Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 01.05.2024
On 10 January 1946, the U.S. Signal Corps at the Evans Signal Laboratory in New Jersey became the first in history to reflect an electronic signal off the surface of the moon. Project DIANA, named for the Roman moon goddess, was the Army’s first foray into radar astronomy. Not only did it herald the age of space exploration, it had military implications for future communications, unmanned......
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 10.27.2023
On 30 October 1981, Col. Joseph F. Short took command of the U.S. Army Intelligence School Devens at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. This school, which trained all the Army’s signals intelligence soldiers, was aligned under the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca, Arizona....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.21.2023
On 28 July 1917, Capt. Frank Moorman formed the American Expeditionary Forces Radio Intelligence Section. While establishing early American tactical signals intelligence, Moorman’s RIS battled challenges of personnel, poorly informed commanders, and lapses in communication security....
Story by Cpl. Abigail Godinez | III MEF Information Group | 03.29.2023
For U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Lauren LaChance, a fusion intelligence officer with III Marine Expeditionary Force, her leadership and influence in her unit resulted in being awarded as the Lt. Col. Michael D. Kuszewski Intelligence Officer of the Year for 2022....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 03.23.2023
On 23 March 1957, the Army sold its last homing pigeon. Since the earliest recorded history of battlefield communications, homing pigeons—or war pigeons—have consistently been praised for their intelligence, reliability, and agility in relaying messages across long distances. The U.S. Army used these birds with successful results during the World Wars and in Korea. However, the advent of......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 11.22.2022
On November 25, 1945, the newly formed Army Security Agency (ASA) established ASA Pacific as a theater headquarters. Over the next seven months, Col. Abraham Sinkov and, later, Col. Samuel P. Collins went about shaping their signal intelligence assets into an effective intelligence activity for the vast Pacific theater....
Story by Senior Airman Michael Bowman | 17th Training Wing | 07.13.2022
Col. James A. Kievit, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant, visited Goodfellow to discuss the continuation of training for cryptologic linguists taking place throughout the 17th Training Wing, July 12....
Story by Senior Airman Abbey Rieves | 17th Training Wing | 05.10.2022
Army students from Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie Company duck and cover as the grand finale of their Tactical Signals Intelligence exercise unfolds on FOB Sentinel. Soldiers immerse themselves in a mock environment stacked with simulated adversary-enhanced components the 17th Training Wing leverages to build joint coalition warriors....
