INSCOM collects intelligence information in all intelligence disciplines to provide unit commanders with intelligence for the battlefield and the focus of combat power. The organization also conducts intelligence production activities, ranging from intelligence preparation of the battlefield to situation development, SIGINT analysis, imagery exploitation, and science and technology intelligence production. INSCOM also has significant responsibilities in counterintelligence, force protection, electronic warfare, and information warfare. Additionally, INSCOM supports force modernization and training.
INSCOM Headquarters at Ft. Belvoir following 2019 expansion
INSCOM's stated vision for operations includes: (1) conducting and supporting relevant intelligence, security and information operations for U.S. Army, joint and combined forces; (2) optimizing national/theater/tactical partnerships; (3) exploiting leading edge technology; and (4) meeting the challenge of today, tomorrow and the 21st Century.
Located at Fort Belvoir, 1st IO CMD provides multi-disciplinary Information Operations (IO) support to the component and major commands of the United States Army.
Located in Wiesbaden, Germany, the 66th conducts theater level multi-discipline intelligence and security operations and, when directed, deploys prepared forces to conduct joint/combined expeditionary and contingency operations in support of United States Army Europe and U.S. European Command.
Located at Caserma Ederle and Caserma Longare, Vicenza, Italy. It conducts full-spectrum intelligence in support of U.S. Army Africa and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM) in order to set the intelligence architecture for the theater, disrupt transnational and trans-regional threats, and promote regional stability in Africa while building and maintaining intelligence readiness.[5]
Conducts synchronized full-spectrum signals intelligence, computer network and information assurance operations directly and through the National Security Agency to satisfy national, joint, combined and Army information superiority requirements.
Located at Fort Meade, the 780th conducts expeditionary and remote cyber attack, cyber exploitation, and cyber defense operations of Army and Defense information networks.
Provides direct and general counterintelligence support to Army activities and major commands.
Army Cryptologic Office (ACO)
Located at Fort Meade, ACO serves as the Army G2 and Service Cryptologic Component (SCC) representative to provide expert cryptologic leadership, support, guidance and advice to U.S. Army Warfighters and Intelligence leaders. Lead the Army’s Cryptologic effort to satisfy Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) requirements by leveraging NSA Extended Enterprise, Intelligence Community, Sister Services and Service Laboratories. Ensure timely and effective support to operations by providing optimized capabilities, training and resources.
Army Field Support Center (AFSC)
Located at Fort Meade, AFSC provides specialized operational, administrative and personnel management support to Department of the Army and other Department of Defense Services and Agencies as directed.
Army Operations Group (AOG)
Located at Fort Meade, AOG conducts Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations and provide expertise in support of ground component priority intelligence requirements using a full spectrum of human intelligence collection methods.
Central Clearance Facility (CCF)
Located at Fort Meade, the CCF serves as the U.S. Army’s executive agency for personnel security determinations in support of Army missions world-wide.
Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, NGIC is the Defense Department's primary producer of ground forces technical intelligence and is the Army's premier provider of intelligence products.
On 1 January 1977, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) was organized at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, to provide the U.S. Army with a single organization for conducting multi-discipline intelligence, security operations, and electronic warfare at the level above corps. The new organization merged the former U.S. Army Security Agency, the signal intelligence and signal security organizations previously located at Arlington Hall, Virginia, the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency, a counterintelligence and human intelligence agency based at Fort Meade, Maryland, and several intelligence production units formerly controlled by the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence and U.S. Army Forces Command. Brigadier General (later Major General) William I. Rolya, former commanding general of the Army Security Agency, became INSCOM's first commanding general.
On 1 October 1977, the former U.S. Army Intelligence Agency headquarters was integrated into INSCOM. The command established a unified intelligence production element, the Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center, on 1 January 1978. Additionally, INSCOM assumed command of three military intelligence groups located overseas: the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Germany, the 470th Military Intelligence Group in Panama, and the 500th Military Intelligence Group in Japan. These groups were transformed into multidisciplinary units by incorporating former Army Security Agency assets into the previously existing elements. A fourth such group, the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade,[6] was soon organized in South Korea. All of these groups were eventually reorganized and re-designated as brigades.
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^"INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command". www.inscom.army.mil.
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External links
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INSCOM History
66th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage
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The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command INSCOM is a direct reporting unit that conducts intelligence security and information operations for United States Army commanders partners in the Intelligence Community and national decision makers INSCOM is headquartered at Fort Belvoir Virginia U S Army Intelligence and Security CommandUnit logoActive1977 presentCountry United StatesBranch United States ArmyTypeDirect reporting unitRoleMilitary intelligence Information operationsSize10 000 1 HeadquartersFort Belvoir VirginiaNickname s INSCOMWebsiteOfficial websiteCommandersCurrentcommanderMG Michele H Bredenkamp 2 Chief Warrant OfficerCW5 Jonathan E IrbyCommand Sergeant MajorCSM Kyle J GillamInsigniaShoulder sleeve insigniaDistinctive unit insignia INSCOM is an organization within both the Army and the National Security Agency the United States s unified signals intelligence SIGINT organization Within the NSA INSCOM and its counterparts in the Navy Air Force Space Force Coast Guard and Marine Corps comprise what is known as the Central Security Service INSCOM s budget has been estimated to be approximately 6 billion 3 As a direct reporting unit INSCOM reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army rather than higher echelons of command Contents 1 Mission 2 Structure 3 History 3 1 Merger and creation of INSCOM 3 2 Parapsychologic research 4 List of commanding generals 5 References 6 External linksMission EditINSCOM collects intelligence information in all intelligence disciplines to provide unit commanders with intelligence for the battlefield and the focus of combat power The organization also conducts intelligence production activities ranging from intelligence preparation of the battlefield to situation development SIGINT analysis imagery exploitation and science and technology intelligence production INSCOM also has significant responsibilities in counterintelligence force protection electronic warfare and information warfare Additionally INSCOM supports force modernization and training INSCOM Headquarters at Ft Belvoir following 2019 expansion INSCOM s stated vision for operations includes 1 conducting and supporting relevant intelligence security and information operations for U S Army joint and combined forces 2 optimizing national theater tactical partnerships 3 exploiting leading edge technology and 4 meeting the challenge of today tomorrow and the 21st Century Structure EditSee also Military Intelligence Corps United States Army 1st Information Operations Command Land Located at Fort Belvoir 1st IO CMD provides multi disciplinary Information Operations IO support to the component and major commands of the United States Army 66th Military Intelligence BrigadeLocated in Wiesbaden Germany the 66th conducts theater level multi discipline intelligence and security operations and when directed deploys prepared forces to conduct joint combined expeditionary and contingency operations in support of United States Army Europe and U S European Command 116th Military Intelligence Brigade Aerial Intelligence Located at Fort Gordon Georgia the 116th conducts 24 7 tasking collection processing exploitation dissemination and feedback operations for multiple aerial ISR systems utilizing the Distributed Common Ground System Army DCGS A 4 207th Military Intelligence Brigade Theater Located at Caserma Ederle and Caserma Longare Vicenza Italy It conducts full spectrum intelligence in support of U S Army Africa and United States Africa Command USAFRICOM or AFRICOM in order to set the intelligence architecture for the theater disrupt transnational and trans regional threats and promote regional stability in Africa while building and maintaining intelligence readiness 5 300th Military Intelligence Brigade Linguist Provides trained and ready linguist and military intelligence soldiers to commanders from brigade through Army level Located in Draper Utah 470th Military Intelligence BrigadeLocated at Fort Sam Houston Texas the 470th provides timely and fused multi discipline intelligence in support of United States Army South U S Southern Command and other national intelligence agencies 500th Military Intelligence BrigadeThe 500th Military Intelligence Brigade located at Schofield Barracks Hawaii provides multi disciplined intelligence support for joint and coalition war fighters within United States Army Pacific and the U S Pacific Command area of responsibility 501st Military Intelligence BrigadeThe 501st Military Intelligence Brigade supports combined forces operations in Korea 6 513th Military Intelligence BrigadeLocated at Fort Gordon Georgia the 513th deploys in strength or in tailored elements to conduct multi disciplined intelligence and security operations in support of United States Army Central U S Central Command U S Southern Command and other theater Army commands 704th Military Intelligence BrigadeConducts synchronized full spectrum signals intelligence computer network and information assurance operations directly and through the National Security Agency to satisfy national joint combined and Army information superiority requirements 706th Military Intelligence GroupFormerly the 116th Military Intelligence Group it is located at Fort Gordon Georgia It provides personnel intelligence assets and technical support to conduct signals intelligence operations within the National Security Agency Central Security Service Georgia NSA CSS Georgia and worldwide 7 780th Military Intelligence BrigadeLocated at Fort Meade the 780th conducts expeditionary and remote cyber attack cyber exploitation and cyber defense operations of Army and Defense information networks 902nd Military Intelligence GroupProvides direct and general counterintelligence support to Army activities and major commands Army Cryptologic Office ACO Located at Fort Meade ACO serves as the Army G2 and Service Cryptologic Component SCC representative to provide expert cryptologic leadership support guidance and advice to U S Army Warfighters and Intelligence leaders Lead the Army s Cryptologic effort to satisfy Signals Intelligence SIGINT requirements by leveraging NSA Extended Enterprise Intelligence Community Sister Services and Service Laboratories Ensure timely and effective support to operations by providing optimized capabilities training and resources Army Field Support Center AFSC Located at Fort Meade AFSC provides specialized operational administrative and personnel management support to Department of the Army and other Department of Defense Services and Agencies as directed Army Operations Group AOG Located at Fort Meade AOG conducts Human Intelligence HUMINT operations and provide expertise in support of ground component priority intelligence requirements using a full spectrum of human intelligence collection methods Central Clearance Facility CCF Located at Fort Meade the CCF serves as the U S Army s executive agency for personnel security determinations in support of Army missions world wide National Ground Intelligence CenterLocated in Charlottesville Virginia NGIC is the Defense Department s primary producer of ground forces technical intelligence and is the Army s premier provider of intelligence products Army Geospatial Intelligence Battalion AGB Located in the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency headquarters on Fort Belvoir Virginia AGB is the primary source for Army geospatial intelligence products and joint GEOINT operations History EditMerger and creation of INSCOM Edit On 1 January 1977 the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command INSCOM was organized at Arlington Hall Station Virginia to provide the U S Army with a single organization for conducting multi discipline intelligence security operations and electronic warfare at the level above corps The new organization merged the former U S Army Security Agency the signal intelligence and signal security organizations previously located at Arlington Hall Virginia the U S Army Intelligence Agency a counterintelligence and human intelligence agency based at Fort Meade Maryland and several intelligence production units formerly controlled by the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence and U S Army Forces Command Brigadier General later Major General William I Rolya former commanding general of the Army Security Agency became INSCOM s first commanding general On 1 October 1977 the former U S Army Intelligence Agency headquarters was integrated into INSCOM The command established a unified intelligence production element the Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center on 1 January 1978 Additionally INSCOM assumed command of three military intelligence groups located overseas the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Germany the 470th Military Intelligence Group in Panama and the 500th Military Intelligence Group in Japan These groups were transformed into multidisciplinary units by incorporating former Army Security Agency assets into the previously existing elements A fourth such group the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade 6 was soon organized in South Korea All of these groups were eventually reorganized and re designated as brigades Parapsychologic research Edit In association with the Defense Intelligence Agency and under the leadership of commanding general Albert Stubblebine INSCOM attempted to use parapsychologic methods such as remote viewing in operation Center Lane This was done as late as 1981 Other U S intelligence services attempted similar projects during the same period most notably the Stargate Project by the Central Intelligence Agency List of commanding generals EditThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items July 2021 No Commanding General TermPortrait Name Took office Left office Duration Major GeneralDavid B Lacquement2007 8 October 16 2009 2 years 288 days Major GeneralMary A LegereOctober 16 2009 9 March 5 20122 years 141 days Major GeneralStephen G FogartyMarch 5 2012 10 May 30 20142 years 86 days Major GeneralGeorge J Franz IIIMay 30 2014 11 June 27 20162 years 28 days Major GeneralChristopher S BallardJune 27 2016 12 June 11 20181 year 349 days Major GeneralGary W JohnstonJune 11 2018 13 July 16 20213 years 35 days Major GeneralMichele H BredenkampJuly 16 2021 8 Incumbent1 year 188 daysReferences Edit Bamford James 12 June 2013 NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us into Cyberwar Wired Archived from the original on 14 June 2019 Retrieved 12 July 2019 Originally titled The Secret War a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a CS1 maint postscript link Commanding General Shorrock Tim 2008 Spies for Hire The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing New York Simon amp Schuster p 20 ISBN 9780743282246 DCGS A provides foundation for aerial intelligence WWW ARMY MIL By Capt Michael Pederson 116th MIB Dated 3 December 2014 last accessed 13 December 2014 INSCOM U S Army Intelligence amp Security Command www inscom army mil a b 501st Military Intelligence Brigade Ft Gordon units amp tenants a b INSCOM U S Army Intelligence amp Security Command www inscom army mil MG Mary A Legere www army mil INSCOM U S Army Intelligence amp Security Command 17 October 2012 Archived from the original on 17 October 2012 Maj Gen George Franz III takes the reins at INSCOM 8 July 2014 INSCOM welcomes Maj Gen Christopher Ballard as the new commanding general www army mil INSCOM welcomes Maj Gen Gary W Johnston as the new commanding general www army mil External links EditOfficial website INSCOM news website INSCOM History 66th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage 470th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage 500th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage 513th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Army Intelligence and Security Command amp oldid 1129675713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,