Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.29.2025
On Sep. 1, 1944, 1st. Lt. Bartolome C. Cabangbang and his nineteen-man intelligence detachment arrived in the Philippine Islands....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.15.2025
On Aug. 18, 1862, Maj. Gen. John Pope, Union commander of the Army of Virginia, received a bit of troubling information from one of his appointed spies. This information about the positions and intentions of the Confederate forces facing his own across the Rapidan River led him to reposition his forces, thwarting the Confederate plan of attack....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.08.2025
On Aug. 13, 1781, Sgt. Daniel Bissell, a soldier in the 2d Connecticut Regiment, faked desertion of his unit to fulfill an espionage mission in New York City for General George Washington....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.08.2025
On Aug. 12, 1997, the military occupation specialty 97G (Multidiscipline Counterintelligence [MDCI] Analyst) was phased out on the recommendation of the Office of the Chief of Military Intelligence. The deletion was one of several changes made during the Army’s 1996 Change in NCO Structure (CINCOS) initiative....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.01.2025
On Aug. 5, 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge launched an attack on Union-held Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Despite his efforts to surprise Union forces, critical intelligence provided Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Williams with much needed time to organize infantry and naval support for the defense of the city....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.01.2025
On Aug. 3, 1972, the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) G-2 section proposed a revived Aggressor program to provide the division’s soldiers with realistic, meaningful combat training. A year later, the program had proved so successful the commander of the newly established U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) cited it as a model for other units to follow....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 08.01.2025
On Aug. 8, 1775, General George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army, wrote to the New York provincial legislature to request assistance and share intelligence....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.29.2025
On Jul. 28, 1777, General George Washington offered the position of the Army’s “geographer” or mapmaker to Robert Erskine....
