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April 2010 THE VANGUARD Journal of the Military Intelligence Corps Association Feature: LTC Thomas Knowlton Biography Revisited www.micorps.org THE VANGUARD MICA Scholarships Volume 15, Number 2 The 2009 Military Intelligence Corps Association scholarship Publisher campaign recently concluded. Once again, this year, all of the submitted COL Larry D. Bruns, USA, Retired application packets were well prepared and extremely competitive. Editor All applicants should be justifiably proud of their achievements. We John DellaGiustina (LTC, Ret) wish all of you the very best in your future academic endeavors and Editorial Mail encourage you to apply for the scholarship again in 2010. P.O. Box 13020, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85670-3020 We extend our congratulations to the following individuals who Email: [email protected] were selected for receipt of a Military Intelligence Corps Association Website: http://www.micorps.org scholarship for 2009: Purpose: THE VANGUARD is the official Bethany N. Carson, Spanish Fork, UT journal of the Military Intelligence Corps Association (MICA) for its members and Rayleen M. Lewis, Grovetown, GA sponsors. The quarterly journal serves as a professional forum for sharing Michelle N. Cruikshank, Boston, MA knowledge, preserving history, and Sara A. Erway, Galesburg, MI honoring civilian and military members of the Corps. Aaron M. Saunders, Springfield, VA Disclaimer: All rights reserved. The opinions expressed in THE VANGUARD are those of the authors and do not The MICA Scholarship Program provides scholarships for individuals necessarily represent the position of the pursuing undergraduate degrees or technical certificates. Scholarships MICA. The content does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. may be used for attendance at regionally accredited colleges, universities Department of the Army or other U.S. or state approved vocational schools/technical institutions. Government organizations. Who is Eligible? 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Attn: MICA Scholarship Chairman PO Box 13020 Fort Huachuca, Arizona 85670-3020 – 2 – Notes from the President MICA National Will begin with some unpleasant and unfortunate business we have Executive Committee been grappling with over the past few months. The MICA Board President terminated our previous Executive Director because he failed to follow COL Larry D. Bruns, USA, through on his contractual responsibilities. We found numerous Retired instances where he stated that membership and other actions were [email protected] completed only to find out later that they were not. We are reviewing the last six months of paperwork trying to determine what was and Vice President what was not accomplished. We are correcting errors, extending Mr. William F. Morgan, Jr. membership benefits, and tracking award nominees so that they get [email protected] their due recognition. We believe we have addressed most lapses. If Secretary you have a membership or award issue please let me know and I will address it immediately. Mr. Christopher L. Friend [email protected] I personally apologize to each member of MICA for this situation and Treasurer commit to you that I will not let it happen again. vacant Lisa Camberos is our new Executive Director. She has put in long days to correct the situation and is very committed to addressing any For information on issue the membership brings to our attention. During her short tenure, memberships, chapters, she has reduced the backlog of actions and improved the turnaround scholarships, and awards, time on all new actions. If you have the opportunity, please tell her please contact: thank you. She has done a marvelous job under trying and difficult Executive Director circumstances. Mrs. Lisa Camberos Recently, MICA lost one of our most generous benefactors, supporter, [email protected] and member. CSM Doug Russell passed away in December. His obituary is in this edition. If you knew or ever met CSM Russell he was a true gentleman and greatly influenced our profession. The CSM Doug Russell award is a MICA scholarship that provides a cash award to the Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year. Sergeant Michael Contents Cessna of the 715th MI BN, 500 MI BDE is the winner of this prestigious award for 2010. CSM Russell was eulogized in the ceremony and a The MFT in OIF 4 memorial to his contribution now hangs in the Non-Commissioned Zakat - War Funding 7 Officers Academy at Fort Huachuca. Mechanism In this edition you will find a tribute to LTC Thomas Knowlton and Sisler Ceremony 11 Knowlton’s Rangers. Bill Morgan, our National Vice President, has Army Intelligence Heritage Series: captured a great deal of information on our history and in future editions LTC Thomas Knowlton 14 of The Vanguard we will utilize his research to feature parts of that rich Biography Revisited heritage. 1SG Hudson - Leader of 24 Influence CSM Russell Award 26 Larry D. Bruns CSM Russell Remembered 28 National President Night Stalkers Recognized 30 Military Intelligence Corps Association U.S. Flag Flown for MICA 31 – 3 – the objective to determine if there was any more The Multi-Functional Team in actionable information available. Muhammad Operation Iraqi Freedom claimed he was a computer repairman but evidence found in his apartment indicated he was more than a mere computer repairman. Muhammad was By LTC Daniel E. Soller and COL tactically questioned by one of the MFT members Robert P. Walters who confirmed from his passport and identification The IED Technician Raid cards that he was the target they were seeking. His passport was stamped with recent travels to Around 2000 hours on Christmas Eve 2008, Multi- Syria—from where the DTMF boards purportedly Functional Team One (MFT 1), A Company, 163d came. He claimed ignorance to knowing anything MI Battalion embedded with the Scout Platoon about DTMF boards being smuggled into Mosul and of 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry, staged at a combat when pressed agreed that he had purchased some outpost in eastern Mosul were awaiting the signal to boards for unknown individuals. Initially defiant, launch a raid on the bed down location of one the Muhammad eventually warmed up under tactical brigade’s top High Value Individuals (HVI) named questioning as it became apparent that he was not Muhammad. Recent technical reporting indicated going to be released by the coalition forces. He that Muhammad was a key figure in the importation agreed to show the MFT the location of his business in and retooling of dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) another section of Mosul. The MFT bagged, tagged boards used in the construction of Radio Controlled and confiscated the laptop, a desktop computer, five Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIED) in the Mosul communications devices, and numerous drawings area. and circuit boards and exited the apartment with Soon the call came over the radio from an aerial Muhammad. At Muhammad’s business the MFT platform flying overhead: “Target located in the Al found more DTMF boards, computer chips, several Faisalia district.” Soon the Multi-Functional Team boxes of hand drawn circuitry, and sales records. The (MFT) and the Scout Platoon, also known as the MFT catalogued all captured material for exploitation time-sensitive targeting (TST) team, were out the and to serve as evidentiary material, then returned to gate and headed toward the target’s bed down the MFT’s operations base at Contingency Operating location. En route the MFT turned on its vehicle Site Diamondback . mounted technical collection system and picked Immediately upon returning to Diamondback up the target, tracking him to within a few blocks. the MFT began detailed exploitation of the Elements of 1-8 IN established a cordon around the captured material from the initial and subsequent target area while the MFT dismounted and began objectives. Meanwhile, the Scout Platoon turned picking up the target using its dismounted collection Muhammad over to the detention facility where systems. Shortly the TST and MFT stopped before HUMINT Collection Team (HCT) 640 was standing the front gate of the two-story apartment building by to conduct interrogations of Muhammad over where Muhammad lived. The 1-8 IN Scouts placed the next 24 hours. MFT 1 conducted exploitation C4 charges on the gate and door of the apartment of five communications devices, media exploitation building blowing them wide open.