNZAF personnel are being<br />
informed via a Roadshow to the bases<br />
this month, of the opportunities<br />
available to personnel who become<br />
Field Humint (FH) operators.<br />
Nominations opened this month too,<br />
for entry into the selection courses,<br />
with the selections to be made in June.<br />
However, if you’re interested in<br />
becoming a FH operator, the first step<br />
is to talk to your career Manager (this<br />
is important!) and also through your<br />
chain of command to your commander.<br />
They will need to agree to you being<br />
released from your branch or trade<br />
prior to attending selection.<br />
operators who make it through<br />
selection and complete the course will<br />
be posted to 1 (NZ) Military Intelligence<br />
company in Trentham for a 2 – 3 year<br />
period, where they will further develop<br />
their skills, and deploy or attend<br />
various courses or exercises overseas.<br />
WhAT iS huMinT?<br />
HUMINT is the category of<br />
intelligence collected from and<br />
provided by human sources. This is<br />
done by talking to appropriate people<br />
with the aim of finding out information<br />
of intelligence value.<br />
Imagine when a patrol walks into a<br />
village. A patrol member is introduced<br />
and talks to a village elder; through<br />
conversation he learns that there were<br />
six men armed with Ak47s headed<br />
in an easterly direction less than 24<br />
hours ago … The intelligence value of<br />
the information is obvious; the patrol<br />
member takes down the contact<br />
details of the elder and arranges for<br />
another meeting.<br />
This scenario contains the basics<br />
of HUMINT operations—that is simply<br />
talking to people to elicit information<br />
from them.<br />
<strong>Force</strong> Protection<br />
huMAn inTELLiGEnCE<br />
FIeld HUMINT courses in the NZdF<br />
ThE nZDF TACTiCAL DEBRiEFinG CouRSE<br />
This is a five day Tri-service course that teaches the principles of gaining<br />
information from a willing subject using trained questioning techniques.<br />
This course is ideal for deploying Patrol commanders and key staff posted to<br />
operational units, or for personnel considering pursuing a career as a FH operator.<br />
FiELD huMinT oPERAToR SELECTion CouRSE<br />
The FH Selection course is designed to assess a candidate’s suitability for<br />
further FH training, and runs for four days. during the course candidates should<br />
expect to be conditioned physically and mentally before being placed into a<br />
number of scenarios to test their ability to communicate, problem solve and think<br />
quickly on their feet.<br />
Selection is designed to find the right people to be an FH operator. Unlike other<br />
courses, selection is not a pass/fail. You will be selected based on your personal<br />
attributes, yet not everyone will fit the mould.<br />
The person we are looking for:<br />
• loves talking to others<br />
• Has a mature outlook<br />
• Self thinker<br />
• Able to listen and process information quickly<br />
• Remain calm in stressful situations and function effectively when tired<br />
• confident in their own abilities<br />
Successful candidates will be eligible to attend the 12 week FH course.<br />
BASiC FiELD huMinT oPERAToRS (Fh) CouRSE<br />
This is a 12 week Tri-service course open to all ranks up to and including Army<br />
captain [equivalent] who have successfully completed selection. The course is in<br />
phases, with candidates required to pass each phase before advancing to the next.<br />
(If unsuccessful, students will be given formal qualifications in the phases they<br />
have completed.)<br />
The course phases are:<br />
1. Tactical debriefing course (qualified as a tactical debriefer),<br />
2. close Quarter battle (cQb) and shooting package,<br />
3. Source handling (advanced debriefing),<br />
4. Source operations / security and survivability.<br />
on successfully completing this course, FH operators would be posted to 1<br />
(NZ) Military Intelligence company in Trentham for two or three years.<br />
hoW To APPLy. If you’re interested in becoming a FH operator, the important<br />
first step is to talk to your career Manager and to your commander, who will need<br />
to agree to you being released from your branch or trade.<br />
If this is obtained, you should email us and register your interest: 1nzmicoy@<br />
nzdf.mil.nz<br />
A pre-selection pack will be sent to you for completion. Then, put your<br />
nomination in through your chain of command.<br />
BEnEFiTS. Although you will be out of your parent trade for a number of years, you<br />
will return to your trade with improved communication skills, greater confidence,<br />
the ability to plan and give orders as well as a greatly increased ability to function<br />
effectively under pressure. being an FH operator is hard work, but you will be doing<br />
a job like no other in the NZdF!<br />
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