525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade is a unit of the United States Army which specializes in the acquisition and analysis of information with potential military value . Mission . The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade provides intelligence analysis and collection support to the XVIII Airborne Corps . It is the only rapidly deployable battlefield surveillance brigade in the United States Army . The brigade headquarters , two MI battalions and a Cavalry Squadron are stationed at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . The brigade ’ s capabilities include a full range of advanced intelligence analysis and intelligence collection that includes counterintelligence , long range surveillance , aerial signals intelligence , and Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities ( TENCAP ) . Its Soldiers come from across the range of Military Occupational Specialties in the Army to include military intelligence disciplines , infantry , aviation , signal , and the full range of critical Combat Support and Combat Service Support experts . Its mission is to provide all - source , predictive intelligence and electronic warfare in support of worldwide contingency operations . History . The 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade traces its lineage back to World War II : the 218th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment and the 525th Interrogation Team . These units were deactivated after World War II . On 21 February 1948 , the 525th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment was reactivated and assigned to Fort Bragg , North Carolina . It was redesignated the 525th Military Intelligence Service Group in December 1950 . During the Korean War , elements of the Group participated in seven campaigns and earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations . In December 1953 , the Unit was redesigned again as the 525th Military Intelligence Group , and was transferred from Fort Bragg to Fort George G . Meade , Maryland . Upon arrival in Vietnam , in November 1965 , the 525th Military Intelligence Group was assigned to the U . S . Army , Vietnam . There , the Group provided advisor and intelligence support to include ; aerial reconnaissance and surveillance , counterintelligence , interrogation , technical intelligence , and area intelligence ( espionage in support of USARV ) . After Vietnam , the Group moved several times . On 16 September 1978 , it returned to Fort Bragg , North Carolina where it was redesignated as the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade ( Airborne ) . In December 1989 , the Brigade participated , once again , in a rapid deployment operation , providing critical intelligence support to Joint Task Force ( JTF ) during Operation Just Cause . Brigade soldiers interrogated key Panamanian Defense Force members , screened documents , and served as the nucleus of the JTF Panama J2 . The soldiers who served with JTF Panama , J2 , received the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation award . Operation Desert Shield deployments began in early August 1990 . The Brigade sent over 1 , 600 soldiers in support of XVIII Airborne Corps . Missions included all source analysis to Corps Headquarters and subordinate units , interrogating over 5 , 000 enemy prisoners of war , flying over 550 combat intelligence collection missions , collecting signals intelligence , providing communications jamming support , conducting long range surveillance operations , and augmenting the 6th French Light Armored Division . The brigade also deployed to Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy . The brigade task force conducted split - based operations which provided signals intelligence and direct support teams to the maneuver brigades . The brigade also provided imagery support , intelligence analysis support , signals intelligence analysis , and national imagery support to the headquarters of both Joint Task Forces ( JTF ) 180 and 190 . The task force also utilized its counter - intelligence / human intelligence teams and established and ran the joint detainee facility in support of JTF - 190 . From late 2004 to late 2008 , 525th MI Brigade deployed several times to Iraq in support of XVIII Airborne Corps , which was serving as the Multinational Corps - Iraq for the majority of 525th ' s deployment . Upon returning from Iraq , the brigade began the process of reorganizing into the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade . The largest change was that the Analysis and Control Element was detached and became attached to the Corps G2 staff section . For its participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 16 November 2004 until 15 November 2005 , the 525th received a Meritorious Unit Commendation . OIF 04 - 05 Order of Battle . Concurrent with the reorganization and redesignation as the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade , the Airborne tab was deleted from the shoulder sleeve insignia effective 16 March 2009 . The brigade is currently deployed in support of Operation Joint Guardian as Multinational Battle Group East part of the NATO Kovoso Force ( KFOR ) ( 525 BfSB ) and is headquartered at Camp Bondsteel , Kosovo . The Mutlunational Battle Group East additionally has multiple Regular Army , National Guard , Reserve component forces and has 12 different Multinational units . Subordinate units . 319th Military Intelligence Battalion ( BFSB ) . The 319th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Operations ) traces its lineage to the activation of the 319th Military Intelligence Headquarters Detachment at Bad Schwalbach , Germany , 1 August 1945 where it served as an interrogation unit for German Prisoners of War . In 1946 , the unit was sent to Japan and began a long association with the Orient . It was joined by other interrogation units which served in the Philippines in 1944 and later the reformed 319th served in the Korean War . After deactivation in 1968 , the battalion was reactivated in 1982 at Fort Bragg , North Carolina , as a subordinate unit of the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade to provide both general intelligence support and special communications support to the XVIII Airborne Corps . In October 1983 , elements of the battalion deployed to the island of Grenada for Operation Urgent Fury . In 1988 , battalion personnel participated in the emergency deployment to Honduras to counter an incursion by Nicaraguan forces . In 1989 , the 319th deployed to Panama in support of Operation Just Cause . The 319th MI Battalion deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield as part of the XVIII Airborne Corps . In September 1994 , the battalion deployed to the island of Haiti in support of Operation Uphold Democracy . In December 1995 and again in October 1996 , the battalion deployed elements to Hungary , Italy , and Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor . In March 2003 , the Battalion ' s B Co ( TENCAP ) deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom in support of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force ( MEF ) . Currently , the battalion is deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Combined Task Force Lightning ( 525 BfSB ) . The battalion deployed in July 2010 as is currently headquartered out of the Kandahar City area of RC - South , Afghanistan . Current commander is LTC Dylan Carlson . 519th Military Intelligence Battalion ( BFSB ) . The 519th Military Intelligence Battalion was activated on 15 October 1948 at Fort Riley , Kansas . Elements of the battalion served in the Republic of Korea from 1951 until 1954 , participating in seven campaigns and earning one Meritorious Unit Commendation and two Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations . The battalion was inactivated in 1954 . On 25 January 1958 , the 519th Military Intelligence ( MI ) Battalion ( BN ) ( Airborne ( ABN ) ) was reactivated at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . In May 1965 , the 519th MI BN ( ABN ) deployed to the Dominican Republic for Operation Powerpack , where it supported the 82d Airborne Division and the US Marines in combating the Communist insurgency on the Caribbean island . In late Summer of 1965 the 519th MI BN redeployed back to FT Bragg , NC and subsequently deployed to the Republic of Vietnam in November 1965 . During the Vietnam War , the battalion again left the United States and distinguished itself by participating in sixteen campaigns and earning three Meritorious Unit Commendations . In 1972 , the battalion returned to Fort Bragg . After several reorganizations , the battalion officially achieved a three - company configuration in September 1978 , with Headquarters , Headquarters & Service Company ; Company A ( Interrogation ) ; and Company B ( Counterintelligence ) . In 1975 , elements of the 519th MI BN were used to create the Forces Command Intelligence Training Detachment [ FITD ] , which was formed and commanded by Captain Gregory MP Davis . Personnel were also drawn from the 1st MI BN and the 218th MI Detachment . FITD was in direct support of Forces Command Headquarters , but attached to the 525 Intelligence Group . The FITD mission was to develop and deliver tactical intelligence training to National Guard and Reserve MI units using Mobile Training Teams ( MTT ) and creating skill sets through hands - on , training in the form of both platform instruction and Command Post Exercises ( CPX ) , with the trained unit functioning with the Brigade , Division , or Corps it supported ( " bringing training to the unit " ) . Training was very realistic since it was " All - Source " and the materials included " live " Iraqi Army Order of Battle , SIGINT and COMINT , actual imagery of the region , and POW role players who were actual interrogators responding in foreign languages , plus tactical CI reports drawn from foreign liaison and clandestine operations . The training was so successful and effective that FORSCOM extended the mission to include Active Duty MI units and intelligence staffs at divisions and corps . In 1977 , FITD conducted the largest intelligence command post exercise in the history of the US Army for the III Corps , and included Active Duty and National Guard divisions as well as Active Duty and Reserve MI units engaged in a classified CPX in which Iraq was the aggressor against Jordan . The training was constantly updated based on problem resolution from each exercise , and the SOPs developed were integrated into the US Army Training and Doctrine Command curriculum . The innovative training included , for the first time , tasking by tactical intelligence units of strategic assets such as USAF SR - 71 reconnaissance missions , NRO overhead imagery , and Signals Intelligence from NSA . The concept of Tactical Counter - Intelligence { CI ] was also introduced , converting CI agents , previously dedicated to conducting security investigations , to the role of tactical agent handlers and case officers . Also introduced was the concept of the Rear Area Operations Center in Theater commands , which integrated multi - Service intelligence and Military Police personnel into a tactical analysis and rapid response unit to address terrorists and Soviet Spetznas commando assaults . FITD was later transferred from FORSCOM to TRADOC , and in 1987 , was relocated from Fort Bragg to Fort Huachuca , where it was re - designated the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade . [ Captain Davis later ( 1984 ) formed and directed the operations of the Clandestine Services organization under the DOD HUMINT program . IOn 16 April 1982 , the battalion was reorganized and redesignated the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Tactical Exploitation ) ( Airborne ) , resulting in the activation of Company C ( Electronic Warfare ) . Since then the battalion has reorganized one more time . In 1995 , Company C was deactivated and Company F , 51st Infantry ( Long Range Surveillance ) was assigned to the battalion to provide the Corps with long range surveillance capability . About 2007 , during the reconfiguration of the 525th MI Brigade to a Battlefield Surveillance Brigade ( BFSB ) , Company F , 51st Infantry was redesignated C Troop ( ABN ) , 1st Squadron , 38th Cavalry Regiment ( 1 - 38th CAV ) and was removed from the control of the 519th MI BN and reassigned to 1 - 38th CAV , which is another subordinate battalion in the 525th BFSB . Subsequently , C Co . 519th MI BN was reactivated as a line company in the 519th MI BN . During the 1990s , the 519th MI BN participated in Peace Keeping Operations in Haiti ( Operation Restore Democracy ) , Bosnia ( Operations Joint Endeavor and Joint Forge ) and Kosovo ( Operation Joint Guardian ) . The 519th MI BN also deployed individual Tactical Human Intelligence Teams to Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope . The battalion participated in combat operations in Grenada ( Operation Urgent Fury ) in November 1983 , Panama ( Operation Just Cause ) in December 1989 , and in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations ( KTO ) ( Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm ) and was subordinate to the 525th MI Brigade ( CEWI ) ( ABN ) , as part of the XVIIIth Airborne Corps , under Third US Army during the deployment in the KTO from August 1990 to March 1991 . The 519th Military Intelligence Battalion , is presently a subordinate unit of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade , provides tactical HUMINT , long range reconnaissance and surveillance , counterintelligence , interrogation , multi - functional collection and exploitation , and SIGINT support within assigned areas of the Division , Corps , Joint Task Force ( JTF ) or Multi - National Force area of operations . During the Global War on Terrorism , 519th MI BN has repeatedly deployed for combat operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq . The 519th MI BN recently served in Operation Enduring Freedom ( OEF ) I , OEF III , OEF IV , Operation Iraqi Freedom ( OIF ) I , OIF IV , and OEF XII and has continued to distinguish itself as one of the elite intelligence battalions in the military . " Always Out Front " ! In 2005 , some members of the unit were involved in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal . The battalion recently redeployed back to FT Bragg , NC after serving in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom XI , from July 2010 to July 2011 , under the command of LTC Anthony “ Tony ” Hale as part of Combined Joint Task Force ( CJTF ) 101 . While in Afghanistan , the 519th MI Battalion was headquartered out of Bagram Air Base , Afghanistan , with its units deployed throughout Regional Command East . The 519th MI BN is presently commanded by LTC Kevin McAninch , who assumed command on 4 August 2011 from LTC ( P ) Tony Hale . The 519th MI BN ’ S motto is “ Strength thru Intelligence . ” 1st Squadron , 38th Cavalry Regiment . According to the US Army Center of Military History ( CMH ) at Fort McNair in Washington , DC , the 1st Squadron , 38th Cavalry Regiment was activated on 16 March 2009 , and a ceremony marking the activation was held on 21 May 2009 . The unit consists of a Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , two ground troops ( Troops A and B ) , and a long range surveillance unit , Troop C . ( Although locally called a company , the CMH has confirmed its actual designation is " Troop C . " ) Company F ( LRS ) , 51st Infantry Regiment was inactivated effective 15 March 2009 and its assets were used to form Troop C , 1 – 38th CAV . Following its inactivation at Fort Bragg , the unit designation was reactivated on 16 January 2011 at Fort Bliss , Texas , as Company F ( Anti - Tank ) , 51st Infantry Regiment , a unit of the 1st Brigade Combat Team , 1st Armored Division . Troop C requested to have the lineage of its predecessor , Company F ( LRS ) , 51st Infantry Regiment , as its lineage . HQDA disapproved of the request and replied , " HQDA approved MTOE does not allow for a separate infantry company . As documented , the company is a subordinate of 1 – 38th CAV and as such will carry the designation of Troop C , 1 – 38th CAV . " Although formed from the assets of Company F , 51st Infantry Regiment , the new unit , Troop C , 1 – 38th CAV , has an entirely different lineage , and the lineage of F - 51st has gone to the new unit at Fort Bliss . This anti - tank company has an authorized strength of 6 officers , 0 warrant officers , and 48 enlisted . The previous Company F , as an LRS unit , had 7 officers , 0 warrant officers , and 136 enlisted . The 1st Squadron , 38th CAV deployed in July 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Combined Task Force Lightning ( 525th BfSB ) under the International Security Assistance Force or ISAF that is part of NATO and is currently based on the south area of Kandahar , overwatching the Afghanistan - Pakistan boarder . Its current commander is LTC Eric Crider 586th Network Support Company ( NSC ) . Provides tactical communication and automation support for the brigade . The company is currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Combined Task Force Lightning ( 525BfSB ) and is headquartered out of RC - South , Afghanistan . 29th Brigade Support Company ( BSC ) . The 29th Brigade Support Company is a multifunctional logistics company that was activated on 26 October 2006 . Its primary mission is to provide quality field maintenance and to distribute all classes of supply , except medical , to the 525th BfSB . The company deployed in July 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as part of Combined Task Force Lightning ( 525 BfSB ) and was headquartered out of Kandahar Airfield until January 2011 . The company was then moved to FOB Spin Boldak for the remainder of the tour . The unit redeployed in July 2011 . Current Command Team ; Company Commander is CPT Benjamin Nakamura and Company First Sergeant is 1SG Guillermo Fonseca . Former subordinate units . 224th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Aerial Exploitation ) . The 224th Aviation Battalion ( Radio Research ) was activated in Saigon , South Vietnam , on 1 June 1966 . The battalion and its four subordinate companies began with on 6 aircraft and 159 personnel , but quickly expanded in size . In July 1967 , the battalion reached its highest strength of 1 , 066 personnel , and within two years had 30 aircraft assigned . On 19 May 1971 , the battalion was redesignated as the 224th Army Security Agency Aviation Battalion . The battalion participated in fifteen campaigns and received three awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation , along with the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm during its service in the Vietnam War . On 3 March 1973 , the colors of the battalion were transferred to Oakland , California , and the unit was formally inactivated . On 1 June 1981 , the unit was reactivated as the 224th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Aerial Exploitation ) . The battalion is stationed at Hunter Army Airfield , Georgia , and is currently organized with a Headquarters and Headquarters Service Company and Company B ( Electronic Warfare ) . On 15 October 1997 , Company A ( Aerial Surveillance ) was deactivated . From February 1984 to January 1990 , the battalion provided continuous support to the U . S . Southern Command from an OCONUS operating base , conducting aerial intelligence collection missions from its C Company ( Provisional ) . In 1984 and in 1987 , the 224th Military Intelligence Battalion won the National Security Agency Director ’ s Trophy for its excellence as a tactical cryptologic unit . As a subordinate unit of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade , the 224th Military Intelligence Battalion provides the highest quality aerial reconnaissance and surveillance support to the XVIII Airborne Corps and Corps ’ Major subordinate commands . Currently , the unit has elements deployed in support of operations in Europe , Southwest Asia , and the Gulf of Mexico .