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G-2 refers to the
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G-2 refers to the military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis List of intelligence gathering disciplines, approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist Commanding officer, commanders in decision making pr ...
staff in the United States Army
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at the Divisional Level and above.Definition/ref> The position is generally headed by a
Lieutenant General
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. 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
The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, which advises the president of the United States, the United States Secretary of Defense, secretary of defense, ...
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 48th and current Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence G-2, is Lieutenant General Tony Hale (USA). LTG Hale 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".History
G-2 intelligence played an important role duringWorld War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, both aiding fighting forces and in special missions such as those of T-Force 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, one of the basic branches of the United States Army.
See also
*Staff (military)
A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large milit ...
*Military Intelligence Corps (United States Army)
The Military Intelligence Corps is the Military intelligence, intelligence branch of the United States Army. The primary mission of military intelligence in the U.S. Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence ...
*Counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting ac ...
* Counterintelligence Corps
*MI5
MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Gov ...
, the British intelligence agency tasked with domestic counter-intelligence and security
*MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligenc ...
, the British intelligence agency tasked with foreign intelligence
References
Further reading
* Berkowitz, Bruce D., and Allan E. Goodman. ''Strategic Intelligence for American National Security''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. * Finnegan, John Patrick, and Romana Danish. ''Military Intelligence''. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1998. * Miller, Nathan. ''Spying for America: The Hidden History of U.S. Intelligence''. New York: Paragon House, 1989. * {{Cite web , author=U.S. Army , date=12 December 2014 , title=G-2 Security Intelligence , url=https://www.army.mil/article/139914/g_2_security_intelligence , publisher=www.army.mil , access-date=12 July 2019 Military intelligence Department of the Army staff Intelligence operations Intelligence services of World War II Intelligence of World War II Defunct United States intelligence agencies