The United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence (USAICoE) is the

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's school for professional training of

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personnel. It is a component of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).

History

The center was relocated from Ft. Holabird,

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Fort Huachuca, Arizona Fort Huachuca is a United States Army installation, in Cochise County in southeast Arizona, approximately north of the border with Mexico and at the northern end of the Huachuca Mountains, adjacent to the town of Sierra Vista. Established ...

in 1971. The move involved more than 120 moving vans, a unit train and several aircraft. The initial intelligence training facilities were a

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hospital complex that had not been occupied in several years.

Training

The school conducts resident courses for enlisted,

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, and

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personnel, as well as for international military students in military exchange programs. United States Army personnel who train at the school become members of the Military Intelligence Corps. AIT students training to become Systems Maintainers (42 weeks), Intelligence Analysts (16 weeks), Human Intelligence Collectors (19 weeks), Geospatial Intelligence Imagery Analyst (22 weeks), UAS Operators (23 weeks), and Special Agents with

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, all receive training here.

Military Intelligence Hall of Fame

The school also administers the

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List of commanders

* MG John M. Custer III, 29 June 2007 * MG Gregg C. Potter, 8 December 2010 * MG

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, 19 April 2013 * MG Scott D. Berrier, 31 July 2015 * MG

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, 14 July 2017 * MG Laura A. Potter, 19 July 2019 * MG

Anthony R. Hale Anthony Reynolds Hale is a lieutenant general in the United States Army currently serving as the deputy chief of staff for intelligence (G-2) of the United States Army. He previously served as the Commanding General of the United States Army Inte ...

, 12 August 2020 * CSM Chris A. Sampson, 2023

References

External links

Intelligence Center Online Network

University of Military Intelligence

Fort Huachuca
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