The 500th Military Intelligence Brigade is a unit of the

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and subordinate to the

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. Its mission is to provide tailored, multi-disciplined intelligence and intelligence capabilities in support of USARPAC and other Commands, to defeat adversaries, promote regional stability, support partners and allies, and protect US interests. The 500th is headquartered at

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, Hawaii. Fukuhara Hall, the 500th's HQ, is named for Col Harry K. Fukuhara, a Japanese-American

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inductee who served with the

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during World War 2.

History

The 500th Military Intelligence Service Group was stood up under the Far East Command in September 1952, serving as the successor to the joint Australian/American Allied Translator and Interpreter Section intelligence agency created to handle as a centralized allied intelligence unit in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War 2. As part of the drawdown of American troop strengths in Japan, relocating the Army's Pacific headquarters from Tokyo to Hawaii, the 500th was inactivated in 1957. The 500th Military Intelligence Group (Collection) was reactivated at Camp Asaka in March 1961, heading up all aspects of the HUMINT mission in the Pacific. In 1965, the 500th MI relocated from Japan to Hawaii, and earned Meritorious Unit Commendations in 1968-69 and 1972-74 for its contributions to the Vietnam War, an unprecedented honor for a unit not located within a combat zone. When the

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(INSCOM) was created in 1977, the 500th MI Group was reassigned as one of INSCOM's regional military intelligence groups. The 500th MI continues to provide excellent support to US Army Pacific and its predecessor the US Army Western Command to this day.

Organization

500th Military Intelligence Brigade ** Headquarters & Headquarters Company,

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205th Military Intelligence Battalion,

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301st Military Intelligence Battalion, (Reserve Component),

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311th Military Intelligence Battalion, (Forward Collection)

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, Japan ** 715th DUI

715th Military Intelligence Battalion, (Signals Intelligence)

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References

External links

500 MI BDE page on the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) homepage
Military intelligence brigades of the United States Army {{US-mil-unit-stub