527th Military Intelligence Battalion

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The 527th Military Intelligence Battalion ("Silent Warriors"), surbordinate to the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade[1], located in Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea operates a partial strategic/partial tactical mission at Zoeckler Station, which is known as a sub-installation in Camp Humphreys.

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[edit] Mission

The 527th Military Intelligence Battalion provides strategic and tactical intelligence support to commanders and staffs on the Korean peninsula, commands throughout the Pacific, and national consumers.

[edit] History

On 16 June 2000, 751st Military Intelligence Battalion (MI BN) was redesignated as the 527th MI BN. The 751st MI BN evolved from the redesignation and relocations of various United States Army Security Agency (USASA) units. The Battalion is located at Zoeckler Station, a sub-installation of Camp Humphreys. The senior USASA organization in Korea, the 508th USASA Group was redesignated as USASA Group Korea and moved to Camp Humphreys on 9 March 1970. On 30 September 1971, USASA Field Station Korea and 332nd ASA Operations Company (forward) activated. The Field Station was resubordinated in April 1977 to the newly formed 501st MI Group headquartered in Seoul. At this time, USASA Field Station Korea became U.S. Army Field Station Korea with four subordinate units: Headquarters and Service Company, Operations Company, 332nd ASA Operations Company (transferred to 532nd MI BN in 1986), and the 146th ASA Aviation Company (subsequently reorganized as 3rd MI BN). U.S. Army Field Station Korea was redesignated as 751st MI BN on 7 January 1988.

[edit] Operations

527th Interrogation Team activated on 1 May 1946 for 6 months at Frankfurt, Germany. In February 1948, 527th redesignated as a Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and reactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in support of the U.S. Third Army. The outbreak of the Korean War led to several changes in the unit, ultimately leading to its redesignation as 527th MI Company. The mission and structure of the unit continued to change during the Cold War until its activation as the 527th MI CO (Security) on 1 June 1962 at Kaiserslautern, Germany, assigned to 66th Intelligence Corps Group. The unit worked to detect and neutralize hostile intelligence efforts against U.S. forces stationed in its area of operation. Its mission and structure remained basically unchanged for the next 30 years. The unit's mission changed again with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It continued to play an important part in counterintelligence efforts for the Army, including DESERT SHIELD/STORM, until its inactivation on 15 October 1997. On 16 June 2000, 527th MI BN was activated at Camp Humphreys, Korea, and assigned to 501st Military Intelligence Brigade. Running 24 hour operations, 527th Military Intelligence Battalion plays a vital role in providing the vigilance required to insure the security of the Republic of Korea.

[edit] Organization

The 527th Military Intelligence Battalion has two subordinate units; HOC, and Company A.

    • Commander: LTC McCarthy
    • Command Sergeant Major: CSM Thomas

Headquarters Operations Company (HOC)

  • No subordinate units
    • Commander: CPT Block
    • First Sergeant: 1SG Woods
  • Company A (Alpha Company)
  • PAR Platoon
  • VOB Platoon
  • SDC Platoon
  • Collection Platoon
    • First Sergeant: 1SG Sanders
    • Commander: CPT Miller

Information source: INSCOM[2]

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