The 344th Military Intelligence Battalion is located in San Angelo, Texas at Goodfellow Air Force Base

Goodfellow Air Force Base

Goodfellow Air Force Base is a non-flying United States Air Force base located in San Angelo, Texas. As part of Air Education & Training Command , Goodfellow's main mission is cryptologic and intelligence training for the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. Military firefighters are also...

. The 344th MI Bn is subordinate to the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, Ft Huachuca, Arizona

Arizona

Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...

. The Battalion consists of three units; Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie Companies, located at Goodfellow AFB, and Delta Company, located at the Naval Technical Training Center, Corry Station, Pensacola, FL.

Lineage

• Constituted 5 November 1962 in the Army Reserve as the 344th Army Security Agency Company .
• Activated 28 February 1963 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 344th Army Security Agency Battalion .
• Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Redesignated 1 February 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion ; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army.
• Headquarters transferred 25 May 1990 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas.

Decorations

• Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1990–1991 (344th Military Intelligence Battalion cited; DA GO 34, 1992)
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995–1997
• Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997–1999

Description

Shield: Argent on a saltire celeste a key ward up bendwise sinister surmounted by two pikes bendwise or.

Motto: Silent Sentinel

Description

A gold color metal and enamel device consisting of a gold key, ward slanted upward to right behind the shafts of two pikes; all encircled by a continuous oval-shaped scroll passing through the bow of the key, behind the pike heads, keyward and over the pike staffs and bearing the inscription in black letters SILENT SENTINEL. Symbolism: The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization. The shape of the bow of the key and the two pikes further simulates the numerical designation of the organization.

Symbolism

Shield: Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors used for military intelligence. The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization.

External links

• Intelligence Battalion website on the Intelligence Knowledge Network