The Military Intelligence Corps is the intelligence branch of the United States
Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army
is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence
and electronic warfare support to tactical, operational and
strategic-level commanders. The Army’s intelligence components produce
intelligence both for Army use and for sharing across the national intelligence
community. Structure
Approximately 28,000 military personnel and 3,800 civilian personnel are
assigned to intelligence duties, comprising the Military Intelligence
Corps. Some of the key components include:
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence. As the Army's Chief
Intelligence Officer, the responsibilities of the Deputy Chief of
Staff for Intelligence include policy formulation, planning, programming,
budgeting, management, staff supervision, evaluation, and oversight
for intelligence activities, as well as overall coordination of the major
intelligence disciplines. The current G-2 is Mary A. Legere.
United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, located at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia. It is the Army's major intelligence command.
United States Army Military Intelligence Readiness Command, located at Fort
Belvoir, Virginia. It is the Army Reserve's intelligence command.
United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, located at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. It is the Army's school for professional training of military
intelligence personnel. History
Intelligence personnel were a part of the Continental Army from its founding
in 1775. In January 1863, Major General Joseph
Hooker established the Bureau of Military Information for the Union Army
during the Civil War, headed by George H. Sharpe. Allan Pinkerton and Lafayette
C. Baker handled similar operations for their respective regional commanders.
All of those operations were shut down at the end of the Civil War in 1865.
In 1885, the Army established the Military Intelligence Division. In 1903,
the MID was placed under the new general staff in an elevated position.
In March 1942, the Military Intelligence Division was reorganized as the Military
Intelligence Service. Originally consisting of just 26 people, 16 of them
officers, it was quickly expanded to include 342 officers and 1,000 enlisted
personnel and civilians. It was tasked with collecting, analyzing, and
disseminating intelligence. Initially it included:
an Administrative Group an Intelligence Group
a Counter-intelligence Group an Operations Group
In May 1942, Alfred McCormack established the Special Branch of MIS,
which specialized in COMINT. On January 1, 1942, the U.S. Army Corps
of Intelligence Police, founded in WWI, was re-designated as the US Army Counter
Intelligence Corps. In 1945, the Special Branch became the Army Security Agency.
On 1 July 1962, the Army Intelligence and Security Branch was established as a
basic Army branch to meet the increased need for national and tactical
intelligence. It was in July 1967, that a number of
intelligence and security organizations were combined to form the military
intelligence branch. In 1977 they eventually recombined with the Army
Intelligence Agency and Army Security Agency to become the US Army
Intelligence and Security Command. Military Intelligence Corps
The Military Intelligence Corps is one of the basic branches of the United
States Army. In 1971, the United States Army Intelligence Center was established
at Fort Huachuca, Arizona as the home of the military intelligence branch. On 1
July 1987 the Military Intelligence Corps was activated as a regiment under
the U.S. Army Regimental System. All United States Army Military Intelligence
personnel are members of the Military Intelligence Corps.
= Units= Battlefield Surveillance Brigades
Battlefield Surveillance Brigades are meant to improve the situational
awareness about the battlefield for commanders at division level or higher,
so they can adapt their units combat power for the current operations. For
this the Battlefield Surveillance Brigades can deploy unmanned aerial
vehicles, signals gathering equipment, human intelligence collectors and long
range surveillance patrols. There are currently three active
Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, each supporting one of the three Corps of the
US Army: the 201st BfSB at Fort Lewis, the 504th BfSB at Fort Hood and the
525th BfSB at Fort Bragg. A fourth brigade is scheduled to activate at Fort
Polk in 2013 but is not yet named. The Army National Guard has additional seven
BfSB's. Each BfSB consists of a headquarters and
headquarters company, two military intelligence battalions, a
reconnaissance squadron with a long range surveillance troop, a signals
company and a support company. Major Military Intelligence
Brigades/Units = Creed of the Military Intelligence
Corps= I am a Soldier first, but an
intelligence professional second to none.
With pride in my heritage, but focused on the future,
Performing the first task of an Army: To find, know, and never lose the enemy.
With a sense of urgency and of tenacity, professional and physical fitness,
and above all, INTEGRITY, for in truth lies victory.
Always at silent war, while ready for a shooting war,
The silent warrior of the ARMY team. Museum
The United States Army Intelligence Museum is located at Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. It features the history of American military intelligence from the
Revolutionary War to present. Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
See also G-2
Military Intelligence Corps careers Combat Support
United States Army Counterintelligence Company Level Intelligence Cell
References Further reading
McChristian, General Joseph A.). The Role of Military Intelligence,
1965–1967. Vietnam Studies. United States Army Center of Military History.
CMH Pub 90-19. Ruiz, Victor H., 2010. "A Knowledge
Taxonomy for Army Intelligence Training: An Assessment of the Military
Intelligence Basic Officer Leaders Course Using Lundvall’s Knowledge
Taxonomy" . Applied Research Projects. Texas State University Paper 331.
http:ecommons.txstate.edu331 External links
University of Military Intelligence