Note: Chapter 3, Chronology Arranged by Organizations, contains separate chronologies for the various Army Technical Intelligence organizations and for the organizations commanding or controlling them.

• 1930

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  • 21 February 1939, Basic Field Manual Volume X, Part 3, Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Materiel, 21 Feb 39, was issued acknowledging that "The collection and study of captured equipment and materiel is an intelligence function of the supply arms and services." The "supply arms and services" were later known as the technical services.
• 1940

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  • 22 July 1940, Field Manual 30-15, Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Materiel, 22 July 40, was issued.
  • 6 September 1940, Ltr, The Adjutant General to [Chiefs of Arms and Services], 6 September 1940, subj: Intelligence Sections in the Offices of Chiefs of Arms and Services, AG 321.I19 M.I.D. (8-16-40) M-B-A, instructed the chiefs of the technical services to set up intelligence sections. That letter was considered the charter for technical intelligence activities and organizations by the technical services.
  • 2 September 1942, Field Manual 11-35, Signal Corps Intelligence, 2 Sep 42 was issued.
  • 23 October 1942, War Department Memorandum W570-1-42, Shipment of Captured Materiel to the United States, 23 October 1942 called for "samples of enemy equipment and materiel" to be returned for evaluation by the "supply services responsible for similar American equipment." The "supply services" were later known as the technical services.
  • 6 November 1942, Section II of Training Circular 81, 6 Nov 42 supplanted the sections of FM 30-15, 22 July 40 concerning the "processing of captured materiel for intelligence purposed." It provided more detailed instructions for handling captured materiel.
  • 5 December 1942, Section III of Training Circular 100, 5 Dec 42 modified TC 81, 6 Nov 42.
  • 7 April 1943, War Department Memorandum W570-1-43, Shipment of Captured Materiel to the United States 7 April 43, was issued implementing TC 81, 6 Nov 42 giving the addresses to which enemy equipment was to be shipped and stating the requirements of the various technical services intelligence organizations. These much more detailed and specific instructions.
  • 22 July 1943, War Department Memorandum W570-2-43, Shipment of Captured Materiel to the United States for Intelligence Purposes, 22 July 1943, was issued.
  • 7 December 1943, Field Manual 30-15, Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Materiel, 7 Dec 43 was issued supreceding FM 30-15, 22 July 40. Apparently, TC 81, 6 Nov 42 remained in force.
  • 13 March 1944, War Department Circular 104, Shipment of Captured Materiel to United States for Intelligence Purposes, 13 March 44 was issued.
  • 11 January 1945 War Department Circular 13, Shipment of Captured Materiel to the United States for Intelligence Purposes, 11 Jan 45, was issued. It provided detailed instructions for shipping captured equipment and materiel.
  • 11 June 1945, Field Manual 30-15, Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Civilians, Documents, and Materiel, 11 June 45 was issued.
  • 21 August 1949, Signal Corps Intelligence Agency, established at Washington, DC.
    Sec.IV., DA GO 39, 18 Aug 49
• 1950

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  • 23 January 1952, Special Regulations 11-10-50, Execution, and Review and Analysis of the Intelligence Program (Army Program No. 5), 23 Jan 52 was issued.
  • 29 June 1953, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 29 June 1953, the first field manual dedicated to technical intelligence, was issued.
  • 17 September 1954, Special Regulations 11-10-50, Execution, and Review and Analysis of the Intelligence Program (Army Program No. 5), 17 Sep 54 was issued. It provided for a permanent standing "Army Committee on Technical Intelligence" on which the technical services are represented.
  • 1 March 1955, Quartermaster Intelligence Agency, established at Washington, DC.
    Sec. I., DA GO 22, 16 Mar 55
  • 15 April 1955, Chemical Corps Intelligence Agency, established at Washington, DC.
    DA GO 27, 15 Apr 55.
    The initial authorized strength of the CCIA was 4 officers and 20 civilians. Summary of Major Events and Problems, United States Army Chemical Corps, Fiscal Year 1955, December 1955, Page 108.
  • 26 August 1955, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 26 Aug 55 was issued.
  • 6 October 1955, Army Subject Schedule 55-14, Transportation Intelligence, 6 Oct 55 was issued.
  • 3 January 1956, the title of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, of the Army General Staff was changed to "Assistant Chief of Staff [for] Intelligence." See DA General Order 70, 27 Dec 55.
  • 13 August 1956, Field Manual 11-30, Signal Corps Technical Intelligence, 13 Aug 56 was issued. This manual contains a detailed description of Signal Corps technical intelligence and of the role of the Signal Corps Intelligence Agency (SCIA).
  • 12 October 1956, Field Manual 55-8, Transportation Intelligence, 12 Oct 56 was issued.
  • 1 September 1957, Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency, established at Washington, DC. Sec. I., DA GO 44, 27 Aug 57.
  • 13 March 1958, Signal Corps Intelligence Agency, relocated to Arlington Hall Station, VA.
    Sec. III., DA GO 14, 29 Apr 58.
  • 21 March 1958, Chemical Corps Intelligence Agency moved from Building T-7 to Arlington Hall Station, VA. Summary of Major Events and Problems, United States Army Chemical Corps, Fiscal Year 1958, March 1959, Page 82.
  • 12 July 1958, Field Manual 3-130, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Intelligence, 12 Jul 58 was issued with the classification CONFIDENTIAL. A more descriptive title would have been " Army Chemical Corps Intelligence."
  • 12 November 1958, Chief of Staff Regulations 381-1, Technical Services Intelligence Relationships, 12 Nov 58 was issued prescribing the relationships between Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, and the technical services "in the field of intelligence activities."
  • 12 May 1959, Field Manual 5-30, Engineer Intelligence, 12 May 59, was issued.
• 1960

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  • 12 May 1960, Chief of Staff Regulations 381-1, Technical Services Intelligence Relationships, 12 May 60 was issued. This regulation is essentially the same as the 1958 version which expired on the issue date of this regulation.
  • 14 March 1961, Army Subject Schedule 55-10, Introduction to Transportation Intelligence, 14 March 61 was issued.
  • 12 June 1961, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 12 June 61 was issued.
  • 6 December 1961, Field Manual 55-8, Transportation Intelligence, 6 Dec 1961 was issued.
  • 11 May 1962, Army Subject Schedule 55-14, Transportation Intelligence, 11 May 62 was issued.
  • 18 May 1962, Reorganization Planning Directive 381-2, Technical, Area Analysis, and Order of Battle Intelligence Production, 18 May 1962 was issued. It provided for the reassignment of intelligence "functions, responsibilities, and resources." It directs the establishment of the Foreign Science and Technology Center under the Army Materiel Command and the Area Analysis Intelligence Agency, Chief of Engineers. The intelligence functions of The Surgeon General were exempted.
  • 27 July 1962, the U.S. Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency was established at Washington, DC. The historical data card states:

    US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency is ESTABLISHED with Hq at the Army Map Service, 6500 Brooks Lane, Washington 25, DC as a separate agency, ASSIGNED to Chief of Engineers, all effort and projects in the field of area analysis intelligence now being performed in the Army Map Service, Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the Beach Erosion Board are ASSIGNED to US Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency effective 27 Jul 1962 - GO 15, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 25 Jul 1962. CONFIRMED and DESIGNATED a Class II activity GO 47, DA, 26 Jul 1962...

  • 1 August 1962, the technical intelligence organizations listed below were transferred to the Army Materiel Command by Sec. X., DA GO 46, 25 Jul 62.
    • U.S. Army Chemical Corps Intelligence Agency, Arlington Hall Station, Va
    • U.S. Army Ordnance Technical Intelligence Agency, Arlington Hall Station, Va
    • U.S. Army Quartermaster Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
    • U.S. Army Signal Intelligence Agency, Arlington Hall Station, Va.
    • U.S. Army Transportation Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.
    Simultaneously, those organizations were discontinued with its "functions, personnel and records" transferred to the newly created Army Foreign Science and Technology Center.
    Sec. VIII, DA GO 57, 27 Sep 62.
    The Army Materiel Command assigned the Table of Distribution Number 69-7854 to FSTC and discontinued those of the technical intelligence agencies taken over. AMC G0 10, 17 August 1962.
  • 2 October 1962, U.S. Army Materiel Command Directive 10-5, U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, 2 Oct 62 was issued prescribing the organization and functions of the newly organized FSTC.
  • 1 August 1962, Department of Defense Directive 5105.27, Defense Intelligence Agency (Mapping, Charting and Geodesy), August 1, 1961. The Defense Intelligence Agency was given authority to direct the mapping activities of the armed forces.
  • 5 March 1963, the Army Area Analysis Intelligence Agency was "discontinued as a Department of the Army activity." Sec. I, DA GO 12, 19 Mar 62. [Its resources and functions were transferred to the Defense Intelligence Agency.]
  • 16 December 1963, Army Subject Schedule 30-46, Technical Intelligence Coordinator Personnel, 16 Dec 63 was issued. This contains detailed instructions for training technical intelligence personnel.
  • 27 April 1964, Department of Defense Directive 5105.28, Defense Intelligence Agency (Technical Intelligence), April 27, 1964 was issued providing for control of technical intelligence activities of the armed forces by the Defense Intelligence Agency.
  • 21 October 1964, U.S. Army Materiel Command Regulation 10-5, U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, 21 Oct 64 was issued.
  • 19 September 1966, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 19 Sept 66was was issued. This is the first edition of this manual to reflect the new reality after the technical services were reorganized out of existence.
  • 5 July 1967, Army Regulations 381-9, Army Scientific and Technical Intelligence, 5 July 67 was issued.
  • 22 September 1967, Field Manual 5-30, Engineer Intelligence, 22 Sep 67, was issued.
  • 1 December 1967, Missile Intelligence Directorate, U.S. Army Missile Command, was organized as an official intelligence agency. AMC GO 5, 19 Jan 1968.
  • 12 March 1968, Army Subject Schedule 30-46, Technical Intelligence Personnel, 12 March 68 was issued.
  • 28 February 1969, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 28 Feb 69 was issued.
• 1970

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  • 1 January 1972, Department of Defense Directive 5105.40, Defense Mapping Agency (DMA), January 1,1972 established DMA which took over mapping organizations and functions within the Department of Defense.
  • 11 February 1972, U.S. Army Materiel Command Regulation 10-5, U.S. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center, 11 February 1972 was issued.
  • 31 August 72, Field Manual 30-16, Technical Intelligence, 31 Aug 72 was issued.
  • 1 April 1973, according to the Historical Data Card, the U.S. Army Medical Intelligence and Information Agency was organized in Washington, DC, under the command of The Surgeon General with the initial Table of Distribution and Allowances MDW3VXAA00.
  • 16 July 1975, Army Regulations 10-50, United States Army Medical Intelligence and Information Agency, 16 July 75 was issued.
  • 1 December 1978, according to the Historical Data Card, the U.S. Army Medical Intelligence and Information Agency was relocated to Fort Detrick, MD. Apparently the order from the Office of The Surgeon General cited as authority for the relocation was dated 8 June 1978. The order number was omitted.
• 1980

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  • 15 December 1980, Army Regulations 10-50, United States Army Medical Intelligence and Information Agency, 15 Dec 80 was issued.
  • 1 October 1982, the US Army Medical Intelligence and Information Agency was redesignated a joint agency of the Military Departments under the management of the Army. Its name was changed to the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (AFMIC). Department of Defense Directive 6420.1, December 9, 1982 established the joint agency and provided for its governance. Office of the Surgeon General Permanent Order 16-1, 7 Sep 83 redundantly changed the name of the MIIA to Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center.
  • 1983 Chapter 29, Missile Intelligence Agency, [U.S. Army Missile Command Regulation 10-2, 1983], prescribing the functions of the various branches and divisions of MIA, was issued.
  • 1 July 1984, the US Army Intelligence Agency (PROVISIONAL), a field operating agency of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, was given operational control of:
    • US Army Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC)
    • US Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center (USAITC)
    • Missile Intelligence Agency (MIA)
    DA GO 18, 15 Jun 84.
    [Previously, FSTC and MIA had been under the command of the Army Materiel Command (which was known as "DARCOM" in 1984).]
  • 1 December 1985, the Army Intelligence Agency was confirmed as an official Army organization and given command of the US Army Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center. The status of Foreign Science and Technology Center and the Missile Intelligence Agency were unchanged.
    Note: The basic rule is that orders stand on their own. They do not reference earlier orders. Strangely. DA GO 3, 15 Feb 85 "superceded" DA GO 18, 15 Jun 84.
  • 30 April 1985, the Army Intelligence Agency assumed command of:
    • the Foreign Science and Technology Center
    • the Missile Intelligence Agency
    DA GO 13, 23 Jun 85.
    
  • 1 August 1985, the Missile Intelligence Agency (MIA) was redesignated the US Army Missile and Space Intelligence Center (USAMSIC).
    DA GO 20, 30 Aug 85.
  • 25 April 1986, Department of Defense Regulation 6420.1-R, Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, 25 April 86 was issued supplanting Army Regulations 10-50, 15 Dec 80.
• 1990

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  • 5 April 1990, Field Manual 34-54, Battlefield Technical Intelligence, 5 April 90 was issued superceding, after 18 years, Field Manual 30-16 Technical Intelligence, 31 Aug 72.
  • 1 October 1991, US Army Intelligence Agency was reassigned to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). INSCOM PO 79-1, 20 Sep 91.
  • 1 January 1992, the United States Army Missile and Space Intelligence Center was reassigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency. INSCOM PO 1-20, 3 Jan 92.
  • 1 January 1992, The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center at Frederick, MD, was transferred to the Defense Intelligence Agency. Office of The Surgeon General PO 2-1, 3 Jan 92.
  • 10 April 1992, The Army Foreign Science and Technology Center and the Army Intelligence and the Army Threat Analysis Center were reassigned from the US Army Intelligence Agency to the Headquarters, US Army Intelligence and Security Command. They "...are assigned to Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (DCSINT), DA, for operational control." INSCOM PO 41-2, 9 April 92.
  • 8 July 1994 the Army Foreign Science and Technology Center and Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center were merged, and a new organization named the National Ground Intelligence Center with its headquarters in Charlottesville, VA, was organized as a "provisional" organization without a table of distribution and allowances. INSCOM PO 41-1, 3 June 1994.
  • 1 October 1995, the National Ground Intelligence Center in Charlottesville, VA, was confirmed as an official organization. INSCOM PO 234-1, 22 Aug 95.
    Effectively, the renamed Army Foreign Science and Technology Center in Charlottesville absorbed the functions, personnel, etc. of the former Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center.

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