How much time do CIA trainees spend on the farm before becoming a CIA officer?

How much time do CIA trainees spend on the farm before becoming a CIA officer?

That really depends. When I went through training which was in the late 1990s, I spent several months at the farm. Since that time, the CIA has faced a number of crisis. The foremost of which being September 11. As a result, I am told that the CIA has shortened their training quite a bit as they try to rush people through training, to get them out the door, to get them overseas. Whether it be to Iraq or Afghanistan. So I think some aspects of the training have been shortened. But typically, it is a full year's worth of training before you actually are posted somewhere overseas. That might include paramilitary operations, trade craft training, and in some cases language training as well.