504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade

504th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade
504th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB) shoulder sleeve insignia
Country	United States
Branch	U.S. Army
Type	Military Intelligence
Role	Provide intelligence analysis and collection support to III Corps
Part of	III Corps
Garrison/HQ	Fort Hood

The 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (MIB) is located at Fort Hood, Texas. The 504th MIB was transformed from the 504th Military Intelligence Brigade in November 2015 becoming one of three active duty Surveillance Brigades of the United States Army. The brigade is tasked to improve the situational awareness for commanders at division level or higher, so they can adapt their units combat power for the current operations. For this the Military Intelligence Brigades can deploy unmanned aerial vehicles, signals gathering equipment, human intelligence collectors and long range surveillance patrols.

The 504th MIBis currently composed of:

The 504th MIB conducts intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations in support of III Corps.

The 504th BfSB traces its lineage to the 137th Signal Radio Intelligence Company (Aviation). Activated in the early days of World War II the unit redesignated as 137th Signal Radio Intelligence Company. The unit earned battle streamers for the campaigns of Northern France, Central Europe and the Rhineland.

After World War II the brigades name and tasks were subject to many changes, but on 21 April 1978 the 504th Military Intelligence Group (Corps) was activated and began its evolution to a Military Intelligence Brigade. On 16 September 1985, the Brigade was designated as the 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (Corps) at Fort Hood and supported the III Armored Corps. At that time the brigade consisted of a Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment and three Military Intelligence Battalions: