The 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) is a

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formation, subordinate to the

United States Army Intelligence and Security Command The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) is a direct reporting unit that conducts intelligence, security, and information operations for United States Army commanders, partners in the Intelligence Community, and nationa ...

(

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) part of the

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and headquartered at the Utah National Guard Headquarters building in

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. Formed in 1988 from the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion, the 300th provides linguistic support to the U.S. Army throughout the world. Numbering approximately 1400, with approximately 90% being trained Army linguists, the soldiers are organized as five-person teams, trained in

HUMINT Human intelligence (abbreviated HUMINT and pronounced as ''hyoo-mint'') is intelligence gathered by means of interpersonal contact, as opposed to the more technical intelligence gathering disciplines such as signals intelligence (SIGINT), imager ...

(such as interrogators), counterintelligence, and

SIGINT Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of '' signals'', whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication ...

(such as voice intercept and analyst) skills. The brigade covers 19 documented languages, heavily oriented toward

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, Persian, and

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Order of Battle

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141st Military Intelligence Battalion (Utah Army National Guard) * 142 MI Bn DUI

142nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Utah Army National Guard) * 223_MI_Bn_DUI

223rd Military Intelligence Battalion (

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) *

260th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Florida Army National Guard) * 341 MI Bn DUI

341st Military Intelligence Battalion (

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) *

415th Military Intelligence Battalion ( Louisiana Army National Guard)

Service

Units have taken part in U.S. military operations worldwide from the

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to current operations in

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, Kosovo, Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan, and played a major role in protecting the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in

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* Military units and formations established in 1988

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