Hello!

Does the Special Forces division is the US Army have an Intelligence unit or task force?

Thanks,
Em.

[quote:953a1c7077="Emerson"]Hello!

Does the Special Forces division is the US Army have an Intelligence unit or task force?

Thanks,
Em.[/quote:953a1c7077]


Special Forces is usually broken down into groups and spread around. They do have support personnel such as engineers, admin, and intelligence to name a few. SF is an airborne assignment though so, you will have to jump just like the SF guys most likely. Here is a link
http://www.campbell.army.mil if you click on tenant units and find 5th SF group, you may be able to get a contact there and get more information.

[quote:38159877fc="Emerson"]Hello!

Does the Special Forces division is the US Army have an Intelligence unit or task force?

Thanks,
Em.[/quote:38159877fc]

Yeah, I believe it was fairly recently that they came up with 18F. Which is the intel SF guy. But if I remember correctly you either have to be an officer or have been SF for a while. I just remember there was a restriction. You cant go 18F straight out of SFAS. But if you look at the MI Branch website they are recruiting for some no name special ops assignments. Meaning they dont tell you what youre actually signing up for until they decide they want you. What's your MOS?

Those assignments are for Special Forces MI Detachments.

[quote:179d3d8fbc="rotten03"][quote:179d3d8fbc="Emerson"]Hello!

Does the Special Forces division is the US Army have an Intelligence unit or task force?

Thanks,
Em.[/quote:179d3d8fbc]

Yeah, I believe it was fairly recently that they came up with 18F. Which is the intel SF guy. But if I remember correctly you either have to be an officer or have been SF for a while. I just remember there was a restriction. You cant go 18F straight out of SFAS. But if you look at the MI Branch website they are recruiting for some no name special ops assignments. Meaning they dont tell you what youre actually signing up for until they decide they want you. What's your MOS?[/quote:179d3d8fbc]

MIguy001.... Not really. The no name stuff is beyond SF. I have friends who work with SF and they got it by excelling at Language, PT, and being jump qualified. But anything more than what is put on the recruitment web page for the no name stuff is "hear it and forget it" stuff.

Was referring to the stuff they're asking for on the branch website. Branch won't advertise the other stuff.

Speaking from experience, MI guys are assigned to an SF BN in the MID. Each SF Team has an 18F but only the MI guys do pure intelligence work. The 18F position on the team replaced the Ops and Intel Sergeant now they are just classified as an Intel Sergeant. They still remain more door kicker than analyst. Being in an SF unit allows one to do MI things that you wouldnt do in a normal line unit. You would definitely be doing real intel not just sitting in the motor pool breaking track.

To directly answer your question...yes.

In relation to Special Forces "Green Berets", [i:d3176f72a9]enforce[/i:d3176f72a9] was right in that normal enlisted soldiers only play a supporting role (not 18 series.) However, your question was "...does the U.S. Army have an intelligence unit or task force." There is what is called a Special Mission Unit (SMU).

You must be a 96, 97, or 98 series intelligence soldier in the rank of SGT. SSG, or SFC with at least 2 operational/tactical assignments with no less than 2 leadership rating periods. If a soldier is qualified, they are contacted/recruited. They undergo a rigorous selection process similar to SFOD-DELTA in that they are required to be ABN qualified, pass an APFT, submitted to psychological and polygraph examinations, pass another extensive background check similar to the SSBI, and successfully navigate a selection board of current team members and leaders. The big "kicker" is that this is all anyone knows until the selection process is completed and you are accepted as an SMU analyst. This is all completed during a 5 day TDY selection process at Ft. Bragg. However, don't think that they become operational as SFOD-D operators. Once again they play a supporting role.

Another program I know very little about is "Great Skills." It is another special intelligence assignment to look at.

Hope this answers your question.

There was an article recently in the Early Bird about SF taking more traditional espionage assignments. It was within the last month, so if you have access to the Early Bird, you can still look it up.

Also, PSYOPs is an intel field in Special Operations Command. The MOS is 37F. We're not SF, but we do work with them (and every other unit in the Army).

[quote:5f2cab1bb5]The 18F position on the team replaced the Ops and Intel Sergeant now they are just classified as an Intel Sergeant. They still remain more door kicker than analyst.[/quote:5f2cab1bb5]
[quote:5f2cab1bb5]There was an article recently in the Early Bird about SF taking more traditional espionage assignments.[/quote:5f2cab1bb5]
SF HUMINT executes the full range of ops in the HUMINT field - to include espionage and source ops. JFKSWC has specialty courses along those lines that are, in some ways, far better than anything Huachuca teaches. If you are MI HUMINT assigned to an SF unit, if you are lucky you will get the opportunity to get such training and the operational experience to go along with it.

The U.S Army have intel units. At Ft. Bragg, you can go to one of the SOSCOM units. 112th being intel.

[quote:5479ce1a19]At Ft. Bragg, you can go to one of the SOSCOM units. 112th being intel.[/quote:5479ce1a19]
It's the 112th [i:5479ce1a19]Signal[/i:5479ce1a19] Battalion that belongs to SOCOM. There is no separate MI Battalion assigned to SOCOM.