What's the fundamental difference between spies and

>>32546344
theres lots of overlap but assuming there is a difference, im guessing objectives and purpose? spies are about intelligence gathering while operatives are about actions.
just a guess though, i have no fucking clue

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>>32546344
Spies fuck their way to information
Operatives get fucked on their way to information

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>>32546344
I joined the Army. Got rushed up the pipe tube. Got an option 40. I said fuck that. Went straight to Navy seals but that shit was gay. Transferred to the Marines. I got dropped in boot camp. Then a coloneral came and told me it was all a ruse, I became a secret spy.

>tfw not a shadow recruit like me

>>32546392
Or they buy it. That's how it was for me anyways.

>>32546426
Don't suppose you know that Navy Seals and Delta force also travels with stacks of greenbacks for that very reason

>>32546359
This. Spies are about intelligence gathering, espionage, etc.
A "covert operative", if that's the term we're using, is more about direct action, sabotage, assassinations, etc.

How does one become a private intelligence operative/analyst?

Good at climbing shit and went to a good school.

It depends on who's side they are on.
>spies
Only that pesky enemy has spies
>covert operatives
Are our heroic guys

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I have an m44 nagant without a bayonet but I'd like a bayonet. Is the best option just to buy a whole new gun with a bayonet? I can't find any m44 bayonets for sale.

>>32547428
Private idk but as far as the government services are concerned, usually they are the ones that will make you the offer.

>>32546344
spies gather intelligence
covert operatives operate covertly

>>32547428
Military you typically have to have a collection of different skills and qualities. Say if you do intelligence work one term, and then say go and do SEAL's the next, then you might have a good chance at landing a job like that.

>>32546344
I would be remiss if I did not mention fucking Qui-Gon Jinn here is a massive gun-grabber, piece of shit, and a faggot.

To answer OP, I would assume the mission is the main difference while many of the tactics will still be similar.

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one gets to do the james bond stuff

the other get's to be his errand boy

>>32547428

I'm an Army Intelligence Analyst and will probably move into corporate intelligence afterwards.

>>32546344

>liam neeson

fuck that anti-gun PoS

>>32547859
One must learn to separate the man from his art. He made a great Jedi Master and a deadly CIA hit-man-turned-worried-dad and can do more acting with his eyes than most actors can do with their entire faces. I'm willing to cut him a certain amount of slack.

Lt. Sulu, on the other hand, can go fuck himself.

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>>32546344
Liam Nieeson Hates Guns and does not think we should own them.

>>32546344

Spies are mostly women and chinese. They leak intelligence.
Covert operatives get shit done like planting bombs or extracting spies when shit goes south.

>>32550665
>implying women and chinese are two different things

>>32546344
vagueness