313th Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)
The 313th Military Intelligence Battalion traces its lineage back to 25 September 1942, with the activation of the 215th Signal Depot Company; the battalion was officially activated and assigned to the 82d Airborne Division on 16 October 1979. Companies were derived from many different units, including the 313th Army Security Agency (ASA) Battalion, today known as Headquarters and Service Company; the 3191st Signal Service Company (World War II) and 358th ASA Company, today known as A Company; the 82d Military Intelligence Company and 337th Communications Reconnaissance Company, today known as B Company; and 371st Radio Research Company, today known as C Company. On 1 November 1988, A, B, and C companies were designated as direct support companies for each of the three infantry brigades and D Company was reactivated and assigned to the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion as the general intelligence support company. The battalion continued to evolve in the 1990s, with the activation of Delta Company as the general support company and redesignation of the Long Range Surveillance Detachment from the division's cavalry squadron to the 313th Military Intelligence Battalion.
Today's organization provides direct and general support to the 82d Airborne Division in the form of intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination; counterintelligence and interrogation; signals intelligence, including ground and air based intercept, jamming, and direction finding; remote battlefield sensors and ground surveillance radar; moving target indicators; and long range surveillance.
The unit's lineage includes 23 campaign and battle streamers from World War II, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, and the Persian Gulf. The battalion has earned seven Meritorious Unit Commendations, one Army Superior Unit Award, and five foreign unit awards.
The 313th Military Intelligence Battalion is also one of the most diverse units in the United States Army, with soldiers holding 47 different military occupational specialties and speaking eight different languages.
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