Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.25.2024
On Oct. 27, 1995, a sergeant from the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, opened fire on a training field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, killing intelligence officer Maj. Stephen M. Badger and wounding 18 others....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.25.2024
On November 1, 1984, nearly 500 members of the 513th MI Group kicked off their command post exercise, dubbed Desert Forge 85, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. These exercises provided realistic training for MI units and enhanced the training and education of students at the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.18.2024
In October 1982, CWO4 Bengt T. Monson became the director of the first Consolidated Training Facility in St. Paul, Minnesota. A reservist on active duty, he led the CTF, which he had helped stand up, through its first three-and-a-half years of operation....
Story by Master Sgt. Salli Sablan | California National Guard Primary | 10.15.2024
Rancho Cordova, California— Colorful birds sang from the lush treetops within the Costa Rican jungle canopy as a group of 16 U.S. men and women explored the soil of this foreign land. At the front, Jamee Richardson, with a 4’11” frame and an authoritative voice, led the group into their adventure. However, this adventure embraced a different kind of thrill-seeking motive… one of......
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.15.2024
On 15 October 1945, the Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) School opened at Camp Holabird, Maryland, about six miles southeast of Baltimore’s business district. For the next ten years, this Maryland post—the location not only of the CIC School but also the CIC Center—would be the nexus of all administrative, policy, personnel, and training activities for the Army’s counterintelligence personnel....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.15.2024
On 15 October 1966, the 470th Intelligence Corps Group was redesignated the 470th Military Intelligence (MI) Group. The unit was originally established in 1944 as the 470th Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment in the Panama Canal Zone....
Story by Pfc. Savannah Olvera | 27th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.09.2024
The 73rd General Support Military Intelligence Company held a reactivation ceremony Oct. 9 on Fort Drum. As part of the U.S. Army’s restructuring efforts, 73rd GS MICO, formerly a brigade asset, has become a division asset under the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (LI)....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 09.20.2024
On 27 September 1965, the Military Assistance Command Vietnam and the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces agreed to a combined effort in the field of military intelligence. One of the results of this agreement was the establishment of the Combined Military Interrogation Center in Saigon....
