Little is known about the organization or its activities, but it is clear. Intelligence support activity, jsocs most secretive unit sofrep. The forms of intelligence gathered by the activity include. The activitys primary role is to gather actionable intelligence in order to pave the way for special operations undertook by units such as delta force known as operational preparation of the battlespace. As abc news reports, the activitys missions will now be told in comic book form. Smiths book lifts the lid of secrecy on the activity, one of americas least well. Army intelligence support activity, 19811989 by jeffrey t. The activity is the best series youre probably not reading. Media in category intelligence support activity the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Little is known about the organization or its activities, but it is clear that they serve as a military intelligence unit, and have partaken in numerous missions around the globe. Intelligence support activity, otherwise known as the activity, and gray fox info.
The united states army intelligence support activity usaisa, frequently shortened to intelligence support activity or isa, and nicknamed the activity is a united states army special operations unit originally subordinated to the us army intelligence and security command inscom. Intelligence support activity isa challenge coin north. In addition to this paper, which first appeared in the international journal of intelligence and counter intelligence, you should also take a look at the books killing pablo and killer elite, the. He is the armys lead for developing, defining, and applying current and future threats and environments in support of army leader development, concept development, capability design, training readiness, and experimentation. In the panels of the comic the activity, writer nathan edmondson and.
Few special operations forces are clad in as much secrecy as the intelligence support activity. The united states army intelligence support activity usaisa, frequently shortened to intelligence support activity or mission support activity, and nicknamed the activity, the army of northern virginia, or office of military support, is a united states army special operations unit originally subordinated to the us army intelligence and security command inscom but now part of the joint special operations command. He is the awardwinning author of numerous bestselling books, including mi6. Today i want to draw your attention to a white paper titled truth conquers all chains. Intelligence support activity the activity gray fox. Former intelligence professional and thriller author, j. A former member of the british armys intelligence corps, smith covered the wars in the balkans, afghanistan, and iraq and has broken a number of important stories. This is a tier two defense intelligence senior executive service dises position. The activity was created to provide actionable intelligence for other special operations forces around the world. In an excerpt from the brand new ebook of his history of the activity, killer. Most of the books appears to be derived from a top secre killer elite is about the history of the activity which is a special operations intelligence unit. The activity frequently works in conjunction with the technical operations support activity, which does classified airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions for the special.
It was detailed in two books, bohica by scott barnes isa operative on this mission and kiss the boys goodbye by monkia stevenson both detailed the. A delta force operator on how to shield your home and family from the coronavirus. The intelligence support activity, the armys secret spy service, changes its. Intelligence support activity isa challenge coin 1. Intelligence support activity, jsocs most secretive unit.
Us army intelligence support activity usaisa, also known as isa, the activity, grey fox and, in recent times, the mission support activity msa, is a. Comic sheds light on secret army spy unit abc news. The birth of the field operations group later intelligence support activity secret army of northern virginia part 1 of 3 rangers and tf160soar to follow keith nightingale. Hidden from the politicians and the government bean counters, the activity has. Nathan edmondson, writer of the activity, reveals the top 5 crazy. Intelligence support activity isa perhaps the least known, and most classified unit within the realm of us special operations is the intelligence support activity, a. The united states army intelligence support activity usaisa, frequently shortened to. Intelligence support activity military wiki fandom. Excellent book showing the more tech side of special ops military intelligence. Little is known about the organization or its activities, but it is clear that they serve as a.
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