368th Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)
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| 368th Military Intelligence Battalion | |
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 368th Military Intelligence Battalion coat of arms | |
| Active | 1995–present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Reserve |
| Type | Military Intelligence |
| Role | intelligence and electronic warfare (IEW) Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) |
| Garrison/HQ | Camp Parks, California & Patton USAR Center, Bell, California |
| Motto | "Vanguard of the Pacific" |
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On order, the 368th Military Intelligence Battalion provides well trained and equipped soldiers who conduct many counterintelligence activities, to meet the operational intelligence requirements of Combatant Commands and the United States Intelligence Community.[1] Their mission is to provide intelligence and electronic warfare (IEW) operations support for the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade in support of the Korean Theater. In peacetime, the battalion provides global Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) support to Army operations.
The battalion is a subordinate unit of the US Army Reserve's 259th Military Intelligence Brigade (Expeditionary). As of January 2026 the battalion consists of the following units:[2]
368th Military Intelligence Battalion (Theater Support), at Camp Parks (CA)[3]
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company, at Camp Parks (CA)[3]
- Alpha Company, 368th Military Intelligence Battalion (Theater Support), at Camp Parks (CA)[3]
- Bravo Company, 368th Military Intelligence Battalion (Theater Support), at Camp Parks (CA)[3]
- Charlie Company, 368th Military Intelligence Battalion (Theater Support), at Camp Parks (CA)[3]
History
Activated at Oakland, California on 16 September 1997, primarily from personnel, equipment and facilities of the inactivating 140th Military Intelligence Battalion, headquartered in Bell, California, and the 373rd Military Intelligence Battalion, headquartered in Oakland, California, the 368th MI Battalion retained neither the lineage nor colors of either inactivating battalion. Initially subordinate to the 259th Military Intelligence Group (West), the 368th Military Intelligence Battalion had companies and detachments located in Oakland, Bell, Phoenix, Arizona, Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Tumwater, Washington. Following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the 368th trained, mobilized and deployed counterintelligence and all-source intelligence Soldiers in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) to Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as Fort Lewis, Washington, the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Fort Richardson, Alaska. Due to BRAC realignment, the headquarters was moved to a new facility at Camp Parks, California in 2010. The 368th MI Battalion had Charlie Company located at the General George Smith Patton Jr. United States Army Reserve Center in Bell, California until 2014 when the battalion reorganized its entire footprint to Camp Parks, California.