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Special Agent, Counter Assault Team
Job in
Lanham, Prince George's County, Maryland, 20706, USA
Listed on 2026-01-02
Listing for:
The United States Secret Service
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-02
Job specializations:
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Security
Armed Security
Job Description & How to Apply Below
BE A PART OF THE COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM
The Secret Service Special Operations Division's Counter Assault Team (CAT) creates a unique tactical career opportunity for special agents within the Office of Protective Operations. Special Agents within this tactical operations assignment possess operational skills that are relevant to the mission of the Special Operations Division. Special Agents assigned to CAT provide tactical support to Secret Service protective details to include high level protectees such as the President and Vice President of the United States of America.
CAT members conduct comprehensive mission planning and extensive coordination with support entities to accomplish their mission. CAT personnel receive advance training in weapons handling, tactics, and decision making.
* Recruitment Incentive:
Applicants may be eligible for a $60,000 recruitment incentive in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Requirements:
* U.S. Citizenship.
* Possess a current valid driver's license. Must be REAL .
* Use your official name on your application as it appears on your valid government identification (i.e., REAL r's License, State , Passport).
* Applicants must be 21 at the time of application and under 37 at the time of a conditional offer, unless they have prior federal law enforcement service under special retirement provisions. Veterans' preference applicants must receive a conditional offer before age 40.
* Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. Disclose any prior drug use, attempted use, and/or experimentation.
* Obtain a Top-Secret Clearance and retain it during your career.
* This position requires an automatic credit check after initial qualifications are met.
* Carry and use a firearm. Maintaining firearm proficiency is mandatory. You will be ineligible to occupy this position if at any time you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, unless you received a pardon, or your conviction was expunged or set aside.
* Complete 13 weeks of intensive training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA andweeks of specialized training at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Laurel, MD. Failure to pass the training program may result in separation from the Secret Service.
* Sign a mobility agreement stating your willingness to accept assignments anywhere within the United States and overseas.
* Certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so, if you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959.
* Possess uncorrected visual acuity of no worse than binocular, possess corrected visual acuity ofor better in each eye.(
Note:
Lasik, ALK, RK, and PRK corrective eye surgeries are acceptable eye surgeries for special agent applicants. Applicants will be considered eligible for the special agent position provided specific visual tests are passed. The following are waiting periods for visual tests: Lasik-2 months after surgery, PRK-6 months after surgery, ALK and RK-one year after surgery).
* Hearing loss, as measured by an audiometer, must not exceed 25 decibels (A.S.A. or equivalent I.S.O.) in either ear in the 500,1000 and 2000
Hz ranges.
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