MI CORPS
In December 1986, the Army Chief of Staff decided to extend the U.S. Army Regimental System to cover the whole Army for the purpose of promoting esprit de corps. Subsequently, the Military Intelligence Corps was established at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on 1 July 1987, the 25th anniversary of the MI Branch.
Unlike the combat arms branches, which are subdivided into numbered regiments, MI has only one regimental organization--the MI Corps. Organizing all personnel in the branch into the same regimental organization is particularly appropriate for MI This is true because several distinct segments of Army intelligence have united together to perform multidiscipline intelligence for commanders from the United States President on down. The MI Corps merges the functional disciplines of human intelligence (HUMINT) signal intelligence (SIGINT) imagery intelligence (IMINT) and counterintelligence (CI) together in a single cohesive organization.
Each regimental organization has its own crest and flag. MI is no exception. The MI Corps' motto is "Always Out Front."
The Chief of Military Intelligence--the head of the MI Corps--is also the commander of the U.S.Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca situated in Arizona. As a result, Fort Huachuca has become the "Home of MI." The MI Corps has an honorary colonel who is a retired high-ranking officer who made significant contributions while in uniform; an honorary sergeant major who retired as a senior noncommissioned officer with a highly distinguished record of military service; and a number of distinguished members.
The colonel and sergeant major serve for renewable 3-year terms during which they visit units of the corps worldwide, attend official functions, and talk to the members of the corps on its history and lineage.The distinguished members are either active duty or retired soldiers or civilians who have made significantcontributions in the organization.
MI CORPS