Mission:The 500th MIB-T conducts multi-discipline intelligence
operations to provide early and accurate warning intelligence to the Joint
Force and enable USARPAC operations. On order, the Brigade integrates MI
Soldiers and capabilities into theater operations to enable their deployment
into the USINDOPACOM AOR.
The 500th Military Intelligence Brigade-Theater (MIB-T) is headquartered at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Brigade is postured across the Pacific and has theater-wide collection and analytical responsibilities at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. The brigade also provides continuous force protection assessments, tactical and strategic over-watch, Foundry, red teaming and area of responsibility situational awareness for the warfighting decision makers.
The 500th MIB-T is composed of four subordinate battalions with Soldiers, Defense Department Civilians and contractors who stand ready to deploy throughout the Pacific Rim and into the sands of Iraq and Afghanistan.
The 205th Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, provides all source analysis and collection in support of the USARPAC commander. The 205th MI Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005.
The 311th Military Intelligence Battalion (Forward Collection) conducts counterintelligence, human intelligence, signals intelligence, and open source intelligence operations from nine widely dispersed locations throughout the INDOPACOM area of responsibility, extending from Alaska to Japan. Its headquarters is at Camp Zama, Japan.
The 301st MI Battalion, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is a reserve component theater support battalion that provides multi-disciplined intelligence support to USARPAC and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) using reach operations and on order deploys tailored collection teams to support tactical operations and exercises forward in the AOR.
The 715th MI Battalion, located at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, conducts signals intelligence operations to meet theater and national requirements.