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Missile Intelligence Agency, Us Army Missile Command, Robert Bolin , Depositor Aug 1970

Missile Intelligence Agency, Us Army Missile Command, Robert Bolin , Depositor

Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Historical Data Cards were used to record the organizational history of units within the Army. This card was provided to Robert Bolin by the US Army Institute of Heraldry in 1985.

The Missile Intelligence Agency (MIA) was organized on 1 December 1967 as the Missile Intelligence Directorate of the US Army Missile Command in Huntsville, AL. On 14 August 1970, the Missile Intelligence Directory was redesignated the Missile Intelligence Agency, a special purpose-military organization assigned to the US Army Materiel Command.

Many of the entries on the card were made when a new Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) were …


Field Manual Fm 55-8, Transportation Intelligence, 12 March 1970, Robert Bolin , Depositor Mar 1970

Field Manual Fm 55-8, Transportation Intelligence, 12 March 1970, Robert Bolin , Depositor

Department of Defense Military Intelligence

Obviously, reliable information about potential enemy transportation equipment, facilities, systems, capabilities is vital, since our forces may need to prevent an enemy from using them and we may need to use them. Transportation or mobility intelligence is such reliable information. This is a very thorough document describing the collection, production, and dissemination of transportation intelligence. The emphasis of this manual is collection of relevant information in the field.

The manual describes organizations and personnel in the army responsible for collecting transportation related information. It identifies the national-level military intelligence production agencies as:

(a) The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) which was …