What is military Intelligence? Intelligence is the subject of many myths and misunderstandings. It is not the same thing as "spying", but it may use information from spying. It is not even just about "secrets", but most of what it does will be secret. So if that is what military Intelligence is not, then what is it? Personally I feel that the Duke of Wellington (famous for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo) said it best: 'All …showed first 75 words of 281 total…

…showed last 75 words of 281 total…have developed what is called the intelligence cycle. Over the past 228 years, The US Army's Military Intelligence Corp has changed by leaps and bounds, mainly due to the advancement in technology. In 1776, intelligence was gathered by primitive means i.e., word of mouth and eye sight. In more modern times, spy planes, long range view finder, wire taps, and operatives in place within enemy lines (in some cases with in there ranks), to gather inelegance.