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Abmt  Regulation 
No.  10-46 
AR  MM6 
HEADQUARTERS 
DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  ARMY 
Washington,    DC,   SO   July   1974 
ORGANIZATION  AND  FUNCTIONS 
UNITED  STATES  ARMY  INTELLIGENCE  AGENCY 
Effective  25  September  1974 
Local  supplementation  of  this  regulation  is  prohibited,  except  upon  approval  of  the  Assistant 
Chief  of  Staff  for  Intelligence,  Department  of  the  Army. 
Paragraph 
Purpose 
Mission.—.    2 
Principal  Functions 
Command  Staff  Relationships    4 
Other  Relationships        5 
1.  Purpose.  This  regulation  sets  forth  the  mission 
and  principal  functions  of  the  Commander,  United 
States  Army  Intelligence  Agency  and  prescribes 
command  and  staff  relationships  with  higher  and 
collateral  echelons. 
2.  Mission.  The  mission  of  the  Commander,  US 
Army  Intelligence  Agency,  is  to  conduct  opera- 
tional intelligence  collection  and  counterintelli- 
gence activities  in  support  of  the  Army,  and 
provide  CONUS-based  support  to  other  Army 
Commands  conducting  intelligence  and  counter- 
intelligence activities. 
3.  Principal  Functions.  The  principal  functions 
of  the  Commander,  US  Army  Intelligence  Agency 
are  to — 
a.  Plan,  coordinate,  and  provide  counterintelli- 
gence support,  consisting  of  counterintelligence 
investigations,  operations,  and  services  to  the 
Department  of  the  Army  and  major  Army 
commands. 
b.  Conduct  within  CONUS,  Alaska,  Hawaii, 
Panama,  Puerto  Rico,  and  the  US  Virgin  Islands, 
those  counterintelligence  investigations  concerned 
with  DA  military  and  civilian  personnel  security 
programs,  and  designated  DOD  agency  security 
programs  wherein  significant  unfavorable  infor- 
mation has  been  developed  requiring  special  cate- 
gorization of  the  investigations  such  as  loyalty, 
suitability,  or  complaint,  and  provide  the  results 
to  the  cognizant  commander. 
c.  Conduct  personnel  security  investigations 
within  the  Panama  Canal  Zone  and  the  Western 
Pacific  in  response  to  tasking  from  the  Defense 
Investigative  Service. 
d.  Conduct  counterintelligence  services  within 
CONUS,  Alaska,  Hawaii.  Panama  Canal  Zone, 
Puerto  Rico,  the  US  Virgin  Islands,  and  the  West- 
ern Pacific  for  Army  forces  and  designated  DOD 
and  other  US  Government  agencies.  Conduct 
counterintelligence  services  Army-wide  for  desig- 
nated Army  and  DOD  agencies. 
e.  Provide  counterintelligence  coverage  to  the 
Pentagon  Reservation  in  accordance  with  DOD 
Directive  5100-49  and  execute  the  Alternate  Joint 
Communications  Center  counterintelligence  pro- 
gram in  accordance  with  DOD  Directive  5200-25. 
/.  Conduct  Department  of  the  Army  personnel 
security  adjudicative  programs. 
g.  Maintain  Department  of  the  Army  reposi- 
tory for  counterintelligence  and  intelligence  files. 
k.  Conduct  Department  of  the  Army  programs 
to  provide  military  and  civilian  intelligence  spe- 
cialist as  directed  by  HQ  DA. 
i.  Be  prepared  as  required,  to  debrief  US  Anny 
personnel  returned  to  US  control 
;'.  Conduct  intelligence  activities  authorized  in 
AR  381-150. 
4.  Command  and  staff  relationships.  US  Army 
Intelligence  Agency  is  a  field  operating  agency  of 
the  Office  of  the  Ajssistant  Chief  of  Staff  for  In- 
telligence, Department  of  the  Army.  The  Com- 
mander is  responsible  to  the  Assistant  Chief  of 
Staff  for  Intelligence,  DA  for  all  operations  of 
the  agency.  Directives,  authorities,  policy  plan- 
ning and  programing  guidance,  approved  pro- 
grams, and  resource  allocations  are  issued  to  the 
Commander,  US  Army  Intelligence  Agency  by  the 
Assistant  Chief  of  Staff  for  Intelligence,  DA. 
5.  Other  relationships,  a.  The  Commander,  US 
Army  Intelligence  Agency  is  authorized  to  com- 
municate directly  with  major  Army  commanders 
and  with  directors  of  Headquarters,  Department 
of  the  Army  agencies  in  their  command  capacities 
with  respect  to  matters  of  mutual  interest 
6.  The  Commander,  US  Army  Intelligence 
Agency  will  maintain  liaison  with  the  US  Army 
Criminal  Investigation  Command,  with  counter- 
part activities  of  the  Departments  of  the  Navy  and 
Air  Force,  and  with  those  governmental  agencies 
necessary  for  coordination  of  activities  of  mutual 
interest 
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