"INSCOM  TODAY" 
OVERVIEW  PRESENTATION 
OF  THE 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY  INTELLIGENCE  AND  SECURITY  COMMAND 
JANUARY  1989 
PREPARED  BY 
USAINSCOM  DCSOPS
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1  '.       CRESTS  WELCOME  TO  THIS  BRIEFING  TbODT  THE 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY  INTELLIGENCE  AND 
SECURITY  COMMAND  (OR  INSCOM),  OUR 
PEOPLE,  AND  THE  JOBS  WE  DO. 
2.  MAP  W/W  WE  ARE  A  WORLDWIDE  COMMAND  WITH  A 
WORLDWIDE  MISSION.   OUR  SOLDIERS  AND 
CIVILIANS  PERFORM  INTELLIGENCE 
COLLECTION,  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE  AND 
SECURITY  ACTIVITIES  TO  MEET  HIGH-LEVEL 
ARMY  AND  NATIONAL  REQUIREMENTS  DURING 
*     PEACE  OR  WAR.   AT  ANY  GIVEN  TIME,  ABOUT 
HALF  OUR  PEOPLE  WORK  OVERSEAS. 
3.  RESERVISTS  IN  ADDITION  TO  OUR  ACTIVE  DUTY  SOLDIERS, 
RESERVE  COMPONET  SOLDIERS  ARE  READY  TO 
JOIN  INSCOM  DURING  ANY  FUTURE  TRANSITION 
TO  WAR.   THEY  INCLUDE  INDIVIDUAL 
MOBILIZATION  DESIGNEES  AND  SOLDIERS  FROM 
SUPPORTING  UNITS. 
H.       MISSION  WHILE  WE  FOCUS  ON  ECHELONS  ABOVE  CORPS 
IN  PROVIDING  MULTI-DISCIPLINE 
INTELLIGENCE,  SECURITY,  AND  ELECTRONIC 
WARFARE  SUPPORT  ,  INSCOM  ALSO  PROVIDES 
TECHNICAL  ADVICE  AND  ASSISTANCE  TO 
COMBAT  AND  INTELLIGENCE  ASSETS  AT  CORPS, 
BRIGADE,  AND  DIVISION  LEVEL.
ORIGINS 
6.   ARL  HALL  STATION 
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INSCOM  WAS  FORMED  IN  1977'FROM  ASSETS  OF 
THE  ARHY  SECURITY  AGENCY;  ARMY 
INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY;  FORCES  COMMAND;  AND 
ELEMENTS  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  THE  ARMY'S, 
THEN,  ASSISTANT  CHIEF  OF  STAFF  FOR 
INTELLIGENCE. 
AS  THE  ARMY'S  PREMIER  INTELLIGENCE 
COLLECTORS  AND  PROTECTORS  OF  SECURITY 
INFORMATION,  WE  ARE  ON  THE  CUTTING  EDGE 
OF  OUR  COUNTRY'S  DEFENSE. 
7.   INTERRELATIONSHIPS 
WE  WORK  DAILY  WITH  MANY  AGENCIES  OF  THE 
FEDERAL  GOVERNMENT,  INCLUDING  THE 
CENTRAL  INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY  AND  THE 
DEPARTMENTS  OF  STATE,  JUSTICE,  AND 
DEFENSE.   WITHIN  DOD  WE  WORK  PRINCIPALLY 
WITH  THE  DEFENSE  INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY, 
NATIONAL  SECURITY  AGENCY,  OUR  SERVICE 
COUNTERPARTS,  AND  THE  DEPUTY  CHIEF  OF 
STAFF  FOR  INTELLIGENCE  (DCSINT). 
8.   MAP  W/W 
INSCOM'S  HEADQUARTERS  IS  AT  ARLINGTON 
HALL  STATION  IN  ARLINGTON,  VIRGINIA.   WE 
HAVE  A  WIDE  VARIETY  OF  SUBORDINATE  UNITS 
LOCATED  AT  VANTAGE  POINTS  THROUGHOUT  THE 
WORLD.   OUR  MAJOR  UNITS  ARE  LOCATED  IN 
EUROPE,  SOUTHWEST  ASIA,  THE  FAR  EAST, 
CENTRAL  AMERICA,  AND  THE  CONTINENTAL 
UNITED  STATES.
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9.   MULTI-DISCIPLINE 
THROUGHOUT  THE  BRIEFING,  I  WILL  USE  THE 
TERM  "MULTI-DISCIPLINE.*  IN  ITS  BROADEST 
SENSE,  THE  TERM  MEANS  THAT  WE  ARE 
RESPONSIBLE  FOR  MANAGING  THE  ARMY'S  FIVE 
MAJOR  INTELLIGENCE  DISCIPLINES.   MORE 
IMPORTANTLY  WE  ARE  AN  INTER-DISCIPLINARY 
COMMAND.   OUR  JOB,  AS  YOU  WILL  SEE,  IS 
TO  OPERATE  NUMEROUS  DIVERSE 
ORGANIZATIONS,  COORDINATING  THE 
COLLECTION  EFFORT.   IN  ALL  OF  THE  FREE 
WORLD,  WE  ARE  THE  ONLY  COMMAND  TO  BLEND 
ALL  TYPES  OF  INTELLIGENCE  OPERATIONS. 
MOST  OF  OUR  UNITS,  WHETHER  THEY  ARE  A 
MAJOR  SUBORDINATE  UNIT  OR  NOT,  CAN  BE 
IDENTIFIED  AS  EITHER  SEPARATE  FIELD 
STATIONS  OR  PARTS  OF  A  MILITARY 
INTELLIGENCE  BRIGADE. 
10.   ANTENNA 
AS  PART  OF  THE  WORLDWIDE  UNITED  STATES 
COMMUNICATIONS  NETWORK,  OUR  FIELD 
STATIONS  PROVIDE  RAPID  RADIO  RELAY  AND 
SECURE  COMMUNICATIONS  TO  HELP  DEFEND 
THIS  COUNTRY  AND  OUR  ALLIES. 
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11.   BUILDING 
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OUR  UNITS  PROVIDE  MULTI-DISCIPLINE 
INTELLIGENCE  AND  SECURITY  SUPPORT  TO 
COUNTER  A  VARIETY  OF  INTELLIGENCE 
THREATS  TO  ARMY  ACTIVITIES,  WITHIN  THEIR 
RESPECTIVE  THEATERS  OF  ASSIGNMENT,  OTHER 
MI  GROUPS  SUPPORT  THE  ARMY  AT  LARGE. 
12.   DISCIPLINES 
INSCOM  IS  UNIQUE  AS  BEING  THE  ONLY 
MULTI-DISCIPLINE  INTELLIGENCE,  SECURITY 
AND  ELECTRONIC  WARFARE  SERVICE.   WHEN 
SPEAKING  OF  INSCOM'S  ACTIVITIES,  WE 
.  INCLUDE  FIVE  DISCIPLINES  — SIGNALS 
INTELLIGENCE  OR  SIGINT;  HUMAN 
INTELLIGENCE,  HUMINT;  IMAGERY 
INTELLIGENCE,  IMINT;  MEASUREMENT  AND 
SIGNATURE  INTELLIGENCE,  MASINT;  AND 
COUNTER  INTELLIGENCE  AND  OPERATIONS 
SECURITY  OR  CI/OPSEC. 
FOUR  HANDS 
AS  THE  ARMY'S  ELEMENT  IN  THE  NATIONAL 
CRYPTOLOGIC  COMMUNITY,  WE  ARE  INTENSELY 
INVOLVED  WITH  OUR  NAVY  AND  AIR  FORCE 
COUNTERPARTS,  AS  WELL  AS  THE  NATIONAL 
SECURITY  AGENCY.
1H.   IMAGERY  INTERPRETER 
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IMAGERY  INTELLIGENCE,  AS  ITS  NAME  HINTS, 
IS  A  METHOD  BY  WHICH  PHOTOGRAPHS  OR 
IMAGES  FROM  NATIONAL,  THREATER,  AND 
TACTICAL  SYSTEMS  ARE  ANALYZED  TO  DERIVE 
INTELLIGENCE  THAT  OFTEN  IS  NOT 
OBTAINABLE  ANY  OTHER  WAY. 
15.   HOMINT 
HUMAN  INTELLIGENCE  IS  THE  CATEGORY  OF 
INTELLIGENCE  DERIVED  FROM  HUMAN  SOURCES. 
16.   MASINT 
MEASUREMENT  AND  SIGNATURE  INTELLIGENCE, 
.  IS  OUR  NEWEST  DISCIPLINE. 
17-   CI/OPSEC 
OUR  FINAL  FIELD  IS  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
AND  OPERATIONS  SECURITY  SUPPORT. 
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE  COVERS  ACITIVITIES 
DEVOTED  TO  DESTROYING  THE  EFFECTIVENESS 
OF  HOSTILE  FOREIGN  INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES.   WE  ALSO  PROTECT  INFORMATION 
AGAINST  ESPIONAGE,  PERSONNEL  AGAINST 
SUBVERSION,  AND  INSTALLATIONS  AGAINST 
SABOTAGE. 
18.   OPSEC 
THE  SECOND  PART,  SUPPORT  THAT  INSCOM 
PROVIDES  TO  ENHANCE  THE  ARMY'S 
OPERATIONS  SECURITY,  IS  THE  PROCESS  OF 
DENYING  ADVERSARIES  INFORMATION  ABOUT 
FRIENDLY  CAPABILITIES  AND  INTENTIONS. 
WE  DO  THIS  BY  HELPING  UNIT  AND
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INSTALLATION  COMMANDERS  At"  ALL  LEVELS  IN 
IDENTIFYING,  CONTROLLING,  AND  PROTECTING 
INDICATORS  THAT  ARE  USUALLY  ASSOCIATED 
WITH  PLANNING  AND  CONDUCTING  MILITARY 
OPERATIONS.   TO  SUMMARIZE  CI  AND  OPSEC 
SUPPORT  IN  ONE  SENTENCE  —  THEY  ARE 
DESIGNED  TO  SAFEGUARD  THE  ARMY'S 
INTENTIONS  AND  CAPABILITIES  FROM  OUR 
ENEMIES. 
19-   SOLDIERS 
THIS  IS  THE  BASIC  PICTURE  OF  INSCOM  IN  A 
BRIEF  OVERVIEW  OF  OUR  BEGINNINGS,  OUR 
PARTNERS,  AND  WHAT  WE  DO.   BUT  INSCOM  IS 
MORE  THAN  THIS. 
20.   INSCOM  WOMAN 
OUR  PEOPLE  DO  UNIQUE  AND  VITAL  JOBS.   IN 
A  SHORT  BRIEFING  SUCH  AS  THIS  WE  CAN  NOT 
TELL  YOU  ABOUT  ALL  OF  OUR  UNITS  OR 
EVERYTHING  WE  DO,  BUT  WE  WOULD  LIKE  TO 
HIGHLIGHT  SOME  OF  OUR  MORE  INTERESTING 
FACETS. 
THEATER  UNITS 
AS  I  JUST  MENTIONED,  OUR  MILITARY 
INTELLIGENCE  BRIGADES  PROVIDE  MULTI- 
DISCIPLINE  INTELLIGENCE  AND  SECURITY 
SUPPORT  TO  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  THEATERS  OF 
ASSIGNMENT  OR  TO  THE  ARMY  AT  LARGE.
22.   501ST 
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OOR  MILITARY  INTELLIGENCE -UNITS  IN  KOREA 
ARE  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  OOR  MULTI- 
DISCIPLINE  ORGANIZATIONS.   THESE  UNITS 
ARE  ON  THE  FRONT  LINE  OF  AMERICA'S 
DEFENSE.   WORKING  TODAY  IN  A  COMBAT 
SETTING,  THESE  UNITS  ARE  A  WELL-BALANCED 
BLEND  OF  TACTICAL  AND  STRATEGIC 
INTELLIGENCE  SPECIALISTS  AND  ASSETS. 
SIMILAR  UNITS  ARE  LOCATED  IN  EUROPE, 
JAPAN,  PANAMA,  AND  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
23.   LOW  INTENSITY 
,  ONE  OF  INSCOM'S  NEWEST  EFFORTS  IS  THE 
CHALLENGE  OF  LOW-INTENSITY  CONFLICT. 
24.   MI  BN  (LI) 
WE  HAVE  ACTIVATED  A  NEW  TYPE  OF 
INTELLIGENCE  UNIT.   THE  UNIT  IS  TAILORED 
FOR  USE  IN  CONTINGENCY  SITUATIONS 
THROUGHOUT  THE  WORLD. 
25.   C-12  AIRCRAFT 
IN  SUPPORT  OF  THE  NEW  UNIT,  WE'VE  BEEN 
CONDUCTING  AN  EXTENSIVE  EVALUATION  OF 
SEVERAL  AIRBORNE  INTELLIGENCE  SYSTEMS. 
THE  RESULTS  SO  FAR  INDICATE  THEY  WILL  BE 
ESPECIALLY  EFFECTIVE  DURING  LOW- 
INTENSITY  CONFLICTS  ANYWHERE  IN  THE 
WORLD.
26.   513TH 
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IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE'513TH  MI 
BRIGADE  IS  PARTICULARLY  INTERESTING 
ITS  ONITS  ARE  FAIRLY  WIDESPREAD 
THROUGHOUT  THE  CONTINENTAL  UNITED 
STATES. 
27*   EXERCISE 
THE  513TH  HAS  ONE  OF  OUR  MOST;  EXTENSIVE 
EXERCISE  SCHEDULES.   THE  BRIGADE 
PARTICIPATED,  ALONG  WITH  SEVERAL  ARAB 
NATIONS,  IN  EXERCISE  BRIGHT  STAR  IN  THE 
EYGPTIAN  DESERT. 
28.   GRENADA 
BECAUSE  ELEMENTS  OF  THE  513TH 
PARTICIPATED  IN  GRENADA,  THEY  ARE  THE 
ONLY  SOLDIERS  AUTHORIZED  TO  WEAR  THE 
INSCOM  PATCH  AS  A  COMBAT  UNIT  PATCH. 
29.   TANK 
THE  FOREIGN  MATERIEL  INTELLIGENCE  GROUP 
EXPLOITS  SOVIET  EQUIPMENT  AND  OTHER 
FOREIGN  MATERIAL. 
30.   902ND  MI  GP 
THE  902ND  MI  GROUP  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 
IS  INVOLVED  IN  TECHNICAL  SURVEILLANCE 
COUNTERMEASURES  AND  POLYGRAPH 
OPERATIONS.   THE  GROUP  PROVIDES  COUNTER 
INTELLIGENCE  SUPPORT  TO  NEARLY  EVERY 
ARMY  INSTALLATION  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES.
31  .-   SPECIAL  UNITS 
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INSCOM  ALSO  HAS  UNITS  THaT  ARE  NOT  FIELD 
STATIONS  OR  MILITARY  INTELLIGENCE 
BRIGADES.   ALTHOUGH  THESE  UNITS  DO  NOT 
PERFORM  WHAT  MANY  PEOPLE  THINK  OF  AS 
TRADITIONAL  INTELLIGENCE  MISSIONS,  THEY 
SERVE  A  VERY  IMPORTANT  FUNCTION  IN 
MEETING  INSCOM'S  MISSION.    V. 
32.   USARI 
A  FEW,  AMONG  OUR  MANY  UNITS  IN  EUROPE, 
ARE  NON-TRADITIONAL  INTELLIGENCE 
ORGANIZATIONS.   ONE  OF  THESE  UNITS  IS 
THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMY  RUSSIAN 
INSTITUTE,  LOCATED  IN  PICTURESQUE 
GARMISCH,  GERMANY. 
33.   STUDENTS 
THE  INSTITUTE  TRAINS  SOVIET  AREA 
SPECIALISTS  FOR  THE  UNITED  STATES.   THE 
SCHOOL* S  PROGRAM  INCLUDES  SOVIET  AREA 
STUDIES,  AND  TWO  YEARS  OF  ADVANCED 
RUSSIAN  LANGUAGE  TRAINING. 
34.   LIBRARY 
THE  SCHOOL  HAS  A  30,000  VOLUME  LIBRARY, 
65  PERCENT  OF  WHICH  IS  IN  RUSSIAN.   SOME 
OF  THE  LIBRARY'S  HOLDINGS  ARE  UNIQUE  IN 
THE  FREE  WORLD.   A  PARALLEL  EFFORT  IS 
OUR  FOREIGN  LANGUAGE  TRAINING  CENTER  IN 
MUNICH  WHERE   SOLDIERS  COME  FROM  ALL 
OVER  EUROPE  FOR  REFRESHER  TRAINING.
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35-   CSF  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE  CENTRAL 
SECURITY  FACILITY  AT  FORT  MEADE, 
MARYLAND,  SUPPORTS  THE  ARMY'S 
INTELLIGENCE  AND  COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES. 
36.  FILES  THE  FACILITY  HOLDS  OVER  THREE^  MILLION 
FILES  WHICH  ARE  USED  BY  THE  DEFENSE 
INVESTIGATIVE  SERVICE  TO  OBTAIN 
INFORMATION  USED  IN  GRANTING  OR  DENYING 
CLEARANCES  FOR  MILITARY  AND  CIVILIAN 
'  PERSONNEL.   CSF  ALSO  COORDINATES  RELEASE 
OF  INFORMATION  WHICH  HAS  BEEN  REQUESTED 
UNDER  THE  FREEDOM  OF  INFORMATION  AND 
PRIVACY  ACTS. 
37.  SSG  LOGO  OPERATING  FROM  ARLINGTON  HALL  STATION, 
THE  U.S.   ARMY  SPECIAL  SECURITY  GROUP 
GUIDES  AND  COUNSELS  ARMY  UNITS  ON  HOW  TO 
HANDLE  AND  SECURE  INFORMATION  REQUIRING 
SECURITY  PROTECTION.   PRIMARY  RECIPIENTS 
OF  SUPPORT  ARE  NON-TACTICAL 
ORGANIZATIONS  SUCH  AS  MAJOR  ARMY 
COMMANDS  AND  INSTALLATIONS.
38.   SSG  WORKER 
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WITH  NINE  SUBORDINATE  SPECIAL  SECURITY 
COMMANDS  AND  DETACHMENTS  WORLDWIDE,  THE 
GROUP  ALSO  ADVISES  AND  ASSISTS  ACTIVE 
AND  RESERVE  COMPONENT  UNITS  AND  ARMY 
CONTRACTORS  WORLDWIDE. 
39.   THREAT 
WHETHER  AT  A  MILITARY  INTELLIGENCE 
BRIGADE,  A  TACTICAL  SUPPORT  UNIT,  OR  ANY 
OF  OUR  UNITS,  SOLDIERS  AND  CIVILIANS 
THROUGHOUT  INSCOM  ARE  SUCCESSFULLY 
CONFRONTING  AN  INCREASINGLY  COMPLEX 
CHALLENGE. 
40.   CHANGE 
WE  ARE  CONFIDENT  HO  TASK  IS  TOO  GREAT. 
THROUGH  CREATIVE  MANAGEMENT  OF  OUR 
RESOURCES  WITHIN  MANPOWER  AND  BUDGET 
CONSTRAINTS,  WE  ARE  INCREASING  OUR 
CAPABILITIES  IN  EVERY  INTELLIGENCE 
DISCIPLINE.   A  MAJOR  CHALLENGE  FACES  US 
IN  PREPARING  FOR  OUR  MOVE  TO  FORT 
BELVOIR.   WE  TOOK  A  LARGE  FIRST  STEP 
EARLIER  WHEN  WE  CONSOLIDATED  OUR 
OPERATIONS  FROM  FORT  MEADE  TO  ARLINGTON 
HALL  STATION. 
41.   SMILE 
CHARGED  WITH  IMPROVING  ARMY  INTELLIGENCE 
ACTIVITIES,  INSCOM  HAS  SUCCESSFULLY 
FUSED  MANY  FUNCTIONS  INTO  A  MULTI- 
DISCIPLINE  COLLECTION,  AND  COUNTER- 
INTELLIGENCE EFFORT. 
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42.   SOLDIER 
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WE  SIGNIFICANTLY  CONTRIBUTE  TO  MILITARY 
AND  POLITICAL  DELIBERATIONS  AND 
DECISIONS. 
43.   CIVILIAN 
INSCOM  SOLDIERS  AND  CIVILIANS  ALIKE  ARE 
PROUD  OF  THE  FACT  THAT  WE  ARE  DOING  THE 
JOB  ON  THE  FRONT  LINE  TODAY.  V 
44.   CREST/PATCH 
WE  ARE  A  DYNAMIC  ORGANIZATION  WHICH 
ACCEPTS  ITS  RESPONSIBILITIES  TO  ENSORE 
THAT  THE  ARMY  AND  THE  COUNTRY  TODAY  AND 
TOMORROW  WILL  BE  THE  BEST  INFORMED  AND 
MOST  COMBAT  CAPABLE  FORCE  IN  THE  WORLD. 
THIS  CONCLUDES  TODAY'S  BRIEFING  ON  THE 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY'S  INTELLIGENCE  AND 
SECURITY  COMMAND.