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{{Short description|U.S. Army direct reporting unit}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
| image                         = INSCOM seal updated.png
| caption                       = Unit logo
| dates                         = 1977–present
| country                       = {{flag|United States}}
| branch                        = {{army|USA}}
| type                          = [[Structure of the United States Army#Direct reporting unit|Direct reporting unit]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-21|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Structure of the United States Army#Direct reporting unit|reason= }}
| role                          = [[Military intelligence]],<br>[[Information Operations (United States)|Information operations]]
| website                       = [https://www.army.mil/inscom/ Official website]
| size                          = 10,000+<ref name=Bamford-Alexander>{{cite magazine |last=Bamford |first=James |author-link=James Bamford |date=12 June 2013 |title=NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us into Cyberwar |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614020756/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/general-keith-alexander-cyberwar/all/ |archive-date=14 June 2013 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |access-date=12 July 2019 |postscript=. Originally titled "The Secret War".}}</ref>
| command_structure             = 
| current_commander             = [[Major general (United States)|MG]] [[Timothy D. Brown]]
| notable_commanders            = 
| garrison                      = [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]]
| commander2                    = CW5 Jeremy M. Sager
| commander2_label              = Chief Warrant Officer
| commander4                    = [[Sergeant major (United States)|CSM]] Anthony Rangel III
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| nickname                      = INSCOM
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| battles                       = 
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| identification_symbol         = [[File:INSCOM.svg|100px|center]]
| identification_symbol_label   = [[Shoulder sleeve insignia]]
| identification_symbol_2       = [[File:US Army INSCOM DUI.png|100px|center]]
| identification_symbol_2_label = [[Distinctive unit insignia]]
}}

The '''United States Army Intelligence and Security Command''' ('''INSCOM''') is a direct reporting unit that conducts [[Military intelligence|intelligence]], security, and [[Information Operations (United States)|information operations]] for [[United States Army]] commanders, partners in the [[United States Intelligence Community|Intelligence Community]], and national decision-makers. INSCOM is headquartered at [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]].

INSCOM contributes units to the [[National Security Agency]], the [[United States]]'s unified [[SIGINT|signals intelligence]] (SIGINT) organization. Within the NSA, INSCOM and its counterparts in the [[Office of Naval Intelligence|Navy]], [[Sixteenth Air Force|Air Force]], [[Space Delta 7|Space Force]], [[Coast Guard Intelligence|Coast Guard]], and [[Marine Corps Intelligence|Marine Corps]] comprise the [[Central Security Service]]. INSCOM's budget has been estimated to be approximately $6 billion.<ref name="spies4hire">{{cite book |first=Tim |last=Shorrock |author-link=Tim Shorrock |year=2008 |title=Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing |location=New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9780743282246 |page=[https://archive.org/details/spiesforhiresecr00shor/page/20 20] |url=https://archive.org/details/spiesforhiresecr00shor |url-access=registration }}</ref>

As a [[Structure of the United States Army#Direct reporting unit|direct reporting unit]], INSCOM reports directly to the [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|chief of staff of the Army]].

==Mission==
INSCOM collects intelligence information in all intelligence disciplines to provide unit commanders with intelligence for the battlefield and the focus of combat power. The organization also conducts intelligence production activities, ranging from intelligence preparation of the battlefield to situation development, SIGINT analysis, imagery exploitation, and science and technology intelligence production. INSCOM also has significant responsibilities in [[counterintelligence]], [[force protection]], [[electronic warfare]], and [[information warfare]]. Additionally, INSCOM supports force modernization and training.
[[File:INSCOM HQ.jpg|thumb|303x303px|INSCOM Headquarters at Ft. Belvoir following 2019 expansion]]
INSCOM's stated vision for operations includes: (1) conducting and supporting relevant intelligence, security and information operations for U.S. Army, joint and combined forces; (2) optimizing national/theater/tactical partnerships; (3) exploiting leading edge technology; and (4) meeting the challenge of today, tomorrow and the 21st Century.

==Structure==
{{see also|Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)}}
* [[File:First Information Operations Command Logo.svg|23px]] [[1st Information Operations Command (Land)]]
:Located at [[Fort Belvoir]], 1st IO CMD provides multi-disciplinary Information Operations (IO) support to the component and major commands of the United States Army.
* [[File:66 MI Bde DUI.jpg|23px]] [[66th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|66th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:Located in [[Wiesbaden, Germany]], the 66th conducts theater level multi-discipline intelligence and security operations and, when directed, deploys prepared forces to conduct joint/combined expeditionary and contingency operations in support of [[United States Army Europe]] and [[U.S. European Command]].
* [[File:US Army 116th MI Bde DUI.png|23px]] [[116th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|116th Military Intelligence Brigade (Aerial Intelligence)]]
:Located at [[Fort Eisenhower]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], the 116th conducts 24/7 tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, dissemination and feedback operations for multiple [[Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance|aerial-ISR]] systems utilizing the [[DCGS-A|Distributed Common Ground System-Army]] (DCGS-A).<ref>[http://www.army.mil/article/138867/Distributed_Common_Ground_System____Army_Provides_the_Foundation_for_Aerial_Intelligence/ DCGS-A provides foundation for aerial intelligence], WWW.ARMY.MIL, By Capt. Michael Pederson (116th MIB), Dated 3 December 2014, last accessed 13 December 2014</ref>
* [[File:207th DUI.png|23px]] [[207th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|207th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater)]]
:Located at [[Caserma Ederle]] and Caserma Longare, [[Vicenza]], Italy. It conducts full-spectrum intelligence in support of [[U.S. Army Africa]] and [[United States Africa Command]] (USAFRICOM or AFRICOM) in order to set the intelligence architecture for the theater, disrupt transnational and trans-regional threats, and promote regional stability in Africa while building and maintaining intelligence readiness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inscom.army.mil/MSC/207MIB.aspx|title=INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command|website=www.inscom.army.mil}}</ref>
* [[File:300 MI Bde DUI.png|23px]] [[300th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist)]]
:Provides trained and ready linguist and military intelligence soldiers to commanders from brigade through Army level. Located in [[Draper, Utah]].
* [[File:470th MI BDE.jpg|23px]] [[470th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|470th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:Located at [[Fort Sam Houston]], Texas, the 470th provides timely and fused multi-discipline intelligence in support of [[United States Army South]], [[U.S. Southern Command]], and other national intelligence agencies.
* [[File:500 MI Bde DUI.jpg|23px]] [[500th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|500th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:The 500th Military Intelligence Brigade located at [[Schofield Barracks]], [[Hawaii]], provides multi-disciplined intelligence support for joint and coalition war fighters within [[United States Army Pacific]] and the [[U.S. Pacific Command]] area of responsibility.
* [[File:501 MI BDE DUI.png|23px]] [[501st Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:The 501st Military Intelligence Brigade supports combined forces operations in [[South Korea|Korea]].<ref name="inscom.army.mil">[http://8tharmy.korea.army.mil/501MI/index.html 501st Military Intelligence Brigade]</ref>
* [[File:513MIBdui.jpg|23px]] [[513th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:Located at [[Fort Eisenhower]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], the 513th deploys in strength or in tailored elements to conduct multi-disciplined intelligence and security operations in support of [[United States Army Central]], [[U.S. Central Command]], [[United States Southern Command|U.S. Southern Command]], and other theater Army commands.
* [[File:704MIBdeDUI.jpg|23px]] [[704th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:Conducts synchronized full-spectrum signals intelligence, computer network and information assurance operations directly and through the National Security Agency to satisfy national, joint, combined and Army information superiority requirements.
* [[File:US Army 706th MI Group DUI.png|23px]] 706th Military Intelligence Group
:Formerly the 116th Military Intelligence Group, it is located at [[Fort Eisenhower]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. It provides personnel, intelligence assets and technical support to conduct signals intelligence operations within the [[Georgia Cryptologic Center|National Security Agency/Central Security Service Georgia]] (NSA/CSS Georgia) and worldwide.<ref>[http://www.gordon.army.mil/index.php/units-tenants Ft Gordon units & tenants]</ref>
* [[File:US Army 780th MIB DUI.png|23px]] [[780th Military Intelligence Brigade (United States)|780th Military Intelligence Brigade]]
:Located at [[Fort Meade]], the 780th conducts expeditionary and remote cyber attack, cyber exploitation, and cyber defense operations of Army and Defense information networks.
* [[File:US Army 902nd MI Group DUI.png|23px]] [[902nd Military Intelligence Group (United States)|902nd Military Intelligence Group]]
:Provides direct and general counterintelligence support to Army activities and major commands.
* Army Cryptologic Office (ACO)
:Located at [[Fort Meade]], ACO serves as the Army G2 and Service Cryptologic Component (SCC) representative to provide expert cryptologic leadership, support, guidance and advice to U.S. Army Warfighters and Intelligence leaders. Lead the Army’s [[Cryptography|Cryptologic]] effort to satisfy Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) requirements by leveraging [[NSA Extended Enterprise]], Intelligence Community, Sister Services and Service Laboratories. Ensure timely and effective support to operations by providing optimized capabilities, training and resources.
* Army Field Support Center (AFSC)
:Located at [[Fort Meade]], AFSC provides specialized operational, administrative and personnel management support to Department of the Army and other Department of Defense Services and Agencies as directed.
* Army Operations Group (AOG)
:Located at [[Fort Meade]], AOG conducts Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations and provide expertise in support of ground component priority intelligence requirements using a full spectrum of human intelligence collection methods.
* Central Clearance Facility (CCF)
:Located at [[Fort Meade]], the CCF serves as the U.S. Army’s executive agency for personnel security determinations in support of Army missions world-wide.
* [[File:NGIC.jpg|23px]] [[National Ground Intelligence Center]]
:Located in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], NGIC is the Defense Department's primary producer of ground forces [[technical intelligence]] and is the Army's premier provider of intelligence products.
:* [[File:Army Geoint insignia.png|23x23px]] [[Geospatial Intelligence Battalion|Army Geospatial Intelligence Battalion]] (AGB) Located in the [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]] headquarters on [[Fort Belvoir]], Virginia, AGB is the primary source for Army [[geospatial intelligence]] products and joint GEOINT operations.
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==History==
===Merger and creation of INSCOM===
On 1 January 1977, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) was organized at [[Arlington Hall Station]], Virginia, to provide the U.S. Army with a single organization for conducting multi-discipline intelligence, security operations, and [[electronic warfare]] at the level above corps. The new organization merged the former [[U.S. Army Security Agency]], the signal intelligence and signal security organizations previously located at Arlington Hall, Virginia, the U.S. Army Intelligence Agency, a counterintelligence and human intelligence agency based at [[Fort Meade, Maryland]], and several intelligence production units formerly controlled by the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence and U.S. Army Forces Command. [[Brigadier General]] (later [[Major General]]) William I. Rolya, former commanding general of the Army Security Agency, became INSCOM's first commanding general.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

On 1 October 1977, the former U.S. Army Intelligence Agency headquarters was integrated into INSCOM. The command established a unified intelligence production element, the Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center, on 1 January 1978. Additionally, INSCOM assumed command of three military intelligence groups located overseas: the 66th Military Intelligence Group in Germany, the 470th Military Intelligence Group in Panama, and the 500th Military Intelligence Group in Japan. These groups were transformed into multidisciplinary units by incorporating former Army Security Agency assets into the previously existing elements. A fourth such group, the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade,<ref name="inscom.army.mil" /> was soon organized in [[South Korea]]. All of these groups were eventually reorganized and re-designated as brigades.{{fact|date=August 2024}}

===Parapsychologic research===
In association with the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], and under the leadership of commanding general [[Albert Stubblebine]], INSCOM attempted to use parapsychologic methods such as [[remote viewing]] in operation ''[[Center Lane]]''. This was done as late as 1981. Other U.S. intelligence services attempted similar projects during the same period, most notably the [[Stargate Project]] by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==List of commanding generals==
{{incomplete list|date=July 2021}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! colspan=2| Commanding General
! colspan=3| Term
|-
! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Duration
|-
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = David B. Lacquement (2).jpg
| officeholder      = [[David B. Lacquement]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 2007<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inscom.army.mil/organization/CG.aspx|title=INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command|website=www.inscom.army.mil}}</ref>
| term_end          = 16 October 2009
| timeinoffice      = ~{{ayd|1 January 2007|16 October 2009}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Mary A. Legere.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Mary A. Legere]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 16 October 2009<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/64363/mg_mary_a_legere|title=MG Mary A. Legere|website=www.army.mil|date=26 August 2011 }}</ref>
| term_end          = 5 March 2012
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|16 October 2009|5 March 2012}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Stephen G. Fogarty (3).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Stephen G. Fogarty]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 5 March 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inscom.army.mil/Organization/CG.aspx|title=INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command|date=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017142249/http://www.inscom.army.mil/Organization/CG.aspx|archive-date=17 October 2012}}</ref>
| term_end          = 30 May 2014
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|5 March 2012|30 May 2014}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = George J. Franz III.jpg
| officeholder      = [[George J. Franz III]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 30 May 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/maj-gen-george-franz-iii-takes-the-reins-at-inscom/|title=Maj. Gen. George Franz III takes the reins at INSCOM|date=8 July 2014}}</ref>
| term_end          = 27 June 2016
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|30 May 2014|27 June 2016}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Christopher S. Ballard.jpg
| officeholder      = [[Christopher S. Ballard]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 27 June 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/170545/inscom_welcomes_maj_gen_christopher_ballard_as_the_new_commanding_general|title=INSCOM welcomes Maj. Gen. Christopher Ballard as the new commanding general|website=www.army.mil|date=28 June 2016 }}</ref>
| term_end          = 11 June 2018
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|27 June 2016|11 June 2018}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Maj. Gen. Gary W. Johnston (4).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Gary W. Johnston]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 11 June 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/206907/inscom_welcomes_maj_gen_gary_w_johnston_as_the_new_commanding_general|title=INSCOM welcomes Maj. Gen. Gary W. Johnston as the new commanding general|website=www.army.mil|date=14 June 2018 }}</ref>
| term_end          = 16 July 2021
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|11 June 2018|16 July 2021}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Michele H. Bredenkamp (4).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Michele H. Bredenkamp]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 16 July 2021<ref name="auto"/>
| term_end          = 14 December 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|16 July 2021|14 December 2023}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order             = -
| military_rank     = Major General
| image             = Timothy D. Brown (3).jpg
| officeholder      = [[Timothy D. Brown]]
| born_year         = 
| died_year         = 
| term_start        = 14 December 2023
| timeinoffice      = {{ayd|14 December 2023}}
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official|http://www.inscom.army.mil}}
* [https://www.army.mil/inscom INSCOM news website]
* [http://www.inscom.army.mil/history_supp.html INSCOM History]
** [https://www.inscom.army.mil/MSC/66MIB/index.html 66th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20091227015405/http://www.470mi.inscom.army.mil/default.html 470th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage]
** [http://www.inscom.army.mil/500th/index.html 500th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20060927051526/http://www.gordon.army.mil/513mi/ 513th Military Intelligence Brigade homepage]

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