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Introduction
The U.S. Army Reserve (USAR) Military Intelligence (MI) operational and training support to active component missions have been, and will continue to be, a true test of leadership. Throughout most of the last decade, a dynamic shift from a strategic reserve force to an operational force was necessitated by USAR engagement in various overseas contingency operations. Although the shift did come with significant challenges, USAR MI forces have proven themselves in combat and peacetime as relevant and integral to the total MI force structure.
Geographic C2 Concept
The command and control (C2) for USAR intelligence forces was a Senior Intelligence Officer who was also the G2 for the USAR Command (USARC). Prior to 2005, USAR intelligence organizations fell under a myriad of functional and operational organizations mixed with many types of units in geographic regions roughly aligned with Federal Emergency Management Agency regions and some overseas locations in Europe, Asia, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The USARC G2 had five direct reporting Army Reserve Intelligence Support Centers (ARISCs), previously called Reserve Training Sites-Intelligence and one MI Augmentation Detachment (MIAD), also known as the MI Special Training Element Program (MISTE). The ARISC mission is to sustain and improve the readiness of USAR MI soldiers and units to perform individual and collective tasks through a training program supporting unit METLs and MI skills directly related to battlefield success.
The MIAD was an organization...