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The  keystone  suggests  the  unit's  key  position  in 
the  global  intelligence  network.  The  mural  crown 
and  the  black  bear  are  adapted  from  the  Arms  of 
the  City  of  Berlin  and  allude  to  the  unit's  home 
area  and  further  suggest  the  divided  city's  wall 
and  the  need  for  constant  surveillance.  The  globe 
and  the  color  teal  blue  suggest  the  unit's  affili- 
ation with  INSCOM  and  are  counterchanged  in  refer- 
ence to  the  day/night  mission  of  the  unit  and  its 
motto.  Orange  and  white  are  the  colors  associated 
with  signal  units  and  allude  to  the  field  station's 
history  as  a  signal  unit.  The  flash  symbolizes 
the  electronics  functions  of  the  unit.
U.S.  Ariry  Field  Station  Key  West 
The  6th  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station  was  organized 
on  14  February  1964  at  Homestead  Air  Force  Base,  Florida, 
and  assigned  to  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  (and  its  succes- 
sor, the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command  after  1 
January  1977).  The  Army  Security  Agency's  presence  at 
Homestead  dated  back  to  October  1962  and  the  Cuban  Missile 
Crisis,  when  the  326th  ASA  Company  was  deployed  to  the  site 
from  Fort  Bragg,  North  Carolina.  Over  the  months,  the  unit 
began  to  take  on  a  more  permanent  status.  Effective  14  Feb- 
ruary 1964,  the  company  was  inactivated  and  its  personnel 
transferred  to  the  field  station  which  was  organized  concur- 
rently. 
The  6th  ASA  Field  Station  was  dedicated  as  "Seminole  Sta- 
tion" by  Billy  Osceola,  Chief  of  the  Semi noles  who  presented 
the  official  tribal  resolution  in  a  ceremony  at  Homestead  on 
10  August  1964.  The  name  "Seminole  Station"  was  chosen  be- 
cause it  alluded  to  a  group  of  warriors  of  indomitable  spir- 
it who,  through  vigilance  and  perseverance,  protected  their 
homeland  and  remained  unconquered. 
All  of  the  6th  ASA  Field  Station's  facilities  continued  to 
be  located  on  Homestead  Air  Base  until  August  1967  when  the 
station's  activities  were  consolidated  with  similar  Air 
Force  and  Navy  operations  in  a  newly  constructed  operations 
building  on  Card   Sound   Road,  approximately  15  miles  south 
of  Homestead  Air  Base.  The  operations  building  was  common- 
ly referred  to  as  "Site  Alpha." 
On  15  December  1967,  the  6th  ASA  Field  Station  was  redes- 
ignated as  USASA  Field  Station,  Homestead.  In  February 
1969,  the  field  station's  command  and  administrative  func- 
tions were  returned  to  Homestead  Air  Base  proper  and  co- 
located  with  similar  functions  of  the  Navy.  This  enabled 
a  savings  in  personnel  resources.  As  a  result  of  this 
drawdown  and  the  reversal  of  a  decision  to  discontinue  the 
USASA  Field  Station,  Homestead  entirely,  the  unit  was  re- 
organized and  redesignated  on  30  June  1974  as  U.S.  Army 
Security  Agency  Detachment  Homestead  to  reflect  its  more 
limited  mission. 
On  1  May  1977,  the  unit  was  again  redesignated,  this  time  as 
U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Homestead,  and  on  15  July  1981,  the 
field  station  was  redesignated  the  U.S.  Army  Field  Station 
Key  West  in  anticipation  of  a  pending  move.
As  part  of  an  effort  to  consolidate  assets  among  the  Ser- 
vices, the  field  station  was  relocated  in  October  1981  to 
the  Truman  Annex,  Key  West;  by  21  October,  operations 
were  underway.  The  operations  and  administrative  building 
itself  had  once  been  used  as  a  Navy  fleet  sonar  school 
facility.   Billeting  is  also  on  the  Truman  Annex. 
Unit  Day:  27  October.  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Key  West  com- 
memorates 27  October  1981,  the  date  it  began  operations  at 
Truman  Annex.
U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Korea 
On  30  September  1971,  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field 
Station,  Korea  was  organized  in  Pyong  Taek,  Korea,  and  as- 
signed to  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  and  further  reas- 
signed to  HQ  USASA,  Pacific.  The  field  station  was  the 
replacement  for  the  USASA  Group,  Korea,  which  was  concur- 
rently discontinued  to  more  effectively  manage  reduced 
resources.  The  field  station  took  over  a  mission  which 
had  been  performed  by  a  succession  of  Army  Security  Agency 
units  in  Korea  on  a  continuing  basis  since  September  1950 
when  the  first  contingent  of  ASA  personnel  arrived  to 
support  U.S.  tactical  forces.  These  units  included  both  the 
501st  Communication  Reconnaissance  Group  and  the  508th 
USASA  Group  (redesignated  the  USASA  Group,  Korea). 
A  number  of  units  have  been  assigned  to  the  field  station 
over  the  years.  These  included  the  following:  the  332d 
ASA  Company  (30  September  1971  to  Present);  the  329th  ASA 
Company  (1  November  1975  to  1  October  1976);  and  the  146th 
ASA  Company  (1  July  1974  to  15  December  1979).  From  15 
August  1974  to  1  August  1977,  the  USASA  Security  Detachment, 
Korea  was  attached  to  the  field  station. 
The  field  station  is  located  at  Camp  Humphreys,  60  miles 
south  of  Seoul  and  five  miles  southwest  of  the  town  of  Pyong 
Taek.  It  was  given  the  name  "Zoeckler  Station"  on  1  April 
1973  in  honor  of  Lieutenant  Colonel  William  R.  Zoeckler, 
who  was  the  first  commanding  officer  from  30  September  1971 
to  31  January  1972.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Zoeckler  stayed 
at  his  post  and  worked  up  to  the  limit  of  his  endurance 
until  he  was  medically  evacuated  to  C0NUS  where  he  died  on 
22  April  1972. 
On  30  June  1972,  Field  Station  Korea  was  reassigned  to  HQ 
USASA  (and  to  its  successor,  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and 
Security  Command,  after  1  January  1977)  upon  the  discontin- 
uance of  HQ  USASA,  Pacific.  On  1  April  1977,  Headquarters 
and  Service  Company  was  divided  into  Headquarters  and 
Service  Company  and  Operations  Company.  On  1  May  1977, 
the  USASA  Field  Station,  Korea  was  redesignated  the  U.S. 
Army  Field  Station  Korea. 
Unit  Day:   30  September.  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Korea  cele- 
brates its  organization  day  of  30  September  1971. 
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U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Kunia 
The  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Kunia  was  organized  on  1  October 
1980  at  Wheeler  Air  Base,  Hawaii,  and  assigned  to  the  U.S. 
Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command.  INSCOM  personnel 
fill  for  the  field  station  began  in  April  1980  with  the 
assignment  of  an  advance  party  which  included  five  adminis- 
trative specialists.  These  administrative  personnel  were 
initially  assigned  to  the  U.S.  Army  INSCOM  Theater  Intel- 
ligence Center-Pacific  (Provisional),  Fort  Shafter,  Hawaii, 
to  accomplish  the  in-processing  of  arriving  personnel  for 
the  field  station,  and  until  August  1980,  all  administrative 
in-processing  was  done  at  the  ITIC-PAC  offices. 
Before  1 
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d  served  a  multitude  of  purposes  over  the  years. 
Army  Corps  of  Engineers  constructed  the  facility 
the  field  station  between   1943  and 
und  aircraft  assembly  plant,  although 
this  purpose.   At  the  end  of  World 
was  placed  in  a  reserve  status  and 
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1944  as  an 
it  never  was 
War  II,  the 
remained  as 
the  Air  Force 
avy  and  utilized  to  store  ammunition  and  torpedoes. 
the  structure  was  converted  into  a  command  center 
rt  of  the  joint  and  service  commands  on  Oahu.  In 
e  property  and  grounds  were  determined  to  be  excess 
into  disuse  until  they  were  decided  upon  as  the 
the  field  station. 
Between  September  and  December  1980,  field  station  person- 
nel turned  the  neglected  facility  surrounded  by  undergrowth 
into  a  wel 1 -landscaped  and  functional  installation.  This 
initial  phase  involved  vast  amounts  of  support  from  all 
branches  of  the  military  as  well  as  civilian  governmental 
agencies.  Because  of  this  spirit  of  cooperation,  the  field 
station  was  able  to  meet  its  15  December  1980  operational 
activation  date.  Internally,  the  1st  Operations  Battalion, 
consisting  of  Headquarters  and  Headquarters  Company  and  two 
lettered  companies,  A  and  B,  was  organized  provisionally  on 
16  May  1983.  The  new  elements  were  formally  organized  on 
1  July. 
Although  a  relatively  new  organization  itself,  Field  Station 
Kunia  is  linked  to  the  past  by  its  mission,  which  previously 
had  carried  been  out  by  a  number  of  Army  elements.  As  early 
as  1935,  a  detachment  of  the  9th  Signal  Service  Company  was 
organized  at  Fort  Shafter  to  perform  Kunia's  present  func- 
tions. On  1  January  1939,  this  detachment  was  redesignated 
as  the  Hawaiian  Detachment  of  the  newly  formed  2d  Signal 
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Service  Company  (later  redesignated  as  the  2d  Signal  Ser- 
vice Battalion).  On  1  June  1944,  the  detachment  was 
moved  from  Fort  Shafter  to  the  Helemano  Military  Reserva- 
tion, Oahu,  25  miles  from  Honolulu.  The  detachment  was 
discontinued  on  15  May  1950,  but  its  personnel  and  assets 
were  taken  over  by  the  concurrently  organized  8605th  Field 
Station.  On  1  January  1957,  the  8605th  Field  Station  was 
in  turn  redesignated  as  the  5th  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency 
Field  Station.  The  5th  USASA  Field  Station  was  discontinued 
on  17  June  1958.  This  marked  the  end  of  Army  field  stations 
in  Hawaii  until  the  establishment  of  U.S.  Army  Field  Station 
Kunia  in  1980. 
Unit  Day:   1  October.   U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Kunia  cele- 
brates its  organization  on  1  October  1980. 
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U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Misawa 
On  1  October  1970,  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Detachment,  Mi- 
sawa was  organized  at  Misawa  Air  Base,  Japan  and  assigned 
to  HQ  USASA,  Pacific.  Upon  the  discontinuance  of  HQ  USASA, 
Pacific  on  30  June  1972,  the  detacnmeni  was  reassigned  to 
HQ  USASA  (and  its  successor,  HQ  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and 
Security  Command  after  1  January  1977).  On  31  August 
1972,  the  detachment  was  redesignated  as  USASA  Field  Sta- 
tion, Misawa.  It  was  redesignated  as  U.S.  Army  Field  Station 
Misawa  on  1  May  1977. 
Misawa  Air  Base  is  situated  adjacent  to  Misawa  City,  ap- 
proximately 400  miles  north  of  Tokyo.  It  lies  about  one 
mile  west  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  in  the  coastal  region 
between  the  ocean  and  mountain  ranges.  The  field  station 
is  the  northernmost  of  all  U.S.  Army  units  in  Japan. 
(The  M 
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isawa  Air  Base  was  built  by  the  Japanese  prior  to  World 
with  the  idea  of  establishing  a  northern  base  from 
bombers  could  be  launched  toward  Alaska  in 
with  the  United  States.  The  plan  failed  to 
the  Japanese  used  the  base  to  train  Army 
and  to  test  new  type  aircraft.   It  was 
train  sabotage  teams  to  destroy  Allied  air- 
the  latter  days  of  the  war.   As  U.S.  forces 
long  range 
ent  of  war 
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prior  to 
by  B-29's,  which  practically  demolished  the  base, 
an  original  building  was  left  intact.  In  1945,  the 
rmy  Corps  of  Engineers  moved  in  and  restored  the  base 
e  by  the  U.S.  Air  Force,  which  has  continued  to  sta- 
nits  at  Misawa  Air  Base  and  to  serve  as  the  base 
U.S.  Army  Field 
Travis  Trophy,  pres   
service  cryptologic  unit 
Station  Misawa  was  the  recipient  of  the  1980 
presented  annually  to  the  most  outstanding 
agi  c  unit. 
ASA  operations  in  the  home  islands  of  Japan  began  in  December 
1945  with  126th  Signal  Service  Company  at  Kyoto,  which  was 
replaced  in  1951  by  Field  Station  (8610)  (April  1951  to 
May  1958).  Other  stations  included  Chitose  (April  1951 
to  March  1971)  and  Hakata  (October  1955  to  June  1972). 
Field  Station  Misawa  is  the  last  in  the  line  of  Army 
field  stations  to  be  located  on  the  main  islands  of  Japan. 
Unit  Day.   1  October.  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Misawa  cele- 
brates its  organization  on  1  October  1970. 
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U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Okinawa 
The  organization  which  ultimately  would  become  today's  Field 
Station  Okinawa  was  originally  established  on  14  July  1961 
when  the  51st  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Special  Operations 
Command  was  organized  at  Sobe,  Okinawa,  replacing  the  3d 
U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station,  which  was  discontin- 
ued two  months  later  on  24  September.  The  51st  USASA  SOC 
was  assigned  to  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  and  further 
assigned  to  HQ  USASA,  Pacific. 
The  51st  USASA  SOC  took  over  a  mission  which 
far  as  1945  when  the  1st  Operating  Platoon, 
Service  Company  entered  Okinawa  in  April  to 
forces  during  the  Ryukyus  Campaign  of  World 
July,  the  125th  Signal  Service  Company  was 
to  Okinawa  for  a  two-month  period  until  the 
render  and  the  end  of  the  war.   The  following 
from  the  125th's  diary: 
dates  back  as 
126th  Signal 
support  U.S. 
War  II.   On  5 
also  deployed 
Japanese  sur- 
is  an  excerpt 
"On  the  17  of  July  all  the  equipment  had  been 
unloaded  from  the  ship  [the  Navy  LS  "Jackpot"] 
and  moved  to  the  new  site  on  the  north  side 
of  Motobu  Peninsula.   Operations  had  already 
started  on  July  6  and  continued  through  July 
and  August  while  everyone  pitched  in  to  build 
what  was  probably  the  best  company  area  we 
ever  had  overseas.   Okinawa  was  found  to  be 
quite  a  scenic  little  place,  but  with  wind, 
rain,  mud,  sun,  and  heat  plentiful,  and  with 
the  nightly  enemy  air  raids  and  a  few  ground 
alerts  to  occupy  our  minds,  the  'delight' 
of  being  in  Okinawa  soon  wore  off.   After 
Japan's  surrender,  it  really  became  a  very 
quiet  place." 
From  the  end  of  the  war  on,  the  Army  Security  Agency  had 
a  continual  presence  on  the  island.  The  1st  Operating 
Platoon,  126th  Signal  Service  Company  remained  on  the  island 
at  Shimabuku  until  July  1948,  when  the  unit  (less  personnel 
and  equipment)  was  transferred  to  Kyoto,  Japan.  At  the 
same  time,  the  111th  Signal  Service  Company  was  transferred 
from  Seoul,  Korea,  to  Okinawa  and  in  the  process  assumed  the 
personnel  and  mission  formerly  assigned  to  the  1st  Operating 
Platoon,  126th  Signal  Service  Company.  The  111th  Signal 
Service  Company  (redesignated  the  327th  Communication  Re- 
connaissance Company  effective  25  October  1951)  was  ulti- 
mately transferred,  less  personnel  and  equipment,  to  Fu- 
shimi,  Japan,  on  1  September  1952.   In  the  meantime,  on  1 
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April  1951,  Field  Station  (8603)  was  organized  at  Futema, 
Okinawa,  and  assigned  to  the  111th  Signal  Service  Company. 
Field  Station  (8603)  relocated  to  Sobe  on  3  August  1953  and 
began  operations  at  the  new  location  on  16  November.  On  1 
January  1957,  the  field  station  was  redesignated  the  3d 
USASA  Field  Station.  The  field  station's  facilities  were 
named  Torii  Station  on  20  November  1958.  Shortly  there- 
after, the  unit  adopted  its  slogan  "Best  in  the  Business" 
which  was  inspired  by  numerous  accolades  the  station  was 
receiving  at  the  time.  On  14  July  1961,  the  51st  USASA 
Special  Operations  Command  was  organized  replacing  the  con- 
currently discontinued  3d  USASA  Field  Station. 
Over  the  years,  the  51st  USASA  SOC  exercised  control  over 
various  ASA  units  including  the  following:  USASA  Security 
Company,  Sobe  (25  July  1961  to  30  September  1972);  USASA 
Field  Station  Taiwan  (25  July  1961  to  30  June  1972);  and 
400th  ASA  Special  Operations  Detachment  (3  April  1969  to  1 
July  1974).  Internally,  the  51st  USASA  SOC  consisted  of 
Hq  &  Service  Company  and  the  3d  USASA  Operations  Company. 
On  15  June  1965,  these  were  discontinued  and  Companies  A, 
B,  and  C  organized.  In  addition  to  Field  Station  Sobe 
personnel,  Torii  Station  was  the  home  base  for  Navy  and 
Marine  Corps  personnel  and  the  tri-service  Joint  Sobe 
Processing  Center  (1961  to  1971). 
On  15  December  1967,  the  51st  USASA  SOC  was  redesignated  as 
the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station,  Sobe.  With  the 
discontinuance  of  HQ  USASA,  Pacific,  the  field  station  was 
reassigned  on  30  June  1972  to  HQ  USASA  (and  its  successor, 
the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command,  after  1 
January  1977).  In  December  1973,  the  lettered  companies 
were  subordinated  to  a  Troop  Command.  The  Troop  Command 
was  redesignated  the  Operations  Battalion  in  October  1974, 
and  concurrently,   the   Support   Battalion  was   organized. 
Field  Station  Okinawa  received  the  Travis  Trophy  in  1976  in 
recognition  for  its  outstanding  contributions.  The  Travis 
Trophy  is  awarded  annually  to  the  service 
. cryptologic  unit 
which  excels  in  the  field  of  operations,  management,  and 
admini  stration. 
On  1  May  1977,  the  unit  was  again  redesignated,  this  time  as 
U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Okinawa.  On  22  January  1979,  the  Ope- 
rations and  Support  Battalions  along  with  their  companies 
were  discontinued  and  a  new  Troop  Command  organized  to  over- 
see the  Headquarters  and  Operations  Companies.  On  1  August 
1983,  this  organization  was  replaced  when  Operations  Com- 
pany was  redesignated  as  Operations  Battalion  (Provisional) 
consisting  of  three  companies  (Headquarters  and  Operations, 
lot
Company  A,  ard  Company  B).  On  1  January  1984,  the  new  organ 
ization  was  formalized. 
Unit  Day:   8  April.  U.S.  Army  Fiel d  Stati on  Okinawa  commemo- 
rates the  beginning  of  its  mission  on  Okinawa  in  April  1945, 
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U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Panama 
On  1  October  1982,  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Panama  was  organized 
at  Galeta  Island,  Republic  of  Panama,  and  assigned  to  the  U.S. 
Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command.  Although  the  field 
station  is  relatively  new,  its  mission  dates  back  to  the  1930's. 
A  detachment  of  the  Signal  Service  Company  (Panama)  was 
activated  in  July  1935  at  Quarry  Heights,  Panama  Canal  Zone. 
The  detachment  was  one  of  only  two  such  units  worldwide 
which  possessed  both  trained  personnel  and  adequate  equipment 
necessary  to  actively  perform  an  operational  role  in  the 
mobilization  phase  prior  to  the  United  States  entry  into  World 
War  II.  On  1  January  1939,  the  22-man  detachment  was  rede- 
signated as  the  Panama  Detachment,  2d  Signal  Service  Company 
and  placed  under  the  newly  constituted  2d  Signal  Service 
Company  (the  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  after  April  1942), 
which  was  created  to  control  fixed  stations  located  worldwide. 
The  Panama  Detachment  was  active  until  19  February  1943  when 
it  was  discontinued  and  its  personnel  transferred  to  other 
2d  Battalion  units  with  higher  priorities. 
For  over  ten  years,  there  was  no  Army  unit  performing  the 
mission  in  the  canal  zone.  However,  in  1953,  Headquarters, 
Army  Security  Agency,  Caribbean  (organized  on  26  July  1949 
at  Fort  Kobbe,  Panama  Canal  Zone)  was  assigned  a  similar 
mission  by  its  parent  organization,  the  Army  Security  Agency. 
Over  the  years,  the  Caribbean  unit  underwent  several  redesi- 
gnations  and  relocations.  On  6  December  1961,  HQ  USASA, 
Caribbean  relocated  from  Fort  Kobbe  to  Fort  Clayton.  Effective 
22  July  1963,  the  headquarters  was  redesignated  HQ  USASA, 
Southern  Command  (SOUTHCOM).  For  a  brief  period  from  1966  to 
1967,  the  unit  had  an  element,  Detachment  B,  located  on 
Galeta  Island. 
As  part  of  a  worldwide  trend  within  the  Army  Security  Agency 
in  the  early  1970's,  area  headquarters  were  discontinued  and 
smaller  units  directly  subordinate  to  HQ  USASA  were  substi- 
tuted. On  31  March  1971,  HQ  USASA,  Southern  Command  was  dis- 
continued and  the  USASA  Detachment,  Southern  Command  was  organ- 
ized in  its  place. 
On  1  February  1977,  the  detachment  was  redesignated  the  U.S. 
Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command  Detachment,  Southern 
Command,  reflecting  the  redesignation  of  the  U.S.  Army  Se- 
curity Agency  as  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security 
Command,  a  multidi scipl ine  intelligence  organization.  On 
the  same  day,  the  detachment  was  .subordinated  to  the  470th 
Military  Intelligence  Group.  By  1  October  1977,  the  detachment 
was  relocated  to  Fort  Amador  and  its  mission  integrated  with 
in
the  470th  MI  Group.  This  integration  spelled  the  first 
significant  attempt  among  INSCOM  units  to  fulfill  their  par- 
ent organization's  charter  of  providing  mul tidiscipl ine  sup- 
port. The  INSCOM  Detachment,  Southern  Command  was  formally 
discontinued  on  16  November  1978.  While  assigned  to  the 
470th  MI  Group,  the  unit  was  largely  responsible  for  the 
group  being  named  the  1977  recipient  of  the  Travis  Trophy, 
awarded  annually  to  the  outstanding  Service  cryptologic  unit. 
The  terms  of  the  new  canal  treaties  with  Panama,  implemented 
on  1  October  1977,  directed  that  all  U.S.  office  space  at  Fort 
Amador  would  be  transferred.  The  470th  MI  Group  completed  its 
move  from  Fort  Amador  to  Fort  Clayton,  Panama,  on  1  October 
1979.  On  1  September  1981,  Detachment  C,  470th  MI  Group  was 
formed  as  an  internal  organization  upon  which  a  separate  field 
station  could  be  built.  On  20  January  1982,  the  detachment's 
personnel  were  relocated  to  Galeta  Island,  Republic  of  Panama. 
Here  on  1  October  1982,  the  detachment  was  discontinued,  and 
U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Panama  organized. 
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organizational   birth  date 
Station  Panama  cele- 
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U,S.  Army  Field  Station  San  Antonio 
The  U.S.  Army  Security Agency  Field  Station,  San  Antonio 
Kelly  Air  Force  Base, 
was 
organized  on  30  June  1974  at  Kelly  Air  Force  Base,  Texas,  and 
assigned  to  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  (and  its  successor, 
the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command,  after  1  Jan- 
uary 1977).  For  years,  the  Army  Security  Agency  and  the  Air 
Force  Security  Service  operated  separate  processing  centers 
for   
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San 
Station, 
Vi  r  g  i  n  i  a  , 
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Tfmf Tar  mi  s  s  i  o  n  s  at  V i  n t 
and  ~at"taclrTTnd  Air  Force  Base,  San  Antonio.  as  a 
of-ef^forts  underway  witmn  tne  Department  of  Oefense  to  effect 
monetary  savings,  it  was  decided  to  consolidate  the  two  ef- 
forts at  Lackland  Air  Force  Base  by  1  July  1974. 
The  headquarters  and  billets  of  the  field  station  are  lo- 
cated at  Kelly  Air  Force  Base.  Originally,  the  unit  consisted 
of  Companies  A  and  B.  However,  on  10  January  1983,  Company  A 
was  discontinued,  and  on  15  July  1983,  Company  B  was  redesig- 
nated as  Headquarters  and  Operations  Company.  The  operations 
facilities  of  the  Consolidated  Security  Operations  Center 
(CSOC)  are  located  approximately  five  miles  away  at  Lackland 
Air  Force  Base  Training  Annex.  The  CSOC  is  jointly  staffed 
by  personnel  from  the  field  station  and  the  6993d  Electronic 
Security  Squadron. 
On  15  August  1974,  the  field  station  was  designated  "Alamo 
Station"  after  the  famous  Alamo  of  San  Antonio,  Texas, 
where  "Remember  the  Alamo"  became  a  rallying  battle  cry  for 
independence.  (The  name  is  used  with  permission  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  Republic  of  Texas.) 
The  Consolidated  Security  Operations  Center  was  the  recipient 
of  the  1975  Travis  Trophy,  presented  to  the  service  crypto- 
logic  unit  which  made  the  most  outstanding  contribution 
during  the  year.  The  field  station  was  also  the  recipient 
of  the  Air  Force  Outstanding  Unit  Award,  in  recognition  of 
the  soldiers  who  worked  with  personnel  of  the  6993d  Electron- 
ic Security  Squadron  from  1  July  1975  to  30  June  1977. 
On  1  May  1980,  USASA  Field  Station,  San  Antonio  was  redesig- 
nated as  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  San  Antonio. 
Unit  Day.  30  June.  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  San  Antonio  cele- 
brates its  organizational  birth  date  of  30  June  1974. 
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U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Sinop 
The  9488th  Techni  cal^  Service  Unit,  Signal  Service  Team  was 
organ i  zed  6n"23"n)ctober  19JJQ  at  the  Signal  Corps  Electronic 
ITa  r  fa  re  "Teh  t  e  r ,  F  b  rTHffo  nmbFt  h ,  Njw_Jersey.  In  the  spring  of 
19517  the  "unit  depl"6ye<I"Tb  TuTRey  wfiere  it  was  subsequently 
divided  into  three  elements:  the  headquarters  and  main  body 
on  a  peninsula  approximately  two  kilometers  north  of  the 
city  of  Sinop,  Turk ey  _(_t h e  base  was  known  a s  S i t e  6 ) ;_  a  se- 
cond element"  at  ~"X^~su  n  ,Jfurke^  J  and  a  third  element,  con- 
sisting of  communications  "center  personnel,  at  Ankara.  As- 
signed to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer,  U.S.  Army,  the  unit  had 
in  1955  an  authorized  strength  of  four  officers  and  40  en- 
listed men.  After  24  June  1955,  the  unit  was  known  locally 
as  the  United  States  Logistics  Group  (TUSL06)  Detachment 
4  as  part  of  the  U.S.  military  presence  in  Turkey. 
Effective  1  November  1955,  the  9488th  TSU,  along  with  12 
other  Signal  Corps  units  worldwide,  was  transferred  to  the 
Army  Security  Agency  and  further  reassigned  to  HQ  ASA, 
Europe.  At  the  same  time,  the  9488th  was  redesignated  as 
the  23d  Army  Security  Agency  Detachment,  7223d  Administra- 
tive Unit.  Almost  immediately,  plans  were  underway  to  re- 
define the  unit's  mission  and  provide  new  equipment.  The 
name  P-32  was  assigned  to  this  project,  and  the  new  mission 
was  begun  by  May  1956. 
Prior  to  ASA's  assuming  control,  personnel  at  the  Sinop  site 
consisted  of  one  officer  and  15  enlisted  men  who  resided 
in  privately  rented  houses  in  town.  On  1  December  1955,  all 
personnel  moved  into  the  Sinop  Palas  Hotel,  a  three-story 
structure  located  in  the  center  of  the  city.  New  troops 
arriving  in  Sinop  in  April  1956  were  initially  billeted  in 
pup  tents  and  shortly  thereafter  in  eight  squad  tents  which 
were  erected  at  Site  6.  Shipments  of  Jamesway  shelters  began 
arriving  on  3  May  1956  and  were  erected  in  blocks  of  five 
each  at  the  site.  During  the  second  half  of  1956,  a  landing 
strip  was  completed  at  Sinop  which  permitted  courier  flights 
of  an  L-20. 
In  1957,  a  visiting  chaplain  proposed  to  the  assigned  person- 
nel that  they  undertake  the  construction  of  a  chapel  as  an 
off-duty  project--a  suggestion  which  was  quickly  taken  to 
heart.  Through  volunteer  labor  and  monetary  gifts,  the  chap- 
el was  sufficiently  completed  to  hold  services  by  Christmas 
1958.  Visitors  to  Sinop  carried  the  story  of  the  chapel 
abroad,  and  unexpectedly,  contributions  began  to  come  in, 
especially  from  ASA  units  in  Europe.  Learning  the  need  of 
a  bell,  the  Governor  of  the  Province  of  Sinop  presented  one 
11t
to  the  chapel  as  a  gesture  of  Turkish-American  friendship. 
A  second  larger  bell,  cast  in  Italy,  was  obtained  from  the 
Capuchin  Fathers  at  Trabzon  through  Father  Henry  Meade. 
On  1  January  1957,  the  23d  Army  Security  Agency  Detachment 
was  redesignated  as  the  276th  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency 
Company.  In  September  1959,  the  post  was  given  the  desig- 
nation of  "Diogenes  Station,"  so  named  after  the  Greek  phi- 
losopher who  was  born  in  Sinop  approximately  400  B.C.  With 
the  expansion  of  its  mission,  personnel,  and  construction 
program,  the  unit's  next  milestone  was  the  changing  of  its 
status  from  a  company  to  a  field  station.  The  276th  USASA 
Company  was  redesignated  as  the  5th  U.S.  Army  Security 
Agency  Field  Station  on  15  September  1961  and  reorganized 
to  consist  of  a  Garrison  Company;  U.S.-  Army  Garrison,  Dio- 
genes Station;  and  the  5th  USASA  Operations  Company.  The 
5th  USASA  Field  Station  was  reassigned  from  HQ  USASA,  Europe 
to  HQ  USASA,  Turkey  (15th  USASA  Field  Station)  on  2  March 
1962.  The  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Diogenes  Station  was  short- 
lived, being  discontinued  on  26  March  1962;  at  the  same 
time,  Garrison  Company  was  redesignated  Headquarters  and 
Service  Company.  On  15  June  1965,  the  5th  Operations  Com- 
pany was  discontinued  and  Company  A  was  organized  in  its 
place. 
I n  1966,  the  field  station  acreage  was  expanded  with  the 
construction  of  the  BANKHEAD  III  facilities  (name  chanoedJto 
HIPPODROME  in  1969). 
On  15  December  1967,  the  5th  USASA  Field  Station  was  redesig- 
nated as  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station,  Sinop.  Ef- 
fective 1  January  1968,  the  station  became  the  command  head- 
quarters for  all  ASA  units  in  the  Near  and  Middle  East  and 
itself  reported  directly  to  HQ  USASA,  Europe.  This  change 
in  status  resulted  from  the  discontinuance  of  the  15th  Field 
Station,  whose  personnel  and  resources  located  at  Karamursel 
and  Istanbul  were  subordinated  to  USASA  Field  Station,  Sinop. 
These  elements  were  designated  Companies  B  and  C,  respective- 
ly. 
While  serving  as  the  command  headquarters  for  ASA  in  the  re- 
gion, the  field  station  had  several  units  within  the  Middle 
East  assigned  for  various  periods.  These  included  U.S.  Army 
Signal  Research  Unit  Number  6  (1  January  1968  to  30  October 
1969);  U.S.  Army  Signal  Research  Unit  Number  20  (15  June  1968 
to  15  February  1970);  U.S.  Army  Signal  Research  Unit  Number 
20A  (15  June  1968  to  15  February  1970);  and  U.S.  Army  Signal 
Operations  Unit  Number  23  (1  January  1968  to  1  September 
1969). 
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In  July  1969,  Company  C,  located  at  Istanbul,  was  relieved 
of  its  administrative  responsibilities  and  discontinued. 
D"Mng  1970,  Air  Force  personnel  were  relocated  to  Sinop, 
making  the  station  "tri -Service"  for  the  first  time.  Upon 
the  discontinuance  of  HQ  USASA,  Europe  on  15  October  1972, 
the  field  station  was  assigned  to  HQ  USASA  (and  its  successor, 
the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command,  after  1  Jan- 
uary 1977).  The  first  enlisted  woman  was  assigned  in  July 
1973. 
Company  B  was  formally  discontinued  on  30  September  1976. 
On  1  May  1977,  the  field  station  was  redesignated  as  U.S. 
Army  Field  Station  Sinop.  Headquarters  and  Service  Company 
and  A  Company  were  reorganized  on  1  June  1981  as  Headquar- 
ters and  Operations  Company.  On  11  April  1983,  Headquarters 
and  Operations  Company  was  again  divided  into  Headquarters 
and  A  Company,  only  to  be  once  more  consolidated  on  16 
January  1984  as   Headquarters   and   Headquarters   Company. 
Unit  Day:  9  October.  U.S.  Army  Field  Station  Sinop  cele- 
brates 9  October  1981,  the  date  the  station  left  a  caretak- 
er status  and  returned  to  an  active  status. 
lit
SYMBOLISM 
The  lantern  symbolizes  the  search  for  truth  and 
reflects  the  unit's  mission.  The  lightning  flash 
refers  to  speed  and  electronic  communications. 
The  color  red  and  the  crescent  and  star  allude  to 
the  unit's  location  in  Turkey. 
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U.S.  Army  INSCOM  CONUS 
Military  Intelligence  Group 
Effective  15  November  1954,  Headquarters  and  Headquarters 
Detachment,  Army  Security  Agency  Troop  Command,  7200th  AAU 
(Administrative  Area  Unit)  was  organized  at  Fort  George  G. 
Meade,  Maryland.  The  unit  was  assigned  to  the  Army  Security 
Agency  and  attached  to  the  Second  Army  for  logistical  sup- 
port. Its  mission  was  to  serve  as  a  carrier  unit  for  ASA 
personnel  assigned  for  duty  with  the  National  Security  Agen- 
cy at  Fort  George  G.  Meade.  The  ASA  Troop  Command  was 
specifically  charged  with  supervising  the  administrative 
activities  of  its  organic  elements.  The  establishment  of 
the  ASA  Troop  Command  was  the  result  of  a  pending  move  of 
the  National  Security  Agency  from  Arlington  Hall  Station, 
Virginia,  to  Fort  George  6.   Meade  in  early  1955. 
At  the  time  of  its  organization,  support  personnel  of  the 
ASA  Troop  Command  were  physically  located  at  Arlington  Hall 
Station,  but  on  26  November  1954,  they  were  relocated  to  Fort 
George  G.  Meade  and  billeted  in  World  War  II  temporary  type 
buildings.  On  27  January  1955,  personnel  assigned  to  duty 
at  NSA  joined  the  headquarters  support  troops. 
In  late  April  1955,  the  ASA  Troop  Command  moved  to  a  semi- 
permanent area  on  Chisholm  Avenue.  Although  the  buildings 
were  constructed  in  World  War  II,  they  had  been  recently 
renovated,  and  extensive  landscaping  undertaken.  By  30 
June,  the  assigned  strength  consisted  of  10  officers  and 
196  enlisted  men.  Organizationally,  the  unit  consisted 
of  a  Headquarters  Detachment  and  A  Company.  In  late  November 
1957,  the  ASA  Troop  Command  occupied  new  facilities  consist- 
ing of  a  500-man,  permanent  type  structure  with  two  wings 
joined  by  a  consolidated  mess  to  form  a  "U"  type  structure. 
The  USASA  Troop  Command  was  redesignated  on  26  December  1957 
as  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Support  Element,  NSA  (Field) 
and  reorganized  to  consist  of  Hq  &  Hq  Detachment,  A  and  B  Com- 
panies, and  WAC  Company.  (The  first  WAC  personnel  had  re- 
ported for  duty  with  the  National  Security  Agency  on  15  Octo- 
ber 1957.)  By  mid-1958,  there  were  over  60  WAC's  assigned. 
On  14  April  1961,  the  WAC  Company  was  reattached  to  the  U.S. 
Army  Garrison,  Fort  George  G.  Meade,  for  logistic  support. 
Through  the  years  other  ASA  units  with  personnel  assigned  to 
NSA  were  attached  to  the  USASA  Support  Element,  NSA.  These 
included  GENS-1  (June  1959  to  April  1962);  Office  of  the  As- 
sistant to  the  Chief,  USASA  (April  1959  to  July  1961);  Com- 
munications and  Electronic  Security  Division  (April  1959  to 
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July  1961);  and  USASA  Liaison  Group,  Fort  Meade  (July  to  Aug- 
gust  1961). 
In  the  1960-61  time  period,  the  USASA  Support  Element,  NSA 
underwent  a  major  reorganization.  On  1  December  1960,  A  Com- 
pany was  redesignated  as  Operations  Company  and  all  USASA 
personnel  serving  at  NSA  were  either  assigned  or  attached 
to  the  company.  B  Company  was  redesignated  as  Headquarters 
Company.  On  1  September  1961,  the  USASA  Support  Element, 
NSA  was  redesignated  as  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency,  Fort 
Meade;  however,  this  designation  was  shortlived,  as  two 
years  later,  on  8  November  1963,  it  was  again  redesignated, 
this  time  as  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Support  Group.  At 
the  same  time,  it  was  reorganized  to  consist  of  Hq  &  Hq 
Company,  A  and  B  Companies,  and  Student  Company.  The  as- 
signed and  attached  strength  on  30  June  1964  totaled  nearly 
1,000.   In  1975,  the  Student  Company  became  C  Company. 
On  1  January  1977,  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  was  redesig- 
nated as  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command,  and 
the  group  subsequently  reassigned.  Over  the  years,  admin- 
istrative, training,  and  logistical  functions  of  the  group 
remained  basically  the  same.  Upon  its  receiving  a  new  mis- 
sion, the  USASA  Support  Group  was  redesignated  on  1  November 
1977  as  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command 
C0NUS  Military  Intelligence  Group.  In  April  1978,  the 
group  assumed  support  for  a  portion  of  the  Peacetime  Utili- 
zation Program.  Concurrently,  it  was  reorganized  to  include 
D  and  E  Companies,  the  latter  was  solely  dedicated  to  the 
support  of  the  Peacetime  Utilization  Program.  Personnel 
to  fill  E  Company  came  from  the  376th  ASA  Company,  when 
the  unit  transferred  from  George  G.  Meade  to  Fort  Hood,  Texas, 
in  April  1978.  On  30  June  1979,  D  Company  merged  with  C 
Company,  and  E   Company  was  redesignated  as  D  Company. 
On  1  March  1980,  the  group  was  reorganized  into  two  provi- 
sional battalions  to  provide  a  better  span  of  control  and 
better  support  to  assigned  personnel.  On  31  March  1981,  the 
provisional  status  was  dropped,  and  the  battalions  formally 
organized.  The  1st  Battalion  consisted  of  Headquarters  and 
A  and  B  Companies;  the  2d  Battalion  of  Headquarters  and 
Operations  Company  and  A  Company.  B  Company  of  the  1st  Bat- 
talion was  discontinued  on  1  December  1983. 
Unit  Day;  31  March.  The  U.S.  Army  INSC0M  C0NUS  Military  In- 
telligence Group  celebrates  the  formal  establishment  of  its 
subordinate  battalions  and  their  companies  on  31  March  1981. 
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U.S.  Army  Cryptologic  Support  Group 
On  15  October  1972,  the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Office, 
Europe  was  organized  at  Heidelberg,  Germany,  to  perform  a 
liaison  mission,  representing  the  Commander,  U.S.  Army  Se- 
curity Agency  en  designated  command,  administrative,  and 
logistics  matters  pertaining  to  USASA  units  and  activities 
located  in  Europe,  the  Mid-East,  and  other  areas  as  directed. 
The  unit  was  organized  as  a  result  of  the  concurrent  discon- 
tinuance of  HQ  USASA,  Europe.  The  office  was  assigned  to 
the  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency,  and  after  1  January  1977, 
to  ASA's  successor,  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security 
Command. 
Over  the  years  the  office  underwent  a  series  of  successive 
redesignations:  USASA  Support  Element,  USAREUR  (2  October 
1975);  INSCOM  Liaison  Detachment,  U.S.  Army  Europe  (1  Febru- 
ary 1977);  and  finally,  the  U.S.  Army  Cryptologic  Support 
Group  (1  October  1977).  The  group  has  remained  located  at 
Campbell  Barracks  in  Heidelberg,  Germany,  headquarters  of 
USAREUR  and  Seventh  Army. 
U"it  Day:   None  provided  to  the   INSCOM  History  Office. 
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U.S.  Army  Special  Security  Group 
Although  the  U.S.  Army  Special  Security  Group  traces  its  organ- 
izational origins  as  a  separate  TDA  unit  to  the  establishment 
of  Detachment  M,  OACofS,  G2  on  15  May  1950  in  Washington, 
D.C.,  the  group's  mission  dates  to  World  War  II.  After  the 
sudden  attack  on  Pearl  Harbor,  Secretary  of  War  Stimson  recog- 
nized the  need  to  exploit  and  protect  the  "MAGIC"  intercept 
material  being  produced  by  the  Signal  Intelligence  Service 
from  the  Japanese  diplomatic  code  traffic.  Secretary  Stimson 
turned  to  Mr.  Alfred  McCormack,  a  prominent  New  York  lawyer 
of  the  day,  to  investigate  signal  intelligence  operations  to 
ensure  that  they  met  the  requirements  of  the  war  effort  and 
that  they  were  exploited  to  their  maximum  possibilities. 
During  the  course  of  his  investigation,  Mr.  McCormack  came  in 
contact  with  Colonel  (later  Brigadier  General)  Carter  W. 
Clarke.  The  two  presented  their  recommendations  to  the  ACofS, 
G2,  who  agreed  with  the  findings.  Consequently,  a  section 
of  the  Far  Eastern  Branch  of  the  Military  Intelligence  Ser- 
vice (MIS),  the  operating  arm  of  ACofS,  G2,  was  made  the 
Special  Service  Branch  (soon  renamed  the  Special  Branch)  in 
May  1942.  (During  the  early  days  of  the  war,  the  Far  Eastern 
Branch  had  prepared  the  initial  intelligence  summaries  der- 
ived from  intercepted  traffic.)  Colonel  Clarke  was  designated 
the  Special  Service  Branch's  chief,  and  Mr.  McCormack  was 
commissioned  with  the  rank  of  colonel  and  became  deputy 
chief.  By  the  end  of  July,  the  branch  had  succeeded  in 
assembling  20  officers,  one  enlisted  man,  and  18  civilians. 
Because  of  numerous  personnel  restrictions,  the  total  rose 
to  only  28  officers  and  55  civilians  by  March  1943. 
In  April  1943,  Colonel  McCormack,  accompanied  by  Colonel 
Telford  Taylor  of  the  Military  Intelligence  Service  and  Mr. 
William  Friedman,  the  famed  cryptologist  of  the  Signal  Secur- 
ity Agency,  went  to  England  and  a  made  a  two-month  survey 
of  British  signal  intelligence  operations.  As  a  result,  the 
Special  Service  Branch  adopted  many  of  operational  principles 
established  by  the  British  for  the  handling  of  "ULTRA"  materi- 
al, the  code  name  given  for  signal  intelligence  derived  by 
breaking  the  German  high  level   machine  produced  ciphers. 
In  the  fall  of  1943,  approval  was  obtained  to  establish  a  sys- 
tem of  MIS  special  security  representatives  to  serve  field 
commanders  in  the  dissemination  and  interpretation  of  MAGIC/ 
ULTRA.  By  the  end  of  the  year,  special  security  officers 
had  been  attached  to  the  three  major  U.S.  commands  in  the 
Paci  fie. 
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By  June  1944,  the  staff  of  Special  Branch  had  attained 
a  strength  of  382.  This  made  the  branch  larger  than  all  the 
other  intelligence  production  elements  within  MIS  put  together. 
Because  there  was  a  great  duplication  of  effort  and  the  re- 
mainder of  MIS  was  producing  intelligence  reports  without  the 
benefit  of  signal  intelligence  material,  it  was  decided  in 
June  that  the  Special  Branch  would  be  discontinued  and  its 
functions  absorbed  into  a  homogeneous  MIS.  The  "special 
security"  functions  remained  within  MIS  until  May  1946,  at 
which  time  the  MIS  was  discontinued  and  its  operating  func- 
tions were  merged  with  the  Military  Intelligence  Division, 
which  had  formerly  served  as  the  staff  arm  of  ACofS,  62. 
On  15  May  1950,  the  "special  security"  responsibilities  lo- 
cated worldwide  were  brought  together  for  the  first  time  in 
a  separate  TDA  organization  with  the  establishment  of  Detach- 
ment M,  OACofS,  62  in  Washington,  D.C.  Detachment  M  served 
as  a  field  detachment  under  the  ACofS,  62.  For  its  person- 
nel's contributions  during  the  Korean  War,  elements  of  the 
detachment  received  the  Meritorious  Unit  Commendation  (30 
July  1950  to  27  July  1953)  and  the  Republic  of  Korea  Presi- 
dential Unit  Citation. 
Over  the  years,  the 
ted  the  fol lowing: 
15  June  1960  and  the 
1967.   In  1960,  the 
include  control  and 
data, 
of  the 
organization  was  successively  redesigna- 
te Special  Security  Detachment,  ACSI  on 
Special  Security  6roup,  ACSI  on  1  October 
organizational  charter  was  expanded  to 
distribution  of  all-source  intelligence 
For  its  contributions  during  the  Vietnam  War,  elements 
group  within  Vietnam  received  two  Meritorious  Unit  Ci- 
tations, a  Republic  of  Vietnam  Cross  of  6allantry  with  Palm, 
and  a  Republic  of  Vietnam  Civil  Action  Honor  Medal. 
As  a  result  of  the  Intelligence  Organization  and  Stationing 
Study,  implemented  in  1976,  the  Special  Security  Office  (SSO) 
system  was  divided  into  two  separate  and  distinct  components: 
SSO's  supporting  activities  at  echelons  above  corps  (EAC)  and 
those  supporting  units  at  corps  and  below.   The  former  remain 
ed  a  part  of  the  Special  Security  Croup  while  the  latter,  call- 
ed tactical  SSO's,  became  organic  to  the  supported  units  and 
fell  under  the  command  and  control  of  the  tactical  command. 
Additionally,  IOSS  gave  the  Army  Communications  Command  res- 
ponsibility  for  the  communications  functions  previously  per- 
formed by  the  SSO's. 
In  an  effort  to  centralize  Special  Compartmented  Intelligence 
operations,  the  Vice  Chief  of  Staff,  U.S.  Army  directed  the 
transfer  of  the  U.-S.  Army  Special  Security  Croup  from  0ACSI  to 
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HQ  INSCOM  effective 
unit  moved  from  the 
gi  nia. 
1  October  1980.   In  January  1985,  the 
Pentagon  to  Arlington  Hall  Station,  Vir- 
Unit  Day: 
brates  its 15  May.   The  U.S.  Army  Special  Security  Group  cele- 
origin  as  a  separate  organization  on  15  May  1950. 
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SYMBOLISM 
The  sword,  referring  to  the  aggressive  and  protec- 
tive aspects  of  the  organization,  together  with 
the  heraldic  wyvern,  a  two-legged  dragon  repre- 
senting vigilance,  and  the  heraldic  door  bolt  for 
secrecy  symbolizes  the  basic  mission  of  the  U.S. 
Army  Special  Security  Group. 
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U.S.  Army  INSCOM  Intelligence  Center,  Pacific 
The  Intelligence  Organization  and  Stationing  Study,  initiated 
by  the  Chief  of  Staff,  U.S.  A^my  in  1975,  recognized  the  need 
for  an  adequately  staffed  intelligence  headquarters  element 
in  the  Pacific  to  facilitate  transition  to  war  and  to  provide 
peacetime  intelligence  and  security  support.  In  the  draft 
of  Field  Manual  100-16  dated  November  1977,  the  U.S.  Army 
Intelligence  and  Security  Command  proposed  the  creation  of 
a  Theater  Army  Intelligence  Command  (TAIC);  the  need  for  such 
a  theater  command  was  reinforced  by  Exercise  NIFTY  NUGGET. 
In  November  1978,  CG,  U.S.  Army  CINCPAC  Support  Group  requested 
INSCOM  to  establish  a  TAIC  in  the  Pacific  Command  (PACOM). 
This  request  was  part  of  the  overall  planning  effort  associ- 
ated with  the  establishment  in  Hawaii  of  a  major  Army  command 
as  the  Army  component  of  the  Pacific  Command.  In  April  1979, 
the  U.S.  Army  Western  Command  (WESTCOM)  was  established. 
INSCOM  and  WESTCOM  jointly  contributed  to  an  INSCOM  OPLAN 
which  established  an  INSCOM  Theater  Intelligence  Center,  Paci- 
fic (Provisional)  at  Fort  Shafter,  Hawaii,  on  1  October  1979. 
The  center  provided  required  peacetime  intelligence,  security, 
and  electronic  warfare  support  to  WESTCOM,  INSCOM  units  with- 
in PACOM,  and  other  PACOM  Army  elements.  The  center  also 
had  the  capability  to  provide  an  organizational  base  for  war- 
time expansion. 
On  1  January  1981,  the  provisional  center  was  discontinued, 
and  the  U.S.  Army  INSCOM  Intelligence  Center,  Pacific  was 
formally  organized  at  Fort  Shafter.  On  1  May  1981,  a  major 
milestone  occurred  with  the  opening  of  a  facility  at  Fort 
Shafter  which  enhanced  the  center's  multidiscipl ine  operations 
and  provided  important  operational  communications  links. 
Unit  Day:  1  January.  U.S.  Army  INSCOM  Theater  Intelligence 
Center,  Pacific  celebrates  its  organization  on  1  January 
1981. 
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U.S.  Army  Russian  Institute 
On  15  May  1950,  the  8582d  Administrative  Area  Unit,  Army  Stu- 
dent Detachment,  Detachment  R  was  organized  at  Regensburg, 
Germany,  and  assigned  to  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  G-2, 
Intelligence.  Although  this  was  the  organizational  base  upon 
which  the  modern  U.?.  Army  Russian  Institute  v.as  b'jilt,  t*e 
mission  of  Detachment  R  goes  back  to  1947.  Detachment  R, 
Intelligence  Division,  General  Staff,  U.S.  Army,  was  organized 
on  22  May  1947  at  Oberammergau,  Germany;  assigned  to  the 
Intelligence  Division;  and  attached  to  the  European  Command 
for  logistical  support.  Although  the  school  was  in  Oberam- 
mergau, living  quarters  for  the  students,  without  families, 
were  established  in  a  hotel  in  Garmisch-Partenki rchen. 
The  mission  was  to  provide  language  and  area  training  for  10 
selected  Regular  Army  officers  per  year  in  order  to  build  up 
a  reservoir  of  personnel  specialized  in  all  aspects  of  Russian 
culture  pertinent  to  staff  and  military  attache  duties.  A 
four  year  course  of  instruction  was  established,  consisting 
of  one  year  of  language  and  background  training  at  Columbia 
University,  New  York,  and  three  years  of  language  and  area 
training  in  the  American  Zone  of  Occupation,  Germany. 
The  first  group  of  10  officers  (five  Army  and  five  Air  Force) 
began  its  course  of  study  at  Columbia  University,  New  York, 
on  12  January  1946.  Academic  instruction  began  at  Oberammer- 
gau in  July  1947  when  seven  faculty  members  were  hired.  To 
aid  its  search  for  highly  qualified  instructors,  Detachment 
R  was  given  permission  to  hire  displaced  persons. 
In  December  1948,  Detachment  R  received  orders  from  HQ  Euro- 
pean Command  to  move  from  Oberammergau  to  Regensburg,  Germany. 
During  March  1948,  the  staff,  faculty,  and  student  body  relo- 
cated to  Regensburg  as  housing  became  available.  In  May  1955, 
the  detachment  moved  from  Regensburg  back  to  Oberammergau. 
Effective  1  May  1964,  Detachment  R  relocated  from  Oberammer- 
gau to  Building  104,  Sheridan  Barracks,  Garmisch,  Germany,  in 
order  to  have  the  school  and  housing  for  the  students,  staff, 
and  faculty  all  combined  in  one  area.  Additionally,  the 
Oberammergau  location  was  needed  to  house  units  belonging  to 
U.S.  Army,  Europe.  On  25  May  1965,  Detachment  R  was  attached 
to  U.S.  Army  School  ,  Europe. 
Effective  1  October  1967,  U.S.  Army  Field  Detachment  R  was  re- 
designated as  the  U.S.  Army  Institute  for  Advanced  Russian  and 
East  European  Studies  (USAIAREES),  to  more  accurately  define 
the  nature  of  the  unit's  activities  and  facilitate  its  exter- 
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nal  relations  with  civilian  institutions  and  other  govern- 
mental agencies. 
In  December  1976,  U.S.  Army,  Europe*  which  funded  USAIAREES  and 
held  responsibilities  for  civilian  and  local  wage  rate  employ- 
ees, requested  that  these  reponsi bi 1 i ties  be  transferred  to 
another  command.  HQDA  agreed  with  USAREUR's  request,  and  with 
OACSI's  reromirendstions,  it  was  decided  i*  August  1S"7  that 
the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Con.mand  would  receive 
the  funding/personnel  responsibilities  for  USAIAREES.  The 
transfer  of  USAIAREES  occurred  on  1  October  1978.  On  the  same 
day,  the  Institute  for  Advanced  Russian  and  East  European 
Studies  was  redesignated  the  U.S.  Army  Russian  Institute. 
MG  Albert  N.  Stubblebine,  III,  CDR  INSCOM,  directed  that  a 
Foreign  Language  Training  Center  be  organized  in  Munich  under 
operational  control  of  the  U.S.  Army  Russian  Institute.  The 
mission  of  the  training  center  was  to  provide  short  refresher 
courses  for  linguist  personnel  assigned  to  USAREUR  and  INSCOM 
units  in  Europe.  The  training  center  was  organized  on  1  Octo- 
ber 1982  at  the  McGraw  Kaserne,  and  the  initial  class  began 
the  same  month. 
Unit  Day:  22  May.  The  U.S.  Army  Russian  Institute  celebrates 
22  May  1947,  the  day  its  predecessor  organization  and  mission 
were  established. 
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SYMBOLISM 
The  dominant  feature  of  the  U.S.  Army  Russian  In- 
stitute's crest  is  the  familiar  double  eagle  sym- 
bolizing Russian  traditions  and  heritage,  which 
form  the  basis  for  serious  study  of  the  USSR. 
The  red  star  signifies  the  current  regime  that  is 
of  the  utmost  and  immediate  concern  to  military 
students  of  Soviet  affairs.  The  stylized  letters 
in  the  center  of  the  crest--USARI--represent  U.S. 
Army  Russian  Institute,  the  accepted  designation 
of  the  institute  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
All  of  this  is  superimposed  on  a  field  of  red, 
white,  and  blue,  the  American  national  colors  to 
Indicate  U.S.  Army  sponsorship.  The  motto  in 
Cyrillic  lettering  at  the  bottom  reads  "Za  Luch- 
sheye  Budushcheye,"  which  means  "For  a  Better 
Future,"  a  worthy  goal  for  a  truly  unique  mili- 
tary Institution. 
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U.S.  Army  Central  Security  Facility 
On  1  July  1974,  the  U.S.  Army  Counterintelligence  Support  De- 
tachment was  organized  at  Fort  George  G.  Meade,  Maryland,  and 
assigned  to  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Agency.  However,  its 
mission  of  maintaining  the  Army's  investigative  records  began 
nearly  23  years  earlier.  A  Department  of  the  Army  letter 
dated  17  August  1951  organized  the  G2  Central  Records  Facili- 
ty at  Fort  Holabird,  Maryland,  and  placed  the  facility  under 
the  direct  supervision  of  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  G2, 
DA.  The  Central  Records  Facility  served  as  the  custodian 
and  repository  for  all  counterintelligence  personality  in- 
vestigative files  created  by  or  for  the  Department  of  the 
Army.  It  replaced  a  system  of  maintaining  counterintelli- 
gence files  at  over  20  locations  within  CONUS.  Over  the 
next  year,  the  counterintelligence  personality  files  from 
the  CONUS  Army  headquarters,  Military  District  of  Washington, 
and  the  OACofS,  G2  were  transferred  to  the  Central  Records 
Facility,  followed  in  1954  by  hard  copies  of  the  counterintel- 
ligence files  from  Army  headquarters  overseas.  (The  overseas 
headquarters  retained  microfilmed  copies  of  their  files.) 
Also  in  1954,  liaison  teams  representing  the  CONUS  armies, 
Military  District  of  Washington,  and  overseas  commands  were 
established  at  the  facility.  On  31  August  1954,  the  G2 
Central  Records  Facility  was  transferred  from  the  Assistant 
Chief  of  Staff,  G2  to  the  commander  of  the  Army  Intelligence 
Center,  Fort  Holabird. 
On  21  December  1956,  the  G2  Central  Records  Facility  was  rede- 
signated as  the  U.S.  Army  Central  Records  Facility.  Management 
improvements  adopted  within  the  same  year  included  open  shelf 
filing,  a  terminal  digit  filing  system,  replacement  of  upright 
cabinets  to  house  the  card  index,  and  installation  of  the 
initial  portion  of  a  data  transceiver  communications  system 
between  the  facility  and  Army  commands. 
In  1957,  the  Central  Records  Facility  began  to  maintain  a  col- 
lection of  files  pertaining  to  organizations,  groups,  activi- 
ties, and  impersonal  subjects  of  interest  to  the  Army.  On  30 
November  1960,  the  facility  was  again  redesignated,  this  time 
as  the  U.S.  Army  Counterintelligence  Records  Facility.  By 
1963,  the  facility  had  become  the  records  center  for  all  the 
Industrial  Security  Clearance  Review  Office  case  files. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Army  directed  a  study  called  Project  SE- 
CURITY SHIELD  in  1964  to  locate  deficiencies  in  the  Army's 
criminal  investigation  and  counterintelligence  security  sys- 
tems. The  recommendation  of  the  Project  SECURITY  SHIELD 
Working  Group  was  that  a  separate  Intelligence  Corps  command 
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be  established  to  centralize  Army  counterintelligence  in 
CONUS.  As  a  result,  on  1  January  1965,  the  U.S.  Army  Intel- 
ligence Corps  Agency  was  discontinued,  the  U.S.  Army  Intel- 
ligence Corps  Command  organized  (redesignated  the  U.S.  Army 
Intelligence  Command  on  1  July  1965),  and  the  Counterintel- 
ligence Records  Facility  transferred  to  the  Intelligence 
Corps  Command. 
By  1965,  the  master  index  at  the  facility  had  grown  to  include 
in  excess  of  11  million  references.  Its  20  miles  of  files 
were  housed  in  a  building  as  large  as  three  football  fields. 
The  facility  underwent  further  expansion  when  as  a  result  of 
Project  SECURITY  SHIELD,  the  Provost  Marshal's  criminal  inves- 
tigation files  were  transferred  from  Fort  Gordon,  Georgia, 
and  collocated  with  the  Counterintelligence  Records  Facility 
at  Fort  Holabird.  This  meant  that  an  investigative  check  of 
an  individual's  records  would  automatically  result  in  a  check 
of  both  past  counterintelligence  and  criminal  investigations. 
On  1  January  1966,  the  U.S.  Army  Military  Police  Criminal  Inves- 
tigative Repository  was  officially  discontinued  and  its  func- 
tions transferred  to  the  control  of  the  Commanding  General, 
USAINTC  for  integration  into  the  Counterintelligence  Records 
Facility.  To  better  describe  the  mission  and  holdings  of 
the  repository,  the  U.S.  Army  Counterintelligence  Records 
Facility  was  redesignated  the  U.S.  Army  Investigative  Re- 
cords Repository  (IRR)  on  1  March  1966. 
Findings  of  a  1965  DOD  Personnel  Security  Survey  Study  ap- 
proved by  Robert  S.  McNamara,  Secretary  of  Defense,  led  to 
the  establishment  of  the  Department  of  Defense  National 
Agency  Check  Center  (DODNACC)  and  the  Defense  Central  Index 
of  Investigations  (DC  1 1 )  in  February  1966.  Upon  establish- 
ment of  the  DODNACC  and  DCII,  the  Investigative  Records 
Repository  (IRR)  transferred  its  Index  Division,  which  hand- 
led the  card  index,  and  its  Electrical  Accounting  Machine 
Division  to  the  DCII. 
Between  July  and  November  1968,  the  files  of  the  U.S.  Army, 
Europe  Central  Registry  at  Wallace  Barracks,  Bad  Cannstadt, 
Germany,  were  transferred  and  integrated  into  the  Investi- 
gative Records  Repository  at  Fort  Holabird.  The  shipment 
included  a  total  of  over  32,000  hard-copy  dossiers;  5,000,000 
index  cards;  and  20  cabinets  containing  approximately  1,100, 
000  microfilmed  dossiers.  In  conjunction  with  the  transfer 
of  the  European  files,  IRR  took  on  the  added  responsibility 
of  serving  European  requesters.  Seventeen  military  spaces 
were  transferred  to  the  Investigative  Records  Repository's 
Dossier  Review  Division  to  handle  the  work  formerly  done  by 
the  USAREUR  Liaison  Team  at  the  Investigative  Records  Reposi- 
tory. 
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In  September  1967,  the  Assistant  Chief  of  Staff,  Intelligence 
requested  that  USAINTC  assume  control  of  the  Counterintelli- 
gence Repository,  Japan  and  integrate  it  into  the  U.S.  Army  In- 
vestigative Records  Repository.  The  Counterintelligence  Re- 
pository, Japan  had  been  established  by  the  Commander  in  Chief, 
Far  East  Command  in  February  1954  for  use  by  all  intelli- 
gence agencies  within  that  area.  The  actual  transfer  of  the 
Counterintelligence  Repository,  Japan  and  its  files  accurr;.d 
in  December  1969,  but  the  repository  continued  to  operate  as 
a  separate  element  at  the  IRR  until  its  60,000  personality 
files  and  its  more  than  two  million  impersonal  files  were  in- 
tegrated into  the  IRR. 
During  Fiscal  Year  1970,  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Command 
gained  a  large  number  of  new  activities  with  the  result  that, 
at  one  time,  29  separate  agencies  and  staff  elements  were 
reporting  to  the  command  group.  In  order  to  reduce  the  span 
of  control  and  achieve  a  more  economical  mode  of  reporting, 
various  agencies  and  staff  elements  were  merged.  The  Office 
of  the  Director  of  Investigative  Records  (DIR)  was  organized 
on  19  May  1970  and  brought  together  under  one  roof  four  or- 
ganizations whose  missions  and  functions  were  closely  inter- 
twined: D0DNACC,  DCII,  Data  Handling  Center  (DHC),  and  IRR. 
On  30  July  1971,  the  Office  of  Director  of  Investigative 
Records  was  redesignated  the  Defense  Investigative  Records 
Directorate  (DIRD). 
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January  1972,  a  most  profound  change  occurred  when  the 
nse  Investigative  Service  was  organized.  As  a  result, 
ltitude  of  resources  were  transferred  from  USAINTC  to 
Defense  Investigative  Service  (DIS),  including  all  the 
vities  under  the  DIRD  with  the  exception  of  the  IRR. 
April  through  December,  there  was  a  phased  transfer  of 
tions  from  DIRD  until  its  discontinuance  in  December 
.  On  15  December  1972,  the  IRR  was  formally  transferred 
he  purview  of  the  Deputy  Commander,  USAINTC,  although  it 
been  operating  under  his  control  since  October. 
With  the  reorganization  of  USAINTC  on  15  December  1972,  two 
new  divisions  were  added  to  IRR.  A  Security  Force  was  trans- 
ferred from  the  Chief  of  Security,  and  a  File  Review  and 
Purge  Division  was  established  to  review  and  screen  all  files 
for  retention/destruction  in  line  with  new  guidelines  prohi- 
biting the  acquisition  of  information  concerning  persons  and 
organizations  not  affiliated  with  the  Department  of  Defense. 
This  meant  the  complete  review  of  over  five  million  personali- 
ty dossiers.  The  ffnal  result  was  a  reduction  of  the  files 
by  more  than  half. 
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Beginning  in  October  1973,  the  IRR  began  a  phased  move  to 
Fort  George  G.  Meade,  Maryland.  The  majority  of  its  person- 
nel were  relocated  in  January  1974.  The  move  was  necessitated 
by  the  relocation  of  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Command  itself. 
On  30  June  1974,  the  command  was  discontinued,  and  on  the  next 
day,  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Agency  established  in  its 
place.  This  major  reorganization  required  a  new  TDA  base  to 
be  established  for  the  IRR.  On  1  July  1974,  the  U.S.  Army 
Counterintelligence  Support  Deiachirent  was  organized,  consis- 
ting of  the  Investigative  Records  Repository  and  the  Personnel 
Security  Office.  The  Security  Office  supported  OACSI  for  that 
portion  of  the  DA  Personnel  Security  Program  for  which  the 
Commander,  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Agency  was  responsible. 
On  19  February  1975,  the  Freedom  of  Information  Center  (FOIC) 
was  officially  organized  as  a  subelement  of  the  Personnel 
Security  Office.  Approximately  20  military  personnel  from  the 
519th  Military  Intelligence  Battalion,  a  document  transla- 
tion unit,  were  detailed  for  duty  with  the  center.  Civilian 
personnel  working  in  the  FOIC  were  detailed  from  different 
staff  sections  of  USAINTA  headquarters 
Effective  1  October  1977,  the  U.S.  Army  Central  Personnel  Se- 
curity Clearance  Facility  was  established  at  Fort  George  G. 
Meade  as  a  field  activity  of  the  U.S.  Army  Military  Personnel 
Center.  As  a  result,  the  mission  and  personnel  of  the  Per- 
sonnel Security  Office  were  transferred  from  the  Central 
Security  Facility  to  the  new  Clearance  Facility  on  12  June 
1978. 
On  16  July  1978,  the  Investigations  Office  was  discontinued 
and  its  functions  transferred  to  DIS.  Utilizing  the  person- 
nel from  the  former  Investigations  Office,  the  Special  Acts 
Office  was  organized  within  the  Central  Security  Facility  on 
1  September  1978  to  perform  a  series  of  newly  assigned  func- 
tions. The  SAO  maintained,  operated,  and  supervised  the 
INSCOM  Personnel  Security  Screening  Interview  Procedures  and 
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the  Military  Intelligence  Applicant  Screening  Program.  On 
2  April  1979,  to  adjust  to  an  internal  reorganization  and 
for  better  utilization  of  personnel  resources,  the  SAO  was 
relocated  within  the  Freedom  of  Information/Privacy  Office. 
Finally,  on  30  September  1980,  the  Special  Acts  Office  was 
abolished  and  its  functions  were  eliminated,  absorbed  by  the 
Central  Security  Facility,  or  transferred  to  other  INSCOM 
elements. 
Unit  Day;  12  April.  The  U.S.  Army  Central  Security  Facility 
celebrates  the  consolidation  of  a  myriad  of  functions  under 
one  organization  on  12  April  1976. 
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U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Arlington  Hall  Station 
Arlington  Hall  Station  once  served  as  the  site  of  the  Ar- 
lington Hall  Junior  College  for  Girls,  begun  as  a  sister 
school  to  Sullins  College,  an  exclusive  finishing  school 
for  girls  in  Bristol,  Virginia.  Founded  by  Dr.  William  E. 
Martin,  Jr.,  wio  hed  served  as  President  of  Sullins,  Ar- 
lington Hall  opened  its  doors  in  1927  upon  completion  of 
its  administration,  classroom,  and  dormitory  building  which 
today  serves  as  the  main  headquarters  building  for  the  U.S. 
Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command.  The  present  post 
gymnasium,  along  with  the  east  wing  of  the  main  building, 
was  built  a  year  later. 
In  the  years  before  the  war,  Arlington  Hall  Junior  College 
provided  a  genteel  education  to  a  select  clientele  of  young 
ladies.  Courses  in  music,  art,  and  drama  were  supplemented 
by  more  utilitarian  offerings  in  home  economics,  secretarial 
training,  and  physical  education.  The  college  boasted  in- 
door and  outdoor  riding  arenas  and  maintained  a  noted  eques- 
trian club.  The  school  offered  its  students  a  lovely,  park- 
like setting  with  ready  access  to  the  culture  of  Washington, 
D.C.  During  the  summer,  its  facilities  served  as  a  resort 
hotel  for  individuals  wanting  to  escape  the  confines  of  the 
District  of  Columbia.  In  1934,  the  Great  Depression  forced 
Dr.  Martin  to  declare  bankruptcy  and  the  college  to  be  turned 
over  to  a  board  of  trustees.  Despite  this  momentary 
setback,  the  school  continued  to  grow  in  size  and  pres- 
tige, reaching  an  enrollment  of  202  students  by  1942. 
Service  (SIS) 
2d  Signal  Service  Company 
Service  Battalion  in  April 
the  war,   these   expanding 
their  office  space  in  the 
When  America  entered  World  War  II,  U.S.  Army  signal  intelli- 
gence and  security  were  being  carried  on  by  the  Signal 
Intelligence  Service  (SIS)  and  by  its  operating  arm,  the 
(redesignated  as  the  2d  Signal 
1942).  In  the  first  months  of 
organizations  quickly  outgrew 
Munitions  Building,  located  in 
Washington,  D.C.  SIS  discovered  Arlington  Hall  quite  by 
accident  when  a  party  of  officers  returning  from  an  in- 
spection of  a  proposed  monitoring  site  near  Warrenton, 
Virginia  (today,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station),  noticed  the 
school  as  they  drove  down  Lee  Boulevard  (now  Arlington 
Boulevard)  in  April  1942. 
Arlington  Hall  seemed  an  ideal  site  with  its  100  acres; 
ready  access  to  both  Washington,  D.C.  and  the  proposed 
monitoring  station;  and  security  provided  by  its  relative 
isolation  from  prying  eyes  of  possible  enemy  agents.  When 
approached,  the  college  trustees  were  more  than  willing  to 
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turn  over  the  school  to  the  War  Department  for  the  duration 
of  the  war.  However,  the  War  Department  wanted  a  permanent 
control  and  ultimately  secured  the  institution  through  a 
court-imposed  settlement  of  $650,000.  This  was  $190,000 
less  than  the  college's  asking  price  and  barely  paid  off 
the  school's  mortgage  obligations.  On  10  June  1942,  the 
U.S.  Army  took  possession  of  the  property  with  a  guard 
detail  of  an  armed  second  lieutenant  and  fou-teen  trcops 
toting  sawed-off  broom  handles--ri f les  were  in  short  supply. 
Arlington  Hall 
empt"  military 
ton  on  8  July 
Signal  Service 
the  Munitions 
chain-link  fence 
new  post,   and  a 
installation. 
Station  was  officially  organized  as  an  "ex- 
post  under  the  Military  District  of  Washing- 
1942.   By  24  August,  the  SIS  and  the  2d 
Battalion  had  completed  their  move  from 
Building  to  the  new  quarters.   A  double 
wired  to  an  alarm  system  surrounded  the 
badge  system  controlled  access  to  the 
From  the  start,  the  existing  facilities  remaining  from  the 
days  of  the  school  were  inadequate  to  serve  the  Army's 
needs.  In  September  1942,  ground  was  broken  for  A  Building 
(to  house  operational  elements),  the  enlisted  barracks, 
and  a  civilian  cafeteria.  The  first  wings  of  A  Building 
were  no  sooner  completed  than  construction  of  a  second 
operations  area,  B  Building,  was  begun  in  December.  This 
first  phase  of  construction  was  followed  in  the  summer  of 
1944  by  the  construction  of  additional  barracks  to  accommo- 
date the  increased  numbers  of  WAC's.  Troop  support  facili- 
ties such  as  the  post  exchange,  theater,  and  recreational 
center  were  also  built  at  this  time.  By  the  war's  end, 
there  were  approximately  5,700  civilians  and  2,250  mili- 
tary personnel  (including  1,000  WAC's)  at  Arlington  Hall. 
The  entire  post  was  operating  on  a  round-the-clock  basis 
and  on  a  six-day  work  week. 
During  the  war,  the  Signal  Intelligence  Service  underwent 
a  number  of  organizational  changes,  finally  being  redesigna- 
ted the  Signal  Security  Agency  (SSA)  on  1  July  1943.  The 
Chief,  SIS  (later  the  Chief,  SSA)  also  wore  additional  hats 
as  the  commander  of  Arlington  Hall  Station  and  commander 
of  the  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion.  As  Commander,  2d  Sig- 
nal Service  Battalion,  he  controlled  not  only  the  troops 
at  Arlington  Hall  Station  but  those  located  at  worldwide 
monitoring  detachments  of  the  battalion.  In  reality,  the 
responsibilities  of  the  post  commander  and  the  Commander, 
2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  were  delegated  to  the  Adminis- 
trative Officer,  SIS  (later. SSA).  In  March  1944,  the  admin- 
istrative officer  was  redesignated  as  executive  officer. 
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Victory  in  World  War  II  brought  many  changes  to  Arlington 
Hall  Station.  Within  a  few  months  the  civilian  work  force 
had  dropped  by  half  as  personnel  rushed  to  return  to  careers 
interrupted  by  the  war.  On  15  September  1945,  the  Army  Se- 
curity Agency  was  organized  under  the  operational  control 
of  the  Director  of  Intelligence,  War  Department  General 
Staff,  to  replace  the  Signal  Security  Agency,  which  was  dis- 
continued. Unlike  its  predecessors,  ASA  exercised  direct 
control  of  all  the  Army's  SIGINT  and  COMSEC  assets.  In  De- 
cember 1945,  the  positions  of  Commander,  ASA  and  commander 
of  Arlington  Hall  Station  were  separated  and  the  position 
of  executive  officer,  who  In  the  past  had  acted  as  post  com- 
mander, was  abolished.  These  changes  were  followed  on  20 
April  1946  with  the  disbanding  of  Hq,  2d  Signal  Service  Bat- 
talion. In  the  end,  the  reorganizations  left  in  place  a 
command  which  controlled  the  troops  assigned  to  Arlington 
Hall  Station  and  performed  troop/post  support  functions. 
A  new  TDA  base  was  formed  with  the  organization  of  Hq  &  Hq 
Company,  Arlington  Hall  Station  on  20  April  1946.  Although 
these  units  were  not  formally  recognized  by  General  Orders, 
the  troops  were  divided  among  Hq  &  Hq  Company,  the  Security 
Guard  Company,  the  WAC  Company,  and  a  Casual  Detachment  for 
those  personnel  yet  to  be  assigned  permanently.  The  WAC 
Company,  which  had  dropped  in  strength  from  over  1,000  at 
the  war's  end  to  only  35  women  within  a  year's  span,  was 
finally  discontinued  in  1949. 
The  creation  of  a  separate  U.S.  Air  Force  following  the  war 
resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  Air  Force  Security 
Service  in  October  1949  at  Arlington  Hall  Station.  In  March 
1949,  the  Air  Force  Security  Service  relocated  from  Building 
A,  Arlington  Hall  Station,  to  Brooks  Air  Force  Base,  Texas. 
In  July  1949,  the  Armed  Forces  Security  Agency  (AFSA)  was 
organized  to  provide  centralized  direction  to  the  crypto- 
logic  elements  of  all  three  services  and  drew  civilian  and 
military  personnel  from  each  of  the  services.  AFSA  took 
over  a  large  part  of  both  Arlington  Hall  Station,  where 
its  headquarters  was  located,  and  the  Naval  Security  Group 
headquarters  on  Nebraska  Avenue,   NW.,  Washington,  D.C. 
The  Korean  War  brought  expansion  and  with  it  reorganization. 
In  October  1950,  the  First  Battalion  (Provisional)  was  or- 
ganized to  oversee  the  troops  assigned  at  Arlington  Hall 
Station.  The  troops  were  divided  between  Hq  &  Hq  Company, 
the  Security  Guard  Company,  and  the  WAC  Company.  (The  Secu- 
rity Guard  Company  and  the  WAC  Company  were  formally  organ- 
ized on  1  June  1951.)  On  10  March  1952,  A  and  B  Companies 
were  also  organized  and  recognized  by  General  Orders.  Due 
to  overcrowded  living  conditions,  Company  B  was  located 
at  South  Area,  Fort  Myer,  Virginia,  from  February  1953  to 
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June  1956  at  which  time  the  company  returned.  In  March 
1953,  the  First  Battalion  ceased  to  function  as  an  admini- 
strative headquarters. 
From  March  1953  to  August  1956,  a  position  of  troop  com- 
mander existed  within  the  post  headquarters  to  oversee  the 
training,  supply,  welfare,  and  discipline  of  the  assigned 
troops.  In  August,  a  position  of  S-3  was  established  in 
place  of  the  troop  commander.  Also  1n  August,  the  Security 
Guard  Company  was  redesignated  as  the  Military  Police 
Company. 
Among  other  organizational  changes,  Hq  &  Hq  Company,  Arling- 
ton Hall  Station  was  redesignated  as  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Ar- 
lington Hall  Station  on  1  January  1957.  At  the  time,  U.S. 
Army  Garrison  consisted  of  Hq  &  Hq  Company,  Company  A,  Com- 
pany B,  Security  Guard  Company,  and  WAC  Company.  On  16  Sep- 
tember Company  B  was  discontinued  and  its  personnel  trans- 
ferred to  the  Military  District  of  Washington  (MDW)  U.S. 
Army  Support  Element,  Arlington  Hall   Station;  organized 
i«.,c?rry  ,p,ersonnel  whose  d"ty  assignments  were  at  other 
MDW  installations,  mainly  the  Pentagon. 
Other  changes  were  taking  place  on  Arlington  Hall  Station 
during  the  1950's.  In  1952,  the  Armed  Forces  Security 
Agency,  which  had  been  controlled  by  the  Joint  Chiefs  of 
Staff,  was  replaced  as  the  Central  Cryptologic  Agency  by  the 
National  Security  Agency  (NSA)  subordinated  to  the  Secretary 
of  Defense.  In  January  1955,  NSA  moved  its  headquarters 
from  Arlington  Hall  Station  to  Fort  George  G.  Meade,  Mary- 
land, followed  by  a  phased  move  of  its  remaining  elements  over 
the  next  three  years.  In  1958,  A  and  B  Buildings,  which  NSA 
had  vacated,  were  quickly  filled  by  a  variety  of  intel- 
ligence or  intelligence  support  related  tenants.  Joint  Task 
Force  7  was  the  first  element  to  come  on  board,  fol- 
lowed by  intelligence  elements  of  five  Army  technical 
services;  ACSI's  technical  intelligence  unit;  the  U.S.  Air 
Force  Intelligence  Command;  and  the  U.S.  Army  Signal  Communi- 
cations Security  Agency.  (On  2  February  1962,  Arlington 
Han  station  was  made  a  permanent  Class  II  installation.) 
The  centralizing  efforts  of  Secretary  of  Defense  Robert  S. 
MacNamara  led  to  another  tenant  at  Arlington  Hall  Station. 
MacNamara  created  the  Defense  Intelligence  Agency  to  give 
coordination  and  direction  to  the  intelligence  efforts  of 
the  different  services.  The  newly  organized  DIA,  although 
headquartered  at  the  Pentagon,  was  allotted  space  in  Build- 
ings A  and  B  in  July  1962.  To  make  room  for  DIA,  many  of 
the  intelligence  elements  In  these  buildings  were  reloca- 
ted, discontinued,  or  merged  Into  DIA  Itself. 
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After  the  arrival  of  DIA,  Arlington  Hall  Station  witnessed 
only  a  few  additional  organizational  changes.  The  most  im- 
portant change  was  the  redesi gnation  of  the  U.S.  Army  Securi- 
ty Agency  as  the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  and  Security  Command 
on  I  January  1977.  The  new  command  represented  a  merger  of 
Army  intelligence  functions.  Its  main  headquarters  remained 
at  Arlington  Hall  Station. 
Within  the  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Arlington  Hall  Station,  there 
were  also  few  changes.  On  12  June  1966,  the  WAC  Company  was 
discontinued.  The  next  change  did  not  occur  until  15  Octo- 
ber 1981  at  which  time  the  Military  Police  Company  was  dis- 
continued and  its  personnel  transferred  to  Hq  &  Hq  Company, 
which  was  redesignated  as  the  Headquarters  and  Security  Com- 
pany. At  the  same  time,  B  Company  was  organized,  leaving 
Garrison  with  the  following  organization:  Headquarters  &  Se- 
curity Company,  A  Company,  and  B  Company. 
Between  April  and  October  1984,  the  Defense  Intelligence 
Agency,  a  major  tenant  at  Arlington  Hall  Station  since  the 
early  1960's,  began  a  phased  move  to  its  recently  con- 
structed new  headquarters  at  Boiling  Air  Force  Base  in 
Washington,  D.C.  This  left  all  of  B  Building  and  a  portion 
of  A  Building  vacant.  After  limited  renovation,  backfill 
of  HQ  INSCOM  and  Defense  Communication  Agency  elements 
began, 
Arlington  Hall  Station  remains  more  than  a  military  post. 
It  is  a  reminder  of  the  gentler  days  of  Arlington  Hall 
Junior  College  for  Girls  and  a  memorial  to  the  outstanding 
intelligence  successes  of  World  War  II.  It  has  become 
inseparably  linked  with  the  history  and  heritage  of  mili- 
tary intelligence. 
Unit  Day:  8  July.  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Arlington  Hall  Station 
celebrates  its  establishment  as  a  military  post  on  8  July 
1942. 
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U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station 
From  the  eve  of  the  Revolutionary  War  to  the  early  1940's, 
the  site  of  present  day  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station,  Warrenton, 
Virginia,  was  an  active  farm.  The  first  recorded  use  of 
"Vint  Hill"  to  describe  the  land  is  found  in  documents  dat- 
ing to  the  early  1800's.  The  farm  began  to  take  on  a  more 
prestigious  status  just  prior  to  the  Civil  War  when  Andrew 
Low,  who  had  purchased  the  property  in  1859,  began  construc- 
tion of  a  two  and  a  half  story  mansion  known  as  "the  Big 
House,"  later  to  become  the  Officers'  Club  at  Vint  Hill 
Farms  Station.  As  the  opposing  armies  continually  crossed 
this  section  of  northern  Virginia  during  the  Civil  War, 
Low  raised  the  British  Union  Jack  over  his  property  as  a 
symbol  of  his  neutrality.  Low's  efforts  in  preserving  his 
new  home  and  property  from  the  scourge  of  war  apparently 
succeeded  as  both  sides  left  the  area  unscathed. 
Over  the  next  50  years,  Low  and  his  family  continued  to  add 
improvements  to  the  property,  including  the  construction  of 
a  new  residence  for  the  eldest  son  Douglas  and  his  bride, 
in  1890.  This  house,  "Si  1  vermead, "  would  later  serve  as 
the  home  of  the  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  commander. 
In  the  early  1900's,  the  farm  exchanged  hands  several  times 
before  being  bought  in  1910  by  Mitchell  Harrison,  a  retired 
businessman  from  Philadelphia,  who  saw  Vint  Hill  Farms  as 
a  desirablo  location  in  which  to  establish  an  English-type 
country  seat  for  himself  and  family.  In  1915,  Harrison 
also  bought  the  nearby  Buckland  Hall  estate.  Vint  Hill 
remained  Harrison's  home  and  a  working  farm  while  Buck- 
land  became  a  showcase  for  his  horses  and  prize  Shorthorn 
cattle,  celebrated  winners  at  numerous  livestock  shows 
held  across  the  United  States. 
When  America  entered  World  War  II,  U.S.  Army  signal  intelli- 
gence and  security  functions  were  being  carried  on  by  the 
Signal  Intelligence  Service  (SIS)  and  by  its  operating  arm, 
the  2d  Signal  Service  Company  (liter  redesignated  as  a  bat- 
talion). As  a  direct  result  of  the  expanding  mission  of 
these  organizations,  plans  were  drawn  up  for  the  establish- 
ment of  an  East  Coast  Primary  Monitoring  Station.  Due  to 
its  easy  access  to  Washington,  D.C.,  headquarters  of  the  SIS, 
the  Vint  Hill  Farms  site  was  selected  in  May  1942.  Negotia- 
tions were  begun  with  the  heirs  of  Mitchell  Harrison  for  the 
purchase  of  the  720  acre  site.  Although  Army  personnel  were 
permitted  to  enter  the  site  on  12  June  1942,  settlement  of 
the  property  was  not  effected  until  7  July  when  the  final 
purchase  price  of  $127,500  was  agreed  upon. 
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The  establ i shment  of  the  East  Coast  Primary  Monitoring  Sta- 
tion at  Vint  Hill  Farms  led  to  the  consolidation  of  two 
detachments  of  the  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  which  were 
previously  performing  the  mission.  The  first  of  the  2d 
Signal  Service  Battalion  units  to  transfer  to  the  Warren- 
ton  site  was  the  Fort  Hunt  (Virginia)  Detachment  on  12  June 
1942.  By  16  June,  the  detachment  had  begun  operations, 
utilizing  the  "Big  House"  as  its  center  and  pitching  tents 
nearby  as  temporary  quarters.  On  8  July,  the  Fort  Monmouth 
Detachment,  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  was  transferred 
from  its  operational  site  at  Fort  Hancock,  New  Jersey,  to 
the  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station.  On  the  same  day,  Vint  Hill 
Farms  Station  v. as  designated  as  a  military  post  under  the 
control  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer.  When  the  Army  took 
possession  of  the  property,  the  major  buildings  consisted 
of  the  residences,  tenant  housing,  and  a  large  barn  with  a 
silo. 
Operationally,  the  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  Detachment,  2d 
Signal  Service  Battalion  was  designated  as  MS  (Monitoring 
Station)  No.  1.  Throughout  World  War  II  and  the  years  to 
follow,  the  station  was  always  known  as  the  "First,"  and 
in  many  ways  merited  the  designation  because  it  served  as 
the  first  large  field  station  and  as  a  model  for  the  design 
of  others.  For  its  operational  contributions  during  the 
war,  the  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  and  its  detachments 
received  the  Meritorious  Unit  Commendation  on  1  May  1945. 
In  addition  to  its  operational  role,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station 
became  the  training  center  for  the  Signal  Intelligence  Ser- 
vice (and  its  successor  in  1943,  the  Signal  Security  Agency). 
On  5  October  1942,  the  Cryptologic  Division,  Eastern  Signal 
Corps  School  was  relocated  from  Fort  Monmouth,  New  Jersey, 
to  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station.  During  the  first  year  of  the 
school's  existence  at  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station,  basic  train- 
ing was  offered  along  with  specialized  operational  instruc- 
tion. 
The  arrival  of  the  school  meant  construction  of  school 
buildings  and  barracks.  However,  initially,  the  facili- 
ties could  not  handle  the  large  influx  of  officers  and 
enlisted  men  requiring  training.  The  arrival  of  a  WAC 
training  contingent  in  October  1943  put  a  further  strain 
on  limited  instructional  resources.  Both  day  and  night 
classes  were  held  until  early  1944  when  the  number  of 
students  entering  began  to  decrease.  In  addition  to  the 
Cryptologic  School,  a  Radio  School  was  added  to  train 
intercept  operators.  Finally,  on  10  January  1944,  Vint 
Hill  Farms  Station  was  selected  as  the  site  of  the  Crypto- 
logic Maintenance  and  Repair  School.   In  1944,  the  various 
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schools  and  training  efforts  were  officially  designated 
as  Vint  Hill  Farms  School.  By  May  1944,  the  school's 
enrollment  had  so  decreased  that  it  was  temporarily  shut 
down,  reopening  in  September.  In  December  1944,  the  as- 
signed strength  reached  its  war  time  zenith  at  Vint  Hill 
Farms  Station  with   1,061   enlisted  men   and   168  WAC's. 
Because  of  its  close  proximity  to  the  headquarters  of  the 
Signal  Security  Agency,  which  was  located  at  Arlington  Hall 
Station,  Virginia,  the  installation  at  Warrenton  served  na- 
turally as  a  laboratory  and  testing  ground  for  engineering 
and  research  activities  of  the  agency.  Many  comparative 
tests  of  equipment  and  antennae  were  conducted  under  service 
conditions.  In  addition,  much  work  was  done  in  collabora- 
tion with  Arlington  Hall  Station  on  the  problem  of  main- 
tenance of  equipment.  This  work  resulted  in  the  publication 
of  maintenance  manuals  of  immediate  usefulness  and  in  the 
collection  of  maintenance  data.  This  data  gave  a  basis 
for  estimates  of  replacement  factors  and  was  therefore  of 
great  potential  importance  to  the  program  of  supplying  a 
planned  flow  of  equipment  to  the  stations.  The  use  of 
Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  as  a  test  bed  would  continue  even 
after  World  War  II. 
The  end  of  the  war  brought  a  number  of  organizational  chan- 
ges. First  and  foremost,  the  Army  Security  Agency  was 
organized  on  15  September  1945  in  place  of  the  Signal 
Security  Agency.  Under  ASA,  one  organization  controlled 
all  the  Army's  SIGINT  and  COMSEC  resources  worldwide. 
Headquarters,  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  was  disbanded 
but  each  of  the  battalion's  detachments  remained  and  com- 
prised the  base  upon  which  ASA  built  a  worldwide  network 
of  field  stations.  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  Detachment, 
2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  was  redesignated  as  the  1st 
Detachment,  2d  Signal  Service  Battalion  effective  6  June 
1946.  In  1946,  the  WAC  detachment  decreased  in  size  and 
finally  was  discontinued. 
On  15  October  1946,  Vint  Hill  Farms  School  was  redesignated 
as  the  Army  Security  Agency  School.  However,  the  Officer 
Training  Division  soon  moved  from  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station 
to  Arlington  Hall  Station  in  January  1947.  During  the 
summer  months,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  hosted  ASA  ROTC  units 
undergoing  training.  Finally,  because  of  a  shortage  of 
housing,  classrooms,  and  storage  space,  the  ASA  School 
was  transferred  from  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  to  Carlisle 
Barracks,  Pennsylvania,  in  April  1949.  This  relocation, 
along  with  the  transfer  of  the  Officer  Training  Division 
and  the  Extension  Division  from  Arlington  Hall  Station, 
brought  all  three  elements  of  the  school  together  for  the 
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first  time.  The  stay  was  a  brief  one  for  the  school  at 
Carlisle  Barracks.  In  exactly  two  years,  it  again  was 
relocated,  this  time  to  Fort  Devens,  Massachusetts. 
On  15  May  1950,  the  1st  Detachment,  2d  Signal  Service  Bat- 
talion was  formally  disbanded,  and  Field  Station  (8601) 
organized  in  its  place.  From  V-J  Day  (15  August  1945)  to 
the  beginning  of  the  Korean  War  in  June  1950,  there  was  a 
decline  in  assigned  strength  at  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station, 
reaching  580  in  1950.  The  Korean  War  brought  about  not 
only  an  increase  in  assigned  strength  but  a  flurry  of  new 
construction.  Some  of  the  permanent  improvements  included 
new  brick  living  quarters,  recreational  facilities  and  a 
post  theater.  Operations  moved  from  "The  Barn"  to  the 
new  Operations  Building.  On  1  July  1954,  Vint  Hill  Farms 
Station  was  redesignated  as  a  permanent  DA  installation. 
On  1  January  1957,  Field  Station  (8601)  was  redesignated  as 
the  1st  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station.  Over  the 
years,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  served  as  not  only  the  site  of 
the  field  station  but  as  host  to  a  myriad  of  other  ASA  units. 
Some  of  these  included  the  following:  USASA  Processing  Cen- 
ter (21  January  1963  to  27  May  1971);  370th  ASA  Company  (1 
March  1967  to  27  March  1968  and  7  April  1971  to  7  July 
1977);  USASA  Special  Project  Unit  (10  August  1954  to  15 
April  1964);  USASA  Materiel  Support  Command  (15  April  1964 
to  7  February  1977);  USASA  Operations  Company,  Vint  Hill 
Farms  Station  (1  February  1961  to  30  June  1969);  USASA 
Systems  Activity  (11  November  1974  to  30  June  1976);  and 
USASA  Signal  Security  Activity  (31  October  1972  to  1  Janu- 
ary 1978). 
On  15  December  1967,  the  1st  USASA  Field  Station  was  re- 
designated as  U.S.  Army  Security  Agency  Field  Station,  Vint 
Hill  Farms  Station.  On  24  January  1969,  the  field  station 
assumed  a  new  processing  mission  which  soon  became  the 
central  focus  of  its  operations.  However,  in  1974,  as 
part  of  efforts  underway  within  the  Department  of  Defense 
to  effect  monetary  savings,  it  was  decided  to  combine  the 
ASA  processing  center  at  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  with 
that  of  the  Air  Force  Security  Service  at  Lackland  Air 
Force  Base,  a  few  miles  from  San  Antonio,  Texas.  On  3 
July  1974,  the  transfer  of  the  processing  center  (which  led 
to  the  establishment  of  U.S.  Army  Field  Station,  San  Anton- 
io) was  complete;  and  operations  which  had  begun  over  32 
years  earlier  at  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  ceased.  As  a 
result,  USASA  Field  Station,  Vint  Hill  Farms  was  redesign- 
ated as  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Vint  Hill  Farms  Station  on  15 
August  1974. 
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Vint  Hill  Farms  Station's  contributions  during  World  War  II 
and  later  as  the  premier  station  within  the  Army  Security 
Agency's  worldwide  network  are  wel 1 -documented.  Vint  Hill 
Farms  Station's  role  today  is  greatly  different  from  its 
days  as  a  field  station.  However,  to  those  knowledgeable 
of  its  past  contributions  and  those  who  have  experienced 
assignment  at  the  "Farms"  over  the  years,  Vint  Hill  Farms 
Station  will  always  be  thought  of  as  the  "First." 
Unit  Day:  16  June.  This  day  was  selected  to  commemorate 
the  first  operations  conducted  at  U.S.  Army  Garrison,  Vint 
Hill  Farms  Station  on  16  June  1942. 
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