1st Intelligence Battalion (United States)

1st Intelligence Battalion (1st Intel) is a Marine Corps Intelligence military intelligence and counter intelligence unit based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. They provide the I Marine Expeditionary Force with intelligence products and analysis.

1st Intelligence Battalion
1st Intel's emblem
Active2 October 1989 – present
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnited States of America
BranchUnited States Marine Corps
RoleMilitary intelligence
Part ofI Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQMarine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Motto(s)"Pugnare Intelligenter Non Arduus"
EngagementsOperation Desert Storm
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom
* 2003 invasion of Iraq

Mission

Responsible for planning, directing, collecting, processing, producing and disseminating intelligence, and providing counterintelligence support to the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), MEF Major Subordinate Commands, subordinate Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF), and other commands as directed.[1]

Subordinate units
  • Headquarters Company
  • Production and Analysis Company
  • Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Company
  • Production and Analysis Support Company
  • Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Support Company

Unit awards

Unit awards

A unit citation or commendation is an award bestowed upon an organization for the action cited. Members of the unit who participated in said actions are allowed to wear on their uniforms the awarded unit citation. 1st Intelligence Battalion has been presented with the following awards:

RibbonUnit Award
Presidential Unit Citation
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
National Defense Service Medal with one Bronze Star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Iraq Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

References
  1. Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, Intelligence Operations, MCWP 2-1 (Washington, DC: Headquarters U.S. Marine Corps, 19 February 1998), pg 4–6, http://www.marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCWP%202-1%20Intelligence%20Operations.pdf
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