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G-2 refers to the

military intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...

staff in the

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at the Divisional Level and above.Definition
/ref> The position is generally headed by a

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

. It is contrasted with G–1 (personnel), G–3 (operations), G–4 (logistics), G-5 (planning), G-6 (network), G-7 (training), G-8 (finance), and G-9 (civil-military operations). These "G" sections have counterparts in other branches of the service, with the U.S. Navy using an N– designation, the U.S. Air Force using the A- designation, and the Joint Staff using the J- designation. It is the higher level function of the S-2 (intelligence) with the "S" signifying intelligence directorates at the battalion or brigade level. ;Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2) The 47th and current Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence G-2, is Lieutenant General

Laura A. Potter Laura A. Potter is a United States Army Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general currently serving as the deputy chief of staff for intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army. Previously, she was the commanding general of the Uni ...

(USA). LTG Potter is "the senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army for all aspects of Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Security, and responsible for the training, equipping, policy and oversight of the Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise".Rotary Club of Cincinnat
(Sep 2022) Lieutenant General Laura A. Potter, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence G-2, United States Army
/ref> ''See United States Army Intelligence and Security Command''

History

G-2 intelligence played an important role during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, both aiding fighting forces and in special missions such as those of

T-Force T-Force was the operational arm of a joint US Army–British Army mission to secure German scientific and industrial technology before it could be destroyed by retreating German forces or looters during the final stages of the Second World War an ...

and Operation Alsos. G-2 intelligence gathering and interpretation traces its history to the American Revolution. The Military Intelligence Service was formed during World War II. In time, this evolved into the

Military Intelligence Corps The Military Intelligence Corps is the intelligence branch of the United States Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic ...

, one of the basic branches of the United States Army.

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