The article examines the peculiarities of the training of future military intelligence officers, taking into account the specifics of their future professional activity, educational and normative documents, the organization of the educational process, and the conceptual principles of their training at higher military educational institutions. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the structure and components of the formation of future military intelligence officers’ professional competence at a higher military educational institution, which affect the quality of their professional training. In accordance with the tasks and verification of the initial assumptions, the following research methods that complemented each other were used: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, classification, systematization of data), empirical (observation, conversation, oral and written survey, questionnaire, interviewing, testing, expert evaluation). The results. It was found out that the professional training of future military intelligence specialists at a higher military educational institution should be considered as a specialized education aimed at: acquiring professional competences in the field of professional military activity, introducing principles and standards for acquiring new and improving previously acquired professional competences, increasing the level of practical training and readiness for professional activity based on the updated training methodology, implementing the organization of the educational process using new and modern models of weapons and military equipment, achieving a targeted and special pedagogical influence on the formation of the personality of the future military specialist by providing a wide range of professional knowledge and development creative thinking throughout the entire military career. Conclusions. Thus, taking into account the theoretical foundations of the professional training of future military intelligence officers in a higher military educational institution, the structure of military education and the structure of training future specialists, we believe that the following interrelated and interdependent components will be of significant importance: motivational-volitional, cognitive-resultative, personalacmeological, operational-activity

higher military educational institutions, educational process, information and educational environment, professional competence, components of the formation of professional competence, future military intelligence officers