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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 3438970, member: 44132&quot;]In the beginning the Speculatores were scouts who gathered intelligence (my word) in an overt fashion.&nbsp; As the years passed, the Specularores became more covert collectors and spys as well as the traditional scouting duties.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can share most of what I did in my military life.&nbsp; I was drafted in 1968 and, because of my test scores in the battery of tests the army gives all recruits, I was sent to what was then called Intelligence Coordinator course (a glorified clerk).&nbsp; In 1969, I went back to school to become a Counterintelligence Agent and was assigned to MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) in the Phoenix Program.&nbsp; I suggest you look up information on that program.&nbsp; After returning from Vietnam, I had routine duties stateside until 1976 and then was assigned CI duties with the First Armored Division in Germany.&nbsp; Up to this point, my duties (other than Vietnam) were rather routine and not noteworthy.&nbsp; However, in 1979 I was selected for duty with the Special Projects Office under direct control of the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army for Intelligence.&nbsp; This assignment changed everything.&nbsp; I was assigned to various locations over the next 12 years and doing things I don&#039;t feel comfortable discussing either here on this board or even in person.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1991, I was sent to CENTCOM to augment the forward deployment into Saudi Arabia and Kuwait during the first Gulf War.&nbsp; After returning from a very eventful 8 months, I was assigned to Joint duty with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, duties of which included escorting Russian Inspectors in the US under the START and INF treaties, as well as inspecting Russian compliance with those same treaties in Russia.</p><p><br /></p><p>I retired in 2001(just shy of 33 years) at the rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five.&nbsp; The military is a way of life, and I still miss that life.&nbsp; I hope I haven&#039;t disappointed you, but that was my life as a Speculatore, er, I mean CI Agent.</p><p><br /></p><p>My afterlife from the military included about 12 years as a DoD contractor teaching Special Operators from all the services on CI operations, interrogation, and body language interpretation.&nbsp; Now I&#039;m just retired![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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