104th Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)

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104th Military Intelligence Battalion
104th Military Intelligence Battalion coat of arms
Active	1980-1995 1996-2005
Country	United States
Branch	Regular Army
Type	Military Intelligence
Garrison/HQ	Fort Hood, Texas
Engagements	Operation Iraqi Freedon

The 104th Military Intelligence Battalion of the United States Army was constituted on September 16, 1980 in the Regular Army as the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado (the 374th Army Security Agency Company and the 4th Military Intelligence Company concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B, 104th MI Battalion). It inactivated on December 15, 1995 at Fort Carson, Colorado.

The 104th Military Intelligence Battalion rectivated on January 16, 1996 at Fort Hood, Texas.

On December 16, 2004 the 4th Infantry Division formally moved into a new era of organization and effectiveness when it officially became the Army's newest "modular" division. As a result of the transformation, two battalions and a company cased their colors and no longer serve as active units in the division - the 124th Signal Battalion, the 104th Military Intelligence Battalion and the 4th Military Police Company. Other units throughout the division absorbed soldiers from those battalions.

The 104th Military Intelligence Battalion was the organic Military Intelligence Battalion of the 4th Infantry Division but is currently retired based on 2005 service restructuring. The separate companys Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, ACE and HHC are now part of other organizations. The 104th Military intelligence Battalion under the command of LTC Christman was involved in the capture of Saddam Hussein during the 2003 occupation of Iraq.