344th Military Intelligence Battalion

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344th Military Intelligence Battalion
344 MI Bn COA.jpg
Active1962–1968
1990–present
CountryUnited States
BranchU.S. Army
TypeMilitary Intelligence
Part of111th Military Intelligence Brigade
Garrison/HQGoodfellow Air Force Base
Motto(s)Silent Sentinel
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia 344 MI Bn DUI.jpg

The 344th Military Intelligence Battalion (MI Bn) is located in San Angelo, Texas at Goodfellow Air Force Base. The 344th's mission is to train, develop, and educate soldiers to become signals intelligence and firefighting professionals for the U.S. Army. [1] The 344th MI Bn is subordinate to the 111th Military Intelligence Brigade headquartered at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

Contents

The 344th MI Bn trains these soldiers in four different military occupational specialties for enlisted, non-commissioned officers, and warrant officers within the Military Intelligence Corps and Army Corps of Engineers: [2]

The 344th MI Bn teaches 21 different courses and has more than 70 classes in session at any given time. [2] It consists of three companies located on two installations belonging to two different armed services, Goodfellow Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station. [1] The battalion has more than 300 permanent party members with an annual student throughput of about 1,700 soldiers. [1]

Lineage & honors

Lineage [3]

Decorations [3]

Coat of arms

Description [4]

Shield: Argent on a saltire celeste a key ward up bendwise sinister surmounted by two pikes bendwise Or.

Motto: Silent Sentinel

Distinctive Unit Insignia

Description [4]

A gold color metal and enamel device consisting of a gold key, ward slanted upward to right behind the shafts of two pikes; all encircled by a continuous oval-shaped scroll passing through the bow of the key, behind the pike heads, key ward and over the pike staffs and bearing the inscription in black letters SILENT SENTINEL.

Symbolism: The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization. The shape of the bow of the key and the two pikes further simulates the numerical designation of the organization.

Symbolism [4]

Shield: Oriental blue and silver gray are the colors used for military intelligence. The key, symbol for security and secrecy, and the pikes, weapons used by sentries in the Middle Ages, symbolize the basic mission of the organization.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 SILENT SENTINELS - "Relevant and Ready", Goodfellow Air Force Base homepage, last accessed 29 August 2020
  2. 1 2 344 MI BN In-processing Instructions (A and B Companies), Goodfellow Air Force Base homepage, last accessed 29 August 2020
  3. 1 2 Lineage And Honors Information, 344th Military Intelligence Battalion, history.army.mil, dated 7 December 2004, last accessed 29 August 2020
  4. 1 2 3 344TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, Distinctive Unit Insignia and Coat of Arms, U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, dated 16 October 1995, last accessed 29 August 2020