Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM). Under the direction of Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA), INSCOM is responsible for peacetime TECHINT operations. Headquarters, INSCOM, fulfills its responsibilities through its TECHINT oversight function and manages the Army's Foreign Materiel for Training (FMT) Program and FMEP. It does this by— Providing the interface with strategic S&TI agencies in support of foreign materiel exploitation. Organizing, training, and equipping echelons above corps (EAC) TECHINT organizations during peacetime. Headquarters, INSCOM, controls two organizations that facilitate TECHINT:
National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the 203d MI Battalion. National Ground Intelligence Center: Headquarters, INSCOM, exercises direct operational control over the NGIC. NGIC produces and maintains intelligence on foreign scientific developments, ground force weapons systems, and associated technologies. NGIC analysis includes, but is not limited to, military communications-electronics (C-E) systems which include— Types of aircraft used by foreign ground forces (usually rotary wing). NBC systems. Basic research in civilian technologies with possible military applications. 203d Military Intelligence Battalion:
The 203d MI Battalion, headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, is the only AC TECHINT battalion. The 203d MI Battalion is subordinate to the Force Projection Brigade (FPB) supporting national level S&TI. It— Conducts TECHINT and MASINT collection and reporting in support of validated S&TI objectives and MASINT data requirements (MDRs). Acts as the HQDA executive agent for foreign materiel used for training purposes. Conducts formalized TECHINT and MASINT training for DOD analysts 2-6