Nicholas Slayton
Army Spc. Brandon Lu, a signal intelligence analyst with the 221st Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, Georgia Army National Guard. The 221st activated the 111th Electromagnetic Warfare Company, the first of its kind in the Army. Army photo by Sgt. Cameron Boyd.
The Georgia National Guard officially activated a new intelligence unit this month, the first of its kind in the Army, specifically tasked with electromagnetic warfare.
The 111th Electromagnetic Warfare Company was activated Saturday, June 7 as part of the Georgia National Guard’s 221st Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion. The company’s four platoons will be specifically trained as electromagnetic warfare teams, according to its first commander, Capt. Caleb Rogers.
While Army intelligence formations like the 221st have long focused on human and signals intelligence gathering — the art of listening in on enemy secrets and data while making sure the enemy isn’t listening back — the new unit is the first of its kind to focus on offensive and direct electromagnetic warfare on the battlefield.
Rogers told Task & Purpose the 111th teams will have three main tasks that separate them from other intelligence units, which he classified as “support, attack, and protect.” The first is intercepting and tracking military and tactical data from enemy forces, a fairly typical intelligence task. But the teams will also be tasked with cyber attacks on enemy formations and active countering of remotely controlled drones and other devices.
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