Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin - Federation of American ...

Training the Corps
21st Century Infrastructure Meets Military Intelligence Training
by Andrea Malone and George Stemler
The Global War on Terrorism has substantially increased the Army’s demand for Military Intelligence (MI) Military Occupational
Specialties (MOSs) 96B10, Intelligence Analyst, and 97E10, Human Intelligence Collector. Both MOSs are
trained at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, by the 309 th MI Battalion, 111 th MI Brigade. The two courses are the largest of the
five Initial Military Training (IMT) courses and one functional course trained by the 309 th MI Battalion. 1 The Army Training
Requirements and Resources System (ATRRS) projects the 309th MI Battalion will train substantially more sol-
A Company
96R/98H/
Reclassifying
and Hold Over
Students
S1 S2
B Company
Instructor
Cadre
Battalion Commander
C Company
96B
Students
D Company
96B
Students
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S3
Figure 1. 309 th MI Battalion Reorganization.
E Company
97B/E
Students
S4
F Company
97B/E
Students
diers in Fiscal Years (FYs) 2006 and 2007 than previous years. To meet the increased annual student throughput, the
309th MI Battalion was reorganized (as depicted in figure 1) from three to six training companies FY 05.
Fort Huachuca modified its training infrastructure to provide the 309th MI Battalion orderly rooms for A and C Companies,
student housing, multi-purpose classrooms, and field training exercise (FTX) Tactical Operation Centers (TOCs)
for course Capstone exercises.
Open-bay barracks are employed to provide housing for students assigned to A, C, and F Companies. Each soldier
is assigned a wall locker containing a personal pull-out desk, which provides each soldier personal space to write letters
and work on school assignments. The student housing is wired to provide a modern telephony capability.
Other buildings house 32 general purpose classrooms with seating for 992 students. In addition, other buildings
provide the 97E10 course with space for over 100 questioning and interview booths. Each general purpose classroom
contains up-to-date audio visual (AV) equipment enhancing the instructor’s presentation of course material. The AV
suite includes manual projection screens and ceiling projector units connected to the instructor’s desktop. All classrooms
were installed with network drops sufficient to handle the maximum student capacity for each classroom.
For a number of years the U.S. Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca (USAIC&FH) sought the capability to tie
together the Capstone exercises conducted by certain MOS-producing courses trained within the 111 th MI Brigade.
While the 309th MI Battalion is the architect for MOS training, the Digital Training Office (DTO) is the architect for the
infrastructure to execute the training plan. The DTO’s efforts to upgrade and modernize the communication infrastructure
at field training Sites Papa, Uniform, and Maverick have made this a realistic goal. The 97E10 course uses field
training Sites Papa and Uniform for their Capstone FTX; while the 96B10 course uses field training Site Maverick. The
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