102nd Military Intelligence Battalion
The 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion provides combat intelligence and electronic support to the Warriors of the 2nd Infantry Division. This support consists of ground surveillance, force protection, interrogation of prisoners of war, electronic support and electronic attack assets. A unique aspect of this mission is the fact U.S. Army and Korean soldiers live and serve together in all the battalion's companies.
The 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion was constituted on 16 September 1981 in the Regular Army as the 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion, it was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division, and activated in Korea. The 329th Army Security Agency Company and the 2nd Military Intelligence Company were reorganized and redesignated Companies A and B respectively.
Because of the tensions between the Republic of Korea and North Korea, the 102d MI Bn. maintains a high operational tempo throughout the year. The battalion participates in combat team drills with maneuver companies and battalions, brigade and division field and command post exercises, and Eighth U.S. Army combined command post exercises. In a mission unique to the "Stalker" battalion, soldiers of the ground surveillance platoons provide continuous early warning detection support to the Joint Security Area Battalion, which represents the United Nations Command at Panmunjon. As the only tactical military intelligence battalion the Korea peninsula, the 102d MI Bn. is often called upon to conduct combined field operations with its sister units in the Republic of Korea Army.
