Military Intelligence Division (United States)
Military Intelligence Division | |
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Active | 1917-1942 |
Country | United States |
Branch | U.S. Army |
The Military Intelligence Division was the military intelligence branch of the United States Army and United States Department of War from May 1917 (as the Military Intelligence Section, then Military Intelligence Branch in February 1918, then Military Intelligence Division in June 1918) to March 1942. It was preceded by the Military Information Division and the General Staff Second Division and in 1942 was reorganised as the Military Intelligence Service.[1]
History
World War One
[2] Corps of Interpreters American Expeditionary Force G2 Corps of Intelligence Police
Inter-War Years
Army G2 Black Chamber MI Officer Reserve Corps Signal Intelligence Service Devolution to G2 and S2
World War Two
In March 1942, the Military Intelligence Division was reorganized as the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). It was tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence, and absorbed the Fourth Army Intelligence School. Originally comprising just 26 people, 16 of them officers, it was quickly expanded to include 342 officers and 1,000 enlisted men and civilians garrisoned at Camp Savage in Minnesota.[3]
Initially, the MID included:
- an Administrative Group
- an Intelligence Group
- a Counterintelligence Group
- an Operations Group
In May 1942, Alfred McCormack, established the Special Branch of MIS which specialised in COMINT.
See also
- G-2 (intelligence)
- Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)
- United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
- Office of Naval Intelligence
- Military Information Division (United States)
- Military Intelligence Service (United States)
- United States Army Intelligence Agency
- United States Army Security Agency
- United States Navy Communications Intelligence Organization
- Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne
- Allied Intelligence Bureau