Military Intelligence Division (United States)

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]

Military Intelligence Division
Active1917-1942
CountryUnited States
BranchU.S. Army

History

World War One

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Inter-War Years

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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

References
  1. Bigelow 2012: 13
  2. Bigelow 2012: 14
  3. Bradsher, Greg (2017-12-19). "The Beginnings of the United States Army's Japanese Language Training". The National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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