313th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne), 82nd Airborne Division: a history

From the 313th Battalion's first appearance on Fort Bragg, it was cloaked in an aura of secrecy. By the very nature of its work, the battalion was little known. The sensitive nature of the battalion's business, communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), electronic warfare (EW), communications security (COMSEC) and the thoughts of what it was, and who did what: these were considered to be 'deep cover'"--Back cover.

  • OCLC #: 944127402
  • ISBN #:
    • 9781312230293
    • 1312230290
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — UA27.5 82ND
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: [United States?] : James V. (JV) Stephenson, 2014. ©2014
  • Physical Description: 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color), 28 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Includes lineages, honors, and roster of battalion commanders and battalion command sergeants major.
  • Contents:
    • Part I. Setting the stage
    • Part II. 313th Military Intelligence (ABN) (CEWI) historical timeline, 1942-2006
    • Part III. The beginning. 215th Signal Depot Company
    • 3191st Signal Service Company
    • 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
    • Part IV. Life begins at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 82nd Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
    • 358th Communications Reconnaissance Company
    • 337th Communications Reconnaissance Company
    • Headquarters Service Company, 313th Communications Reconnaissance Battalion
    • 313th Army Security Agency Battalion
    • 317th US Army Security Agency Battalion
    • Strategic Army Corps
    • Berlin crisis
    • Part V. The formative years. 313th Army Security Agency Battalion (CORPS)
    • Where we were in 1961 and 1962 and whom we were with
    • The beginning of airborne in the 313th
    • 313th Airborne Tactical COMINT support concept
    • Cuban missile crisis
    • Field training exercise (FTX)
    • Part VI. 313th units go to war. Dominican Republic (OPERATION POWER PACK)
    • 313th units head to Vietnam
    • Part VII. Reorganization and rebuilding
    • Part VIII. Combat Electronic Warfare and Intelligence concept. 313th CEWI Battalion (ABN)
    • ASA and MI field soldiers make it happen
    • Part IX. 313th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne) (Combat Electronic Warfare and Intelligence). The 313th MI Battalion coat of arms
    • OPERATION URGENT FURY (Grenada)
    • Battalion reorganizes
    • OPERATION CALAMITY JANE
    • OPERATION GOLDEN PHEASANT (Honduras)
    • OPERATION JUST CAUSE (Panama)
    • OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM
    • Hurricane Andrew
    • OPERATION UPHOLD DEMOCRACY (Haiti)
    • Show and tell for 1st Worldwide Intel Conference
    • Operations JOINT ENDEAVOR, ROYAL DRAGON, LASER STRIKE, and CENTRAZBAT
    • Tragedy strikes the battalion
    • 313th welcomes its veterans back
    • Operations ALLIED FORCE, JOINT GUARDIAN, and RAPID GUARDIAN
    • Global War on Terrorism (GWOT)
    • Inactivation of the 313th MI BN (ABN) (CEWI).