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Marine Corps Intelligence

Marine Corps Intelligence, is an element of the United States Intelligence Community. The Director of Intelligence supervises the Intelligence Department of HQMC and is responsible for policy, plans, programming, budgets, and staff supervision of Intelligence and supporting activities within the U.S. Marine Corps as well as supervising the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity. The Department supports the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) in his role as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), represents the service in Joint and Intelligence Community matters, and exercises supervision over the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA).

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The Department has Service Staff responsibility for Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Advanced Geospatial Intelligence (AGI), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Counterintelligence (CI), and ensures there is a single synchronized strategy for the development of the Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Enterprise.

The Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), located at Hochmuth Hall, provides tailored intelligence and services to the Marine Corps, other services, and the Intelligence Community based on expeditionary mission profiles in littoral areas. It supports the development of service doctrine, force structure, training and education, and acquisition."

Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise (MCISR-E)

The MCISR-E is a warfighting enterprise that supports decision-making through the provision of tailored intelligence that is timely, relevant, and predictive. The enterprise supports institutional decision-making through both the provision of relevant intelligence and the comprehensive integration of the intelligence warfighting function in operating concepts, structural decisions, and material investments. The multi-domain, collaborative, worldwide construct of the MCISR-E provides the crucial edge across the spectrum for both deployed and CONUS-based MAGTFs.

What drives the MCISR-E is not the crisis of the moment but rather, the incorporation of a "24/7/365" predictive analysis process with the global reach of operational MEF Intelligence Centers (MICs) backed by the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) and its connectivity to the Combat Support Agencies (CSAs) and National Intelligence Community (IC). To ensure its viability, Marine Corps Intelligence will continue to remain vigilant over a complex, technically sophisticated threat environment and evolve by seizing technological opportunities to increase MCISR-E capabilities and capacities. An intelligent workforce, uniformed and civilian, anchors the MCISR-E with the skills, professional acumen, and functional expertise that mark them as a world-class contributor to our Corps and IC missions.

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History

The Intelligence Department was established as on April 27, 2000 by General James L. Jones, USMC Commandant of the Marine Corps via this All Marine (ALMAR) message:

R 270849Z APR 00 ZYW

FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//CMC//

TO ALMAR

BT UNCLAS

ALMAR 021/00

MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASH DC/C4I/CI//

SUBJ/ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (CODE I) AT HQMC//

RMKS/1. IN THE FUTURE, INTELLIGENCE WILL REMAIN THE INDISPENSABLE PRECURSOR TO OPERATIONS.

RECOGNIZING THIS, WE HAVE BEEN ENHANCING MAGTF INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS

THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN PERSONNEL, DOCTRINE, ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, AND THE

SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. TO CONTINUE AND SUSTAIN THIS PROGRESS, I HAVE DIRECTED THE

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (CODE I) AT HQMC AND WILL ASSIGN A GENERAL OFFICER

TO SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR, INTELLIGENCE (DIR, I). …. 4. I HOPE ALL MARINES WILL RECOGNIZE BOTH THE EMBLEMATIC AND PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE

COMMANDANT HAVING A "G2" WHO CAN SERVE AS BOTH A PROPONENT FOR INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE AND

RECONNAISSANCE INSIDE THE COMBAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR LEVERAGING

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR OUR WARFIGHTING CAPABILITY.

5. J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.// BT

1994 Intelligence Plan

A major reinvigoration of Marine Corps Intelligence occurred in 1994, often called the "Van Riper Plan" after the Director of Intelligence at that time. The Intel Plan was announced in March 1995 via All Marine (ALMAR) message 100/95 which noted:

THESE PRINCIPLES ARE ESSENTIAL IN ENSURING EFFECTIVE INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS. THEY FORM THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN BUILT.

(1) THE FOCUS IS TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

(2) THE INTELLIGENCE FOCUS MUST BE DOWNWARD.

(3) INTELLIGENCE DRIVES OPERATIONS.

(4) THE INTELLIGENCE EFFORT MUST BE DIRECTED AND MANAGED BY A MULTI-DISCIPLINE TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED INTELLIGENCE OFFICER.

(5) INTELLIGENCE STAFFS USE INTELLIGENCE - INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCE INTELLIGENCE.

(6) THE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT MUST BE TIMELY AND TAILORED TO BOTH THE UNIT AND ITS MISSION.

(7) THE LAST STEP IN THE INTELLIGENCE CYCLE IS UTILIZATION - NOT DISSEMINATION.

Directors of Intelligence

The Marine Corps Director of Intelligence position has been filled since April 1939:

  • Major David A. STAFFORD Apr 39 – Aug 40
  • Captain William B. STEINER Aug 40 – Oct 40
  • Major Harold D. HARRIS Oct 40 – Jun 42
  • Lieutenant Colonel John C. MCQUEEN Jun 42 – Sep 43
  • Major John W. SCOTT, Jr. Sep 43 – Jan 44
  • Lieutenant Colonel George J. CLARK Jan 44 – Sep 44
  • Lieutenant Colonel Edmond J. BUCKLEY Sep 44 – Dec 44
  • Colonel James J. KEATING Dec 44 – Dec 45
  • Colonel Edmond J. BUCKLEY Dec 45 – Feb 46
  • Lieutenant Colonel Henry H. CROCKETT Feb 46 – Apr 46
  • Colonel Walter S. OSIPOFF Apr 46 – Mar 48
  • Colonel Albert ARSENAULT Mar 48 – Jun 48
  • Colonel Floyd R. MOORE Aug 51 – Jul 54
  • Colonel Wilber J. MCKENNY Jul 54 – Aug 55
  • Colonel Robert A. BLACK Sep 55 – Aug 56
  • Colonel Robert E. HOMMEL Sep 56 – Jun 57
  • Colonel Bankson T. HOLCOMB, Jr. Jul 57 – Sep 57
  • Brigadier General James M. MASTERS, Sr. James M. MASTERS, Sr. Sep 57 – Aug 60
  • Colonel John F. CAREY Aug 60 – Jun 61
  • Major General Carl A. YOUNGDALE Jun 61 – Jul 61
  • Major General Robert E. CUSHMAN, Jr. Jul 62 – Jun 64
  • Colonel Randolph G. BERKELEY, Jr. Jun 64 – Jun 65
  • Major General Michael P. RYAN Jun 65 – Mar 66
  • Colonel Robert A. MERCHANT, Jr. Mar 66 – Aug 66
  • Major General William R. COLLINS Aug 66 – Oct 66
  • Colonel Robert A. MERCHANT, Jr. Oct 66 – Jun 67
  • Colonel John S. CANTON Jul 67 – Aug 67
  • Major General Carl W. HOFFMAN Aug 67 – Dec 67
  • Colonel John S. CANTON Jan 68 – Nov 68
  • Colonel Stone W. QUILLIAN Nov 68 – Sep 72
  • Colonel Lyle V. TOPE Oct 72 – Sep 73
  • Colonel William WENTWORTH Oct 73 – Aug 75
  • Colonel Charles T. WILLIAMSON Aug 75 – Dec 77
  • Colonel John J. DONAHUE Jan 77 – Aug 79
  • Major General Clyde D. DEAN Aug 79 – Mar 81
  • Brigadier General Harry T. HAGAMAN Apr 81 – Jun 82
  • Brigadier General George H. LEACH Jun 82 – May 83
  • Brigadier General Lloyd W. SMITH May 83 – Jun 85
  • Brigadier General Frank J. BRETH Jun 85 – Jun 88
  • Brigadier General James D. BEANS Jul 88 – Jul 89
  • Major General John A. STUDDS Aug 89 – Jun 91
  • Major General Harry W. JENKINS Jun 91 – Apr 93
  • Major General Paul K. Van RIPER Apr 93 – Jul 95
  • Major General David A. RICHWINE Jun 95 – Jul 97
  • Major General Joseph T. ANDERSON Jul 97 – Mar 98
  • Brigadier General Robert M. SHEA Jul 98 – Jul 00
  • Brigadier General Michael E. ENNIS Aug 00 – Jan 04
  • SES Michael H. DECKER Jan 04 – Jun 05
  • Brigadier General Richard M. LAKE Jun 05 – Jul 09
  • Brigadier General Vincent R. STEWART Jul 09 – Jul 13
  • Brigadier General Michael S. GROEN Jul 13 – Jun 16
  • Brigadier General William H. SEELY III Jun 16 - present

    • Early history

    Marine Corps Intelligence is widely believed to have been established when CMC created the M-2 in 1939. According to HQ Memo 1-1939, dtd 21 Apr 1939, CMC redesignated the Division of Operations and Training as the Division of Plans and Policies. The new Division retained the same subdivisions as the old with the standard number designations of a general or executive staff, but designated "M" rather than "G." Under the supervision of a Director, the Division contained the standard M—l, Personnel; M-2, Intelligence; M-3, Training; and M-4, Supply and Equipment Sections and an M-5, War Plans Section, which was to be abolished in the fall of 1941, with M-5 functions being absorbed by M-3.

    Some trace the establishment of Marine Corps Intelligence to 1920 because the Division of Operations and Training, which was created by Marine Corps Order of 1 December 1920 and may have been based on a CMC ltr to Col John H. Russell, dtd 19 Dec 1918, subj: Organization of Planning Section, 2385/130—30, was composed of Operations, Training, Military Education, Military Intelligence, and Aviation Sections. This MI Section is viewed by some as the establishment of Marine Corps Intelligence.

    References

    Marine Corps Intelligence Wikipedia
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