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Definition
of the IC
Members of the IC
Relationships with Other Government Organizations
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The US Army, one of the four military
services in the Department of Defense, is of course primarily concerned with the conduct of
military operations, and is not (in its entirety) part of the Intelligence Community (IC).
The Army's intelligence component, however, does produce intelligence both for Army use and
for sharing across the Community, qualifying it (Army Military Intelligence (MI)) as an IC member.
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Army's Contribution
to Intelligence
The mission of
Army Intelligence is to facilitate Army transformation and support
the warfighting Combatant Commanders by resourcing, fielding and sustaining
the world's premier military intelligence force. In very practical
terms, this means providing commanders the KNOWLEDGE they need to
successfully accomplish their mission. This is a multi-level mission.
Army MI's first responsibility is to eliminate intelligence surprises.
This is accomplished by being engaged, around the world, on a daily
basis to detect/uncover real and/or perceived threats to the US and/or
US national interests. Army MI develops a variety of intelligence
products, such as threat assessments, that are used by weapons systems
developers and senior decision makers. The Army Intelligence component
continually trains and prepares so that it will be ready to meet the
ever-growing span of contingencies from war fighting to peacekeeping.
Structure
Army
intelligence designed its force structure to provide timely, relevant,
accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic warfare support
to tactical, operational and strategic-level commanders. These efforts
are conducted through such entities as the Headquarters Department
of Army Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence - G-2
and the US Army Intelligence and Security Command.
Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence - G-2
As
the Army's Chief Intelligence Officer, the Deputy Chief of Staff,
Intelligence responsibilities include policy formulation, planning,
programming, budgeting, management, staff supervision, evaluation,
and oversight for intelligence activities for the Department of
the Army. This individual has Army Staff responsibility for overall
coordination of the five major intelligence disciplines: Imagery
Intelligence, Signal Intelligence, Human Intelligence, Measurement
and Signature Intelligence, and Counterintelligence and Security
Countermeasures.
US
Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
Army Major Commands
such as the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) located
at Ft Belvoir, Virginia conducts dominant intelligence, security
and information operations for commanders and national decision-makers,
and provides war fighters with the seamless intelligence needed
to understand and dominate the battlefield. In addition, the Army
warfighting force has a sound and proven intelligence architecture
designed to support its commanders well into the 21st century. At
corps level, the Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO), the G2, and
an organic corps Military Intelligence (MI) Brigade provide intelligence
support. The MI Brigade provides support to the corps across the
full range of intelligence and counterintelligence disciplines and
functions.
Army Military Intelligence accomplishes its mission in close coordination
with the other Services (Air Force, Navy, and Marines) and with
national intelligence agencies to ensure that ground component commanders
and soldiers know what enemy forces they will face before, during,
and after deployments. In addition, Army MI works to protect our
nation's secrets, to protect the technology overmatch that the United
States enjoys in the world, and to contribute to the Homeland Defense.
People -
The Strength of Army Military Intelligence
The
jewel that makes this enterprise work is a corps of competent and
very dedicated military, government civilian, and contractor professionals
who are enabled by the latest technology. Army MI is more than 3,800
government civilians strong. It supports a Military Intelligence
community, including military in the Active, Guard and Reserve forces,
of over 28,000 that accounts for between 3-4% of the total Army
force structure. Army MI skills are varied - Intelligence Analyst,
Intelligence Collector, Intelligence Assistant, Information Technology
Specialist, Training Specialist, Management Analyst, Educator, Security
Specialist, Contract Specialist, Budget Analyst and Human Resource
Manager to name but a few. For Army MI, IT IS ABOUT PEOPLE, first
and foremost, striving to enable and empower their people to be
"ALWAYS OUT FRONT."
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Links
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