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In the United States Armed Forces, Military Intelligence refers specifically to the intelligence components of the United States Army. Other branches of the service have their own military intelligence components, referred to by other names.

Contents 1 Mission 2 Structure 3 History 4 Military Intelligence Corps 4.1 Units 4.2 Creed of the Military Intelligence Corps 5 Museum 6 Ballad 7 References 8 See also

Mission

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.¹

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 (G2). 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.
• United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It is the Army's major intelligence command.
• United States Army Intelligence Center, 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 (MID). In 1903, the MID was placed under the new general staff in an elevated position, and eventually became the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command.²³

It was in July, 1967 that a number of intelligence and security organizations were combined to form the military intelligence branch.⁴⁵ In March 1942 the Military Intelligence Division was reorganised as the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Originally comprising of just 26 people, 16 of them officers it was quickly expanded to include 342 officers and 1,000 enlisted men and civilians. It was tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence. Initially it included:

• an Administrative Group
• an Intelligence Group
• a Counterintelligence Group
• an Operations Group

In May 1942, Alfred McCormack, established the Special Branch of MIS which specialised in COMINT. ⁶

Military Intelligence Corps

[[Image:MI RDI.svg|thumb|150px|right|Military Intelligence Corps regimental distinctive insignia The Military Intelligence Corps is one of the basic branches of the United States Army.⁷ In 1971, the United States Army Intelligence Center was established at Fort Huachuca, Arizona as the home of the military intelligence branch. On July 1, 1987 the Military Intelligence Corps was activated as a regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System.⁸ All United States Army Military Intelligence personnel are members of the Military Intelligence Corps.

Units

Military Intelligence Brigades

Unit	SSI	Subordinate to /Garrison	Component
66th Military Intelligence Brigade 1st MI Battalion 2nd MI Battalion 105th MI Battalion 302nd MI Battalion			Regular Army
111th Military Intelligence Brigade 304th MI Battalion 309th MI Battalion		United States Army Intelligence Center, TRADOC Fort Huachuca	Regular Army
201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade 109th MI Battalion 502nd MI Battalion 250th MI Battalion (TE) [CA ARNG] Troop B, 38th Cavalry (LRS)		I Corps	Regular Army
205th Military Intelligence Brigade 165th MI Battalion		V Corps	Regular Army
207th Military Intelligence Brigade		VII Corps	Regular Army
300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist)			Utah National Guard
470th Military Intelligence Brigade 204th MI Battalion (aerial exploitation) 314th MI Battalion 377th MI Battalion (communications and electronic) 201st MI Battalion (interrogation)		United States Army Intelligence and Security Command Fort Sam Houston	Regular Army
500th Military Intelligence Brigade		U.S. Army Japan Camp Zama	Regular Army
501st Military Intelligence Brigade 368th MI Battalion 524th MI Battalion 527th MI Battalion 532nd MI Battalion 3rd Military Intelligence Battalion		United States Army Intelligence and Security Command, OPCON to Eighth United States Army	Regular Army
504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade 15th MI Battalion 163rd MI Battalion 303rd MI Battalion Troop C, 38th Cavalry		III Corps	Regular Army
513th Military Intelligence Brigade 202nd MI Battalion 297th MI Battalion		United States Army Intelligence and Security Command Fort Gordon	Regular Army
704th Military Intelligence Brigade 741st MI Battalion 742nd MI Battalion 743rd MI Battalion		United States Army Intelligence and Security Command Fort George G. Meade	Regular Army

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 tenacity, professional and physical fitness,
and above all; INTEGRITY, for in truth lies victory.
Always at a silent war, while waiting 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.

Ballad

The self-deprecating Ballad of the MI Soldier is apocryphally attributed to an anonymous warrant officer, and set to the melody of the Ballad of the Green Berets by Robert Moore and Staff Sergeant Barry Saddler.

Fighting Soldiers of MI,
Air-conditioned or we'll cry.
Radio to spread the news,
Ice-cold beer to chase the blues.

At Huachuca, they learn their trade.
MI Soldiers have it made,
One Hundred men will test today,
and none will fail; it's the MI way.

A word processor is our mighty sword;
with this we'll fight, oh thank the Lord.
No M16s within our ranks;
No hand grenades, no noisy tanks.

Time to take a PT Test,
Do it all while at their desk.
Push-ups, Sit-ups, 2 mile run;
Max it all with just their thumb.

MI men at fighting peak,
Six hours a day, four days a week.
Cocktail parties on Saturday.
You can keep your green beret.

No silver wings upon their chest,
They may not be America's best.
But see them when they're sixty-five,
Maybe drunk, but still alive.

Time to go, out to the field;
No wimping out, their fate is sealed.
Poggy-bait, TVs to view.
Cammo clashes with MI Blue.

Back at home, a young wife waits;
Her MI man has met his fate.
In the field he was too bold,
Fell victim to a bad chest cold.

The fighting soldiers of MI;
The rest of the Army just asks "Why?"
but within the ranks there is a cheer
as we voucher off our Redtrain Beer.

"Always out Front" is on their crest,
But that was penned just as a jest,
A better motto is offered here:
"We're in the rear, with all the gear."

References

See also

• Defense Intelligence Agency
• United States Intelligence Community
• Combat Support
• University of Military Intelligence

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