US Army MI Corps Heraldry Sphinx
Posted by: Scrawlinn
N 31° 33.659 W 110° 20.714
12R E 562140 N 3491961
This sphinx statue is a proud icon of US Army Intelligence. It is located in the modern home of Army INTEL, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Its consruction is pot iron; painted in gold.
Waymark Code: WM3G81
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 04/01/2008
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NOTE, 19 Sep 08, She has moved from "Old Post" to the north side of Alvarado Hall in the heart of the modern campus area; coordinates posted are the corrected/updated ones.
In 1923, the US War Department selected the sphinx as the symbol of the newly established Military Intelligence Officers' Reserve Corps, an association created to foster professionalism among officers with a background in intelligence. The sphinx was selected because it was a heraldic symbol of strength and wisdom.
For a number of years, the sphinx was associated exclusively with Army counterintelligence organizations. The Counter Intelligence Corps and School and their successors, the U.S. Army IntelligenceCommand and the U.S. Army Intelligence School, used the sphinx as their principal heraldic symbol. In1953, a 5-foot long sphinx constructed of pot iron and painted gold was placed in front of the CounterIntelligence Corps headquarters building at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (The exact origin of the statue still remains a riddle.) On 5 August 1962, members of the National Counter Intelligence Corps Association rededicated the statue and attached a bronze plate to its base.
In 1973, the U.S. Army Intelligence Command was relocated from Fort Holabird to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The statue also made the trip. For a brief period, the sphinx rested on a pedestal in front of Nathan Hale Hall. However, in 1974, it was decided that the U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, would become the permanent home of the sphinx.
In 1987, the Military Intelligence Corps was established at Fort Huachuca. The MI Corps serves as the regimental home to all military intelligence specialists around the world. It is appropriate that the sphinx, military intelligence's oldest and most meaningful symbol, adorns the new regimental crest.
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borrowed from...http://www.armysecurityagency.org/misphinx.htm)
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