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Company C (Electronic
Warfare) was built around a large signals intelligence ("SIGINT") processing platoon composed of an analysis section, three non-communication intercept teams and five master control stations. Outside of the platoon was a radio teletypewriter section. Company C's mission was to:
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The other platoon, known as the operations support element, was composed of two counterintelligence teams and two interrogation teams. The platoon was designed to conduct enemy prisoner of war interrogation and provide limited counterintelligence support to the division. Because an officer could not
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who, according to mythology, could bring all secrets to light; surrounding a globe, it represents the unit's worldwide military intelligence mission. The lightning flashes suggest electronic warfare and communication capabilities. The sun and lightning flashes are gold and allude to
California, the
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Company B (Intelligence and
Surveillance) was divided into two very distinctive platoons. The ground surveillance radar platoon had three squads of scouts to carry, install, and utilise ground surveillance radars to observe enemy vehicle traffic. These three squads would provide GSR support to the
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in August 1990, the four-year-old battalion was neither adequately manned nor trained for mobilization. Even had the battalion been at full, qualified strength, proficiency in Korean and
Mandarin would have been of little use in Southwest Asia. Several of the battalion's reserve soldiers, however,
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until 1961. In fiscal year 1991, the battalion's offices and motor pool removed from the facility's World War II–era temporary structures, into newly constructed buildings in the reserve centre; the same postal address was retained. The centre's wooden warehouse building, in which offices had been
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The
Headquarters and Headquarters Services Company contained most of the battalion's analysis, supply, and communications personnel, as well as all of the IEW support, administration, vehicle maintenance, communications maintenance, and food service personnel. Accordingly, unlike a stereotypical
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The mission of the 140th
Military Intelligence Battalion (CEWI) (HD) was to command, control, staff, plan, and supervise its organic and attached companies which provide direct support intelligence, electronic warfare, non-communications intercept & analysis, human intelligence,
356:-qualified reserve soldiers (primarily those with prior active duty service) residing hundreds or thousands of miles away. Given the distance to be traveled, the MISTE soldiers would fly in to drill only bi-monthly, usually at Regional Training Site – Intelligence (RTS-I) at
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far in advance of friendly lines with radios and sufficient provisions to sustain themselves. Once in position, they were to remain camouflaged, while observing enemy activity and other conditions of intelligence value, and report their findings via radio.
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become qualified in either counterintelligence or human intelligence unless and until he or she completed the respective military intelligence officer advanced course, Company B was unusual in that the operations support platoon was led by a captain.
210:. The personnel and facilities of the 309th were initially transferred to the 140th at that time, although the lineage and insignia were not. Nine years later, the 140th was similarly inactivated essentially simultaneously with the activation of the
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warehouse complex to the south, the U.S. Postal
Service's processing center to the north and north-east, the National Guard armory to the west, and the adjacent commercial buildings to the east and immediate south, were constructed on what had been
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Modest gains were made with the Army
Reserve's institution of the Military Intelligence Special Training Element (MISTE, pronounced "misty") program, in which military intelligence units, including the 140th, were assigned language-qualified,
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Interrogate enemy prisoners of war, officials, defectors, line crossers and other military and civilian personnel having knowledge and/or of interest to intelligence, counterintelligence, technical intelligence, or electronics &
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Conduct counterintelligence operations intended to deny hostile intelligence gathering agencies knowledge of friendly forces' dispositions, capabilities, and intentions, and to provide for the security of friendly forces'
740:, was composed of a document exploitation team, a target exploitation team, a technical intelligence section, and six interrogation & exploitation squads in two platoons. The company's mission was to:
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constructed, was razed, leaving only the cinderblock arms vault above the building's high slab. A new steel structure was built atop the slab, with essentially the same footprint as the original building.
792:: Azure within an orle argent, in base a pyramid of the like and in chief a sun in splendor issuing to base five lightning flashes or and charged with a globe of the like grid-lined of the first.
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Company A (Collection and
Jamming) was composed of three C&J platoons, a radio telegraphy team, and a traffic analysis section. Of the three C&J platoons, one each was concerned with:
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The battalion's full-time property book officer and supply sergeants were recognized as having the best-run unit supply operation of any battalion in the Army
Reserve in both 1991 and 1992.
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Perform detailed translations of selected foreign documents and media from target languages into English and from English into target languages. Report and disseminate all information.
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Provide maintenance of communication, electronics, intelligence & electronic warfare ("C-E/IEW") equipment, mechanical maintenance, and food service for the battalion.
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Note: The contemporary edition of AR 840-1 prescribed headquarters company/detachment/battery/troop guidons as bearing simply the unit number and (if applicable)
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Interrogate enemy prisoners of war (EPWs), defectors, line crossers and other military and civilian personnel of intelligence or counterintelligence interest.
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Maintaining technical skills was also a problem, as much of the equipment—such as direction-finding trucks, radio intercept trucks, radio jamming trucks,
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counterintelligence, and ground surveillance radar support to the 40th Infantry Division. The battalion was organized with the intent of being able to:
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Develop plans to exploit the information received through captured material, interrogation of enemy prisoners of war, and other intelligence sources.
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Provide limited maintenance, supply, mess, communications, and other logistical and administrative services to sustain operations on the battlefield.
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Provide command and control of organic, assigned and attached elements in a manner responsive to the needs of the supported battlefield commander.
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Examine captured material to determine their intelligence value. Disseminate this information to the units within the theatre of operations.
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The 307th and, subsequently, 651st Military Intelligence Companies were located 24 km (15 mi) north of the battalion, at the
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United States Army Reserve Center, located at 5340 Bandini Boulevard, in Bell, California. Patton USAR Center, the sprawling
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The 651st Military Intelligence Company (Interrogation and Exploitation) (Echelons Above Corps), designed to support a
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Provide the division with additional communications intelligence ("COMINT") and direction finding ("DF") capabilities.
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Oriental blue and silver gray (white) are the colors associated with military intelligence. The sun represents the
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Provide an intelligence & electronic warfare support element ("IEWSE") as a liaison to each brigade S-2/3.
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Provide command and control for assigned and supporting elements, staff planning, and management of assets,
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1989–1995: 651st Military Intelligence Company (Interrogation & Exploitation) (Echelons Above Corps) .
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Conduct analysis of information received from the platoon operations centers ("POCs") and other sources.
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The major items of equipment organic to Company B were AN/PPS-5A Ground Surveillance Radar Sets.
364:, California. The MISTE soldiers participated in annual training with the rest of the battalion.
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Although assigned to the Army Reserve, the 140th Military intelligence Battalion was the organic
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294:: comparable battalions in armored divisions would have a number 500 greater than the division.
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140th Military Intelligence Battalion (Combat Electronic Warfare Intelligence) (Heavy Division)
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Exploit the voice, code, and non-communication transmissions collected by intercept teams.
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Plan and assist in the coordination of battlefield deception operations for the division.
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Maintain the enemy order of battle, electronic order of battle, and technical data files.
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854:"Golden State," the unit's home area. The pyramid personifies longevity and strength.
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The 140th MI Battalion, its HHS, A, B and C Companies were stationed at the
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The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
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languages. Obtaining and retaining language-qualified reserve soldiers in
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Conduct long range surveillance in support of the division's operations.
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United States Army Reserve Center, located at 5340 Bandini Boulevard in
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The major items of equipment organic to the 651st MI Company included:
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were individually cross-leveled into other units and mobilized for
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As the 40th Infantry Division's primary wartime trace was to the
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OG-181/VRC Ground Based Communications Jamming System (Piranha)
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The major items of equipment organic to Company A included:
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Military Intelligence battalions of the United States Army
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United States Army Reserve Center on Westminster Drive in
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AN/MSQ-103 Special Purpose Receiving Set (Teampack)
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316:1986–1989: 307th Military Intelligence Company .
301:Headquarters & Headquarters Services Company
708:Detachment D (Long Range Surveillance) was an
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670:Provide the division with SIGINT support and
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190:63rd Army Reserve Command ("Blood and Fire")
615:AN/ULQ-19 Responsive Jammer System (RACJAM)
307:Company B (Intelligence & Surveillance)
555:AN/UYK-71 Intelligence Data Processing Set
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36:140th Military Intelligence Battalion
642:division's three manoeuvre brigades.
288:104th Military Intelligence Battalion
280:101st Military Intelligence Battalion
212:368th Military Intelligence Battalion
200:. The battalion inactivated in 1995.
21:140th Military Intelligence Battalion
304:Company A (Collection & Jamming)
208:309th Army Security Agency Battalion
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691:AN/GRC-122 Radio Teletypewriter Set
672:electronic warfare support measures
621:AN/GRC-122 Radio Teletypewriter Set
264:40th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
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812:Common in Lexington, Massachusetts
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545:AN/TSC-87 Communications Terminal
455:Conduct tactical deception plans.
145:Fred, the exterminator cat (1990)
96:Intelligence, Heavy Division type
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297:The battalion was composed of:
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228:General Services Administration
194:General George Smith Patton Jr.
535:AN/TYQ-5 Data Analysis Central
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310:Company C (Electronic Warfare)
268:California Army National Guard
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685:AN/TSQ-138 Master Control Set
606:AN/TRQ-37 Radio Receiving Set
241:Captain Reginald B. Desiderio
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224:General George S. Patton Jr.
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186:United States Army Reserve
73:United States Army Reserve
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330:Eighth United States Army
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427:140th MI Battalion color
732:651st MI Company guidon
404:Operation Desert Shield
233:Cheli Air Force Station
829:for always watchful).
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284:4th Infantry Division
276:1st Infantry Division
257:military intelligence
83:Military intelligence
637:Bravo Company guidon
568:Alpha Company guidon
540:Radio Teletypewriter
495:headquarters company
245:Pasadena, California
808:Henry Hudson Kitson
590:Very High Frequency
577:Very High Frequency
346:Southern California
332:and the defense of
324:Training challenges
167:Battle honours
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137:(always watchful)
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724:651st MI Company
598:voice collection
342:Mandarin Chinese
198:Bell, California
117:Bell, California
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704:LRSD guidon
538:AN/GRC-122
469:HHS Company
446:operations.
334:South Korea
158:Decorations
150:Engagements
123:USAR Ctr.,
109:Garrison/HQ
548:AN/TSC-58
493:battalion
369:inter alia
286:'s former
278:'s former
121:Dessiderio
841:Symbolism
800:Minuteman
717:parachute
550:Telegraph
419:Battalion
360:north of
260:battalion
142:Mascot(s)
53:Disbanded
48:1986–1995
861:Category
773:Insignia
713:infantry
710:airborne
552:Terminal
510:Provide
397:invaded
282:and the
272:see also
218:Location
131:Motto(s)
125:Pasadena
414:Mission
266:of the
262:of the
184:of the
104:400 +/-
92:Combat
61:Country
851:Helios
790:Shield
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399:Kuwait
338:Korean
274:: the
113:Patton
69:Branch
45:Active
847:Greek
827:Latin
818:Motto
796:Crest
674:; and
393:When
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379:and
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