Navy Intel officer (spook) on a "direct commission program".
A direct commission officer (DCO) is a United States uniformed officer who has received a commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as attending a four-year service academy, a four-year or two-year college ROTC program, or one of the officer candidate school or officer training school programs, the latter OCS/OTS programs typically slightly over three months in length.
Civilians who have special skills that are critical to sustaining military operations, supporting troops, health and scientific study may receive a direct commission upon entering service. These officers usually occupy leadership positions in the following areas: law, science, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nurse corps, intelligence, supply-logistics-transportation, engineering, public affairs, chaplain corps, oceanography, merchant marine affairs, and others.
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard have more extensive active and reserve component DCO programs than the other two U.S. armed services.
In this case, he's a polyglot, so the Farm scooped him up. Plus, his father is a spook from Malta, and knows and works with Mifsud, the "Russian intel asset" who told Mueller that he saw Papadopolous talking to an actual Russian spy.
Because Mifsud set up the meeting.
And then dropped a dime on Georgie boy.