Intelligence Support Battalion

Intelligence Support Battalion
Intelligence Support Battalion
	ISB's insignia
Active	23 December 2004 – present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Intelligence
Part of	Force Headquarters Group
Garrison/HQ	New Orleans, Louisiana
Engagements	Operation Iraqi Freedom
Commanders
Current; commander	LtCol David Lasseter
Notable; commanders	LtCol Brendan Egan

The Intelligence Support Battalion (ISB) is the battalion in the United States Marine Corps which provides military intelligence for the Marine Forces Reserve. It is part of the Force Headquarters Group. They have detachments located throughout the United States and Marines from this unit have deployed all over the world in numerous billets supporting the War on Terror.

Mission[]

Provide a larger force intelligence capability within the Marine Corps reserves in accordance with the Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to reshape the total force. The ISB provides over 200 new Select Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) intelligence Marines through three companies of trained intelligence specialists to support Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) in (DoDIPP) requirements. During peace time, reservists from the ISB drill at 12 of the 27 Joint Reserve Intelligence Centers (JRICs). During times of contingencies or crises, these Marines can be activated in place, providing reach-back capability, or can be deployed with their active duty counterparts.

History[]

On 23 December 2004, the Marine Corps published MCBUL 5400 and officially established ISB as an operational unit. For this to occur, the Marine Corps created 286 new Active Component, Active Reserve (AR), and Reserve Component intelligence billets and added them to the original 161 Reserve Component billets, resulting in a completely transformed intelligence organization of 459 Marines.^[1]

Since its operational establishment, ISB has provided support to a variety of customers throughout the Intelligence Community (IC) and supported numerous operational manning requirements overseas with intelligence analysts, Ground Sensor Marines, and Counterintelligence/Human Source Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) Marines.

On 1 October 2019, the Marine Corps published MCBUL 5400 that designated ISB into six functioning companies to align with its active-duty component. Those companies include Alpha Company, Bravo Company, Battlespace Surveillance Company, Headquarters Company, Direct Support and Operations Company.

References[]

^ "Home Page". marforres.usmc.mil.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Intelligence Support Battalion's official website

[1] "Home Page". marforres.usmc.mil.^{[permanent dead link]}

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