1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation)
The 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation) conducts aerial signals intelligence operations in support of the 205th MI Brigade and V Corps, and rapidly deploys tailored intelligence packages to support stability and conventional operations.
Bravo Company, the aerial electronic warfare company, provides signals intelligence collection, analysis, processing and reporting using Guardrail systems. The Headquarters, Headquarters and Service (HHS) Company provides command and control of assigned and attached elements. It also provides consolidated logistics support for the battalion
The 1st Military Intelligence Battalion traces its history to the period of rapid expansion of U.S. Army Aviation. The unit was activated on 1 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana, as the 1st Aerial Reconnaissance Support Battalion. Following its redesignation as the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion in 1962, the Battalion deployed to the Republic of Vietnam on 1 December 1965 and was in continuous combat service until 30 April 1972.
Deactivated following its return from Vietnam, the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion began a phased reactivation in 1983 in an attached status to VII U.S. Corps. Its separate companies moved from VII to V Corps between 1983 and 1986. The 1st Military Intelligence Battalion became V Corps' Aerial Exploitation Battalion on 16 June 1986.
On 15 January 1991, elements of the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion deployed to Southwest Asia as part of the multinational force conducting Operation Desert Shield/Storm, returning on 10 April 1991. The unit was one of the first units to deploy in support of Operation Joint Endeavor in December 1995
