Special Forces Officers Career, Salary and Skills
No national wage record is published for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Occupation description
Lead elite teams that implement unconventional operations by air, land, or sea during combat or peacetime. These activities include offensive raids, demolitions, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and counterterrorism. In addition to their combat training, special forces officers often have specialized training in swimming, diving, parachuting, survival, emergency medicine, and foreign languages. Duties include directing advanced reconnaissance operations and evaluating intelligence information; recruiting, training, and equipping friendly forces; leading raids and invasions on enemy territories; training personnel to implement individual missions and contingency plans; performing strategic and tactical planning for politically sensitive missions; and operating sophisticated communications equipment.
O*NET code
55-1017.00
Job zone
Not recorded
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Salary data is not available for this occupation in the current BLS dataset.
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.