Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)

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The Military Intelligence Corps is the U.S. Army’s intelligence branch. Its job is to provide timely, relevant, and accurate intelligence and electronic warfare support to commanders at all levels and to share intelligence with the national community. All Army intelligence personnel are part of the Military Intelligence Corps.

Headquarters and identity:
- Location: Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Motto: Always Out Front
- March: MI Corps March

History in brief:
- 1776: Knowlton’s Rangers, an early elite reconnaissance unit, are formed.
- Civil War era: The Union creates the Bureau of Military Information; other groups like the Counter Intelligence efforts develop.
- 1885–1903: Military Intelligence Division is established and brought under the General Staff.
- World War II: The Military Intelligence Service (MIS) is created, expands rapidly, and includes a Special Branch for signals intelligence. The Army Security Agency later evolves from this work. The Ritchie Boys training center at Camp Ritchie becomes famous for language and interrogation work.
- Postwar: Language training grows into the Army Language School, eventually moving to the Presidio of Monterey and becoming a key part of language and intelligence training.
- 1954–55: The Army Intelligence Center is established at Fort Holabird, with expanded training capabilities.
- 1960s–1970s: Fort Huachuca becomes the “Home of Military Intelligence” (1971). The Army Intelligence and Security Branch is reorganized and later merged with other agencies.
- 1977: The MI organizations are consolidated into the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM).
- 1987: The Military Intelligence Corps is activated as a regiment under the Army Regimental System.

Today:
- Size: about 28,000 military personnel and 3,800 civilians.
- The U.S. Army Intelligence Museum is at Fort Huachuca, preserving the history of Army intelligence.