140th Military Intelligence Battalion ( United States ) The 140th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Combat Electronic Warfare Intelligence ) ( Heavy Division ) of the United States Army Reserve was constituted on 16 July 1986 , assigned to the 63rd Army Reserve Command ( " Blood and Fire " ) , and activated with headquarters at the General George Smith Patton , Jr . United States Army Reserve Center , located at 5340 Bandini Boulevard in Bell , California . The battalion inactivated in 1995 . The battalion ' s full - time property book officer and supply sergeants were recognized as having the best - run unit supply operation of any battalion in the Army Reserve in both 1991 and 1992 . The 140th MI Battalion ' s activation was essentially simultaneous with the inactivation of the 309th Army Security Agency Battalion . The personnel and facilities of the 309th were initially transferred to the 140th at that time , although the lineage and insignia were not . Nine years later , the 140th was similarly inactivated essentially simultaneously with the activation of the 368th Military Intelligence Battalion , to whom the personnel and facilities were transferred without the lineage and insignia . Location . The 140th MI Battalion , its HHS , A , B and C Companies were stationed at the General George S . Patton , Jr . United States Army Reserve Center , located at 5340 Bandini Boulevard , in Bell , California . Patton USAR Center , the sprawling General Services Administration warehouse complex to the south , the U . S . Postal Service ' s processing center to the north and north - east , the National Guard armory to the west , and the adjacent commercial buildings to the east and immediate south , were constructed on what had been Chelly Air Force Station during World War II . In fiscal year 1991 , the battalion ' s offices and motor pool removed from the facility ' s World War II – era temporary structures , into newly constructed buildings in the reserve centre ; the same postal address was retained . The centre ' s wooden warehouse building , in which offices had been constructed , was razed , leaving only the cinderblock arms vault above the building ' s high slab . A new steel structure was built atop the slab , with essentially the same footprint as the original building . The 307th and , subsequently , 651st Military Intelligence Companies were located north of the battalion , at the Captain Reginald B . Desiderio United States Army Reserve Center on Westminster Drive in Pasadena , California . Organization . Although assigned to the Army Reserve , the 140th Military intelligence Battalion was the organic military intelligence battalion of the 40th Infantry Division ( Mechanized ) of the California Army National Guard . The battalion ' s numerical designation followed U . S . Army custom of adding 100 to the supported infantry division ' s number ; " see also " : the 1st Infantry Division ' s former 101st Military Intelligence Battalion and the 4th Infantry Division ' s former 104th Military Intelligence Battalion ; " cf " : comparable battalions in armored divisions would have a number 500 greater than the division . The battalion was composed of : Training challenges . As the 40th Infantry Division ' s primary wartime trace was to the Eighth United States Army and the defense of South Korea , the 140th Military Intelligence Battalion was configured to specialize in the Korean and Mandarin Chinese languages . Obtaining and retaining language - qualified reserve soldiers in Southern California proved difficult . Modest gains were made with the Army Reserve ' s institution of the Military Intelligence Special Training Element ( MISTE , pronounced " misty " ) program , in which military intelligence units , including the 140th , were assigned language - qualified , MOS - qualified reserve soldiers ( primarily those with prior active duty service ) residing hundreds or thousands of miles away . Given the distance to be traveled , the MISTE soldiers would fly in to drill only bi - monthly , usually at Regional Training Site – Intelligence ( RTS - I ) at Hamilton Army Airfield north of San Francisco , California . The MISTE soldiers participated in annual training with the rest of the battalion . Maintaining technical skills was also a problem , as much of the equipment — such as direction - finding trucks , radio intercept trucks , radio jamming trucks , " inter alia " — was prohibitively expensive for the Army to provide just to have it sit in storage twenty - eight days or more per month . Because of likely damage to streets , the battalion ' s M113 armored personnel carriers , M577 tactical operations center vehicles and M578 recovery vehicles were stored at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton ; the three - hour round trip negated monthly training on the tracked vehicles . When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 , the four - year - old battalion was neither adequately manned nor trained for mobilization . Even had the battalion been at full , qualified strength , proficiency in Korean and Mandarin would have been of little use in Southwest Asia . Several of the battalion ' s reserve soldiers , however , were individually cross - leveled into other units and mobilized for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 – 1991 . Mission . Battalion . The mission of the 140th Military Intelligence Battalion ( CEWI ) ( HD ) was to command , control , staff , plan , and supervise its organic and attached companies which provide direct support intelligence , electronic warfare , non - communications intercept & analysis , human intelligence , counterintelligence , and ground surveillance radar support ot the 40th Infantry Division . The battalion was organized with the intent of being able to : HHS Company . The Headquarters and Headquarters Services Company contained most of the battalion ' s analysis , supply , and communications personnel , as well as all of the IEW support , administration , vehicle maintenance , communications maintenance , and food service personnel . Accordingly , unlike a stereotypical battalion headquarters company , the HHS Company of a CEWI battalion comprised over half of the battalion ' s total authorised strength . The company ' s missions were to : The major items of equipment organic to HHS Company included : Alpha Company . Company A ( Collection and Jamming ) was composed of three C & J platoons , a radio telegraphy team , and a traffic analysis section . Of the three C & J platoons , one each was concerned with : The major items of equipment organic to Company A included : Bravo Company . Company B ( Intelligence and Surveillance ) was divided into two very distinctive platoons . The ground surveillance radar platoon had three squads of scouts to carry , install , and utilise ground surveillance radars to observe enemy vehicle traffic . These three squads would provide GSR support to the division ' s three manoeuvre brigades . The other platoon , known as the operations support element , was composed of two counterintelligence teams and two interrogation teams . The platoon was designed to conduct enemy prisoner of war interrogation and provide limited counterintelligence support to the division . Because an officer could not become qualified in either counterintelligence or human intelligence unless and until he or she completed the respective military intelligence officer advanced course , Company B was unusual in that the operations support platoon was led by a captain . The major items of equipment organic to Company B were AN / PPS - 5A Ground Surveillance Radar Sets . Charlie Company . Company C ( Electronic Warfare ) was built around a large signals intelligence ( " SIGINT " ) processing platoon composed of an analysis section , three non - communication intercept teams and five master control stations . Outside of the platoon was a radio teletypewriter section . Company C ' s mission was to : The major items of equipment organic to Company C included : Long Range Surveillance Detachment . Detachment D ( Long Range Surveillance ) was an airborne infantry detachment , designed to parachute far in advance of friendly lines with radios and sufficient provisions to sustain themselves . Once in position , they were to remain camouflaged , while observing enemy activity and other conditions of intelligence value , and report their findings via radio . 651st MI Company . The 651st Military Intelligence Company ( Interrogation and Exploitation ) ( Echelons Above Corps ) , designed to support a theatre army , was composed of a document exploitation team , a target exploitation team , a technical intelligence section , and six interrogation & exploitation squads in two platoons . The company ' s mission was to : The major items of equipment organic to the 651st MI Company included : Insignia . Coat of Arms . " Shield " : Azure within an orle argent , in base a pyramid of the like and in chief a sun in splendor issuing to base five lightning flashes or and charged with a globe of the like gridlined of the first . " Crest " : That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Army Reserve : On a wreath of the colours , argent and azure , the Lexington Minuteman proper . The statue of the Minuteman , Capt . John Parker ( Henry Hudson Kitson , sculptor ) , stands on the Common in Lexington , Massachusetts . Motto . " Semper Vigil " ( Latin for always watchful ) . Distinctive Unit Insignia . The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms . Symbolism . Oriental blue and silver gray ( white ) are the colors associated with military intelligence . The sun represents the Greek god Helios who , according to mythology , could bring all secrets to light ; surrounding a globe , it represents the unit ' s worldwide military intelligence mission . The lightning flashes suggest electronic warfare and communication capabilities . The sun and lightning flashes are gold and allude to California , the " Golden State , " the unit ' s home area . The pyramid personifies longevity [ " ironically " ] and strength .