Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 05.23.2025
On May 31, 1861, Col. William H. Emory, a Union commander in what was known as “Indian Territory” in present-day Oklahoma, arrived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after a month of traveling through hostile territory. His guide was a Delaware (Lenape) scout named Se-ket-tu-ma-qua, or Black Beaver, whose service as a scout, guide, and interpreter for the U.S. Army led to the first capture of......
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 05.23.2025
On May 25, 1898, in the midst of the Spanish-American War, 1st Lt. Henry H. Whitney, Fourth U.S. Artillery, completed a covert reconnaissance of Puerto Rico. The valuable information he obtained helped plan the successful U.S. invasion of the island two months later....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 05.09.2025
On May 17, 1945, 2d Lt. René J. Défourneaux, a French-speaking member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), completed his infiltration of French colonial refugees at the China-French Indochina border. His ability to blend in with the refugees allowed him to identify those with the greatest potential to provide intelligence about the Japanese in Indochina....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 05.09.2025
On May 16, 1945, Allied counter-intelligence agents arrested an Abwehr (German intelligence) agent in recently liberated Italy. Through interrogations of this agent and his associates, the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) was able to uncover a large network of saboteurs operating in Milan....
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 04.30.2025
A group of soldiers from the Delta Company, 341st Military Intelligence Battalion recently volunteered at a Seattle and King County medical clinic providing language support to visitors receiving free medical, dental, and vision care....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 04.25.2025
On May 3, 1779, General George Washington wrote to Col. Elias Boudinot about installing a permanent agent in New York City. The letter highlighted Washington’s need for intelligence from within the city and suggested possible methods of procuring and transmitting it....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 04.25.2025
IN MEMORIAM: CWO4 Theodore H. Mack (US Army, Retired), 1988 Military Intelligence Hall of Fame Inductee, passed away on Feb. 21, 2025....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 04.18.2025
On Apr. 20, 1947, special agents from the 971st Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment in South Korea investigated the murder of communist activist Jeong Jin-ryong at the hands of the notorious Kim Du-han....
