Anonymous asked about NOC training.

Q. You mentioned in one of your earlier posts that only around half of the NOC officers are assigned overseas while the other half remain in the US usually involved in some sort of training or training others. Do NOC officers also have training opportunities while abroad? And if so, what kinds of opportunities tend to come up (if you may say)?

A. Yes, NOC officers have ample training opportunities while overseas. Often this may include foreign language training while posted to a country where the NOC expects to say for one or more tours. Usually, they will receive initial language training while in the US prior to assignment, then advanced language training once they are in country. NOCs will also received specialized training once they go operational abroad. This will usually be designated by the Station's needs and may include communications training, computer training, etc. Also based on the primary targets assigned to the NOC, the Station may require further training, for example, in nuclear proliferation issues, high tech targets of interest, etc. NOCs may often feel they are overtrained, in fact.