United States Army Counterintelligence

United States Army Counterintelligence
U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command Emblem
ACI Special Agent Badge
AbbreviationACI
MottoProtect the Force, Exploit the Enemy
Agency overview
FormedAugust 13, 1917 (1917-08-13)-As the Corps of Intelligence Police (CIP)
Preceding agencies
EmployeesClassified
Annual budgetClassified
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
United States
Operations jurisdictionUnited States
Legal jurisdictionNational Security Crimes and Foreign Intelligence Collection
Governing bodyDepartment of the Army
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersU.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, Fort Meade, MD
Agency executive
  • BG Rhett Cox, Commanding General
Parent agencyIntelligence and Security Command (INSCOM)
Website

United States Army Counterintelligence (ACI) is the component of United States Army Military Intelligence which conducts counterintelligence (CI) activities to detect, identify, assess, counter, exploit and/or neutralize adversarial, foreign intelligence services, international terrorist organizations, and insider threats to the United States Army and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), with ACI Command (ACIC) managing the U.S. Army's CI activities world wide, being delegated Secretary of the Army CI authorities.