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United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
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<p>The United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) is a direct reporting unit that conducts <a href="/facts/Military_intelligence/VQJypEMT">intelligence</a>, security, and <a href="/facts/Information_Operations_(United_States)/GDsusqcR">information operations</a> for <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> commanders, partners in the <a href="/facts/United_States_Intelligence_Community/JLLIfECW">Intelligence Community</a>, and national decision-makers. INSCOM is headquartered at <a href="/facts/Fort_Belvoir/gIw8uyh7">Fort Belvoir</a>, <a href="/facts/Virginia/g2kucGdn">Virginia</a>. </p><p>INSCOM contributes units to the <a href="/facts/National_Security_Agency/Sg6MGV1o">National Security Agency</a>, the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>'s unified <a href="/facts/SIGINT/Iwzvw6AW">signals intelligence</a> (SIGINT) organization. Within the NSA, INSCOM and its counterparts in the <a href="/facts/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence/9HFxz6V3">Navy</a>, <a href="/facts/Sixteenth_Air_Force/Y2nMpl3f">Air Force</a>, <a href="/facts/Space_Delta_7/qFhGAjPr">Space Force</a>, <a href="/facts/Coast_Guard_Intelligence/RIIbBUdF">Coast Guard</a>, and <a href="/facts/Marine_Corps_Intelligence/zeuJY2NY">Marine Corps</a> comprise the <a href="/facts/Central_Security_Service/l4womv7o">Central Security Service</a>. INSCOM's budget has been estimated to be approximately $6 billion. </p><p>As a <a href="/facts/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army/doeftgPP">direct reporting unit</a>, INSCOM reports directly to the <a href="/facts/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army/aDFtQtl1">chief of staff of the Army</a>. </p>