Military Intelligence Division (United States)


The Military Intelligence Division was the military intelligence branch of the United States Army and United States Department of War from May 1917 to March 1942. It was preceded by the Military Information Division and the General Staff Second Division and in 1942 was reorganised as the Military Intelligence Service.

History

World War One

Corps of Interpreters
American Expeditionary Force G2
Corps of Intelligence Police

Inter-War Years

Army G2
Black Chamber
MI Officer Reserve Corps
Signal Intelligence Service
Devolution to G2 and S2

World War Two

In March 1942, the Military Intelligence Division was reorganized as the Military Intelligence Service. It was tasked with collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence, and absorbed the Fourth Army Intelligence School. Originally comprising just 26 people, 16 of them officers, it was quickly expanded to include 342 officers and 1,000 enlisted men and civilians garrisoned at Camp Savage in Minnesota.
Initially, the MID included:
In May 1942, Alfred McCormack, established the Special Branch of MIS which specialised in COMINT.