Federal LEO or Other Jobs for Unfazeable Killer in 1953

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Later events will overtake Antonio 'Tony' Manzano's potential federal career, but while rolling for his performance in the Korean War, I got extremely high Reaction Rolls for some senior officers who witnessed Tony in combat.

Someone really senior noticed some of the things Manzano did and when I rolled some more, not just one someone senior, but he became notorious among the senior commanders after his battalion commander noticed him in his first fight (granted, D company lost all officers except one lieutenant, and most of their NCOs, so when the remains of a platoon were following this young PFC as he calmly directed their effective return fire with 3.5" bazookas, it stood out a bit). And over sixteen days where the 2nd CEB (Combat Engineer Battalion) was inserted by companies to plug holes in the defensive lines of the 2nd Infantry Division, most of them were killed or wounded, but this PFC just kept directing his fellow combat engineers in using their explosives and heavy weapons to stop the enemy assaults, all the while popping off accurate shots with a carbine he grabbed once his M1 Garand was too hot to fire safely.

Tony's not some kind of hyper-driven individual, an elite athlete or all revved-up about performing heroic feats. It's more that he's got a few things missing, psychologically. He doesn't feel fear, neither physical fear for himself nor anxiety over the future. Nor does he seem bothered about the mass slaughter taking place on both sides, the only emotion he shows is boyish enthusiasm when he gets to blow something up, and an easy confidence that even older, more experienced soldiers find themselves relying on.

Tony grew up during the Depression, where his large family was fed largely on what the men in the family shot, which definitely included Tony from the first time he picked up a .22 rifle and single-barrel shotgun from Sears. Other men in his family were far better outdoorsmen, but Tony could always shoot if he found a bird, squirrel or groundchuck. And so far, Tony doesn't feel any different shooting North Koreans than he did shooting squirrels, except they're bigger targets.

The 2nd CEB seems to have had terrible luck their first four months in Korea. Replacements from back home, the occupying force in Japan and Koreans as part of the KATUSA system barely kept pace with the horrendous casualties of constant combat with the North Koreans and when the Chinese invaded, the 2nd CEB was left to hold off several Chinese divisions while the rest of the 2nd Infantry retreated through a lethal gauntlet of six miles through a narrow passage under lethal fire.

Only about a quarter of the 2nd CEB made it back to friendly lines, the rest were killed or captured. Tony Manzano was one of the fortunate ones, despite a bullet wound through his torso he didn't notice in the heat of combat. After that, Tony was given a battlefield commission, as he'd been leading a composite platoon composed of survivors through the entire retreat, and there were not remotely enough surviving officers.

Tony Manzano served until the Armstice of the 1953. His battlefield rank was in the Army of the USA, which does not exist in peacetime. Given the collection of medals Tony earned over three years of war uncomplicated with fear, nerves or moral regrets, there might have been a chance for him to get a Reserve commission or at least a senior NCO rank in the peacetime Army.

Other than that, what might be some federal positions which a senior officer (who in peacetime might be a politician or hold some different government job) might feel a man without fear or any problems with violence could be useful in?

Manzano has a decent high school education and an Associate of Applied Science degree in gunsmithing from Trinidad State Junior College. He speaks some Spanish and Italian, he's learned a fair bit of practical engineering know-how during his service, mostly combat engineering, but he's commanded men building roads, bridges and dockworks too.

Going to college for a proper degree hasn't yet occured to him, but if someone suggested it, he'd try to get his A.A.S. degree and military service to count as credits, to minimize the time he'd have to waste in classrooms. More than college, though, Tony would like some kind of civilian career that won't feel boring compared to combat engineering.

He figures he could make a good secret agent, but the new CIA are notorious for mostly hiring Ivy League graduates from 'good' families, which Tony certainly isn't. In addition to his second-generation immigrant Italian ancestry, he's got a little Anglo, about a quarter Hispanic, and an eighth Isleta Pueblo Native Amerifan heritage. The FBI aren't above their own snobbery, and almost all of their agents are college educated, with many having graduate degrees in accounting, law or some scientific field for their forensics experts.

What might be a plausible federal position which a patron who was a senior officer in the military could place a young man without a bachelor degree? And where having ice water in the veins and never seeming angry or upset could be assets?