A_A, H-H wants to be an intelligence officer. Now I know little about dark blue Int except that I suspect that warfare would be a more interesting employment. For the RAF there was very few fg off/flt lt Int billets - 137 at the last count some years ago - and competition is fierce. Can't think why.
A problem with Int is you need an encyclopediac knowledge and you need to win credibility with your customers. The former takes time and the latter must be done very quickly. The two are virtually mutually exclusive.
Away from the front line you will be closetted in one of very few locations, some in deepest Middlesex and others deep in sandy places.