"I have not yet begun to fight!": National Guard Looking for Internment/Resettlement Specialists

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National Guard Looking for Internment/Resettlement Specialists

August 3, 2009 in News

Public Intelligence
The National Guard has posted a number of job listings on well-known employment sites for a position known as “Internment/Resettlement Specialist”. The job listings reference “civilian internee camps” and “displaced civilian (DC) resettlement facilities” as main venues for the position. According to the Army’s website, Internment/Resettlement Specialists (31E) are responsible for “day-to-day operations in a military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility”. They provide “rehabilitative, health, welfare, and security to US military prisoners within a confinement or correctional facility; provide custody, control, supervision and security to internees within a detention/internment facility; conduct inspections; prepare written reports; coordinate activities of prisoners/internees and staff personnel.”
One version of the listing describes the job as similar to a civilian corrections officer:

As an Internment/Resettlement Specialist for the Army National Guard, you will ensure the smooth running of military confinement/correctional facility or detention/internment facility, similar to those duties conducted by civilian Corrections Officers. This will require you to know proper procedures and military law; and have the ability to think quickly in high-stress situations. Specific duties may include assisting with supervision and management operations; providing facility security; providing custody, control, supervision, and escort; and counseling individual prisoners in rehabilitative programs.

There are minimal requirements listed for the job and only a high-school degree is required. Responsibilities include:

Responsible for all personnel working in the confinement/correctional facility, including security, logistical, and administrative management of the prisoner/internee population
Supervising and establishing all administrative, logistical and food support operations, confinement/correctional, custodial, treatment, and rehabilitative activities
Conducting stand-alone operations, providing command and control, staff planning, administration and logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of an Enemy Prisoner of War/Civilian Internee (EPW/CI) camp, detainee internment facility
Conducting stand-alone operations, providing command and control, staff planning, administration and logistical services, and custody/control for the operation of a displaced civilian (DC) resettlement facility

Below are some screencaps of a video advertising the job on the National Guard website. For more information on the position, you may view its dedicated page.