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1st Intelligence Battalion

Mission

I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Headquarters Group (I MHG) provides administrative, training, and logistical support while in CONUS and forward deployed to the I MEF and I MEB Command Elements. Additionally, function as Higher Headquarters for the four Major Subordinate Elements in order to allow I MEF CE to execute warfighting functions in support of service and COCOM initiatives as required.

Plan and direct, collect process, produce and disseminate intelligence, and provide, counterintelligence support to the MEF Command Element, MEF major subordinate commands, subordinate Marine Air Group Task Force(MAGTF), and other commands as directed

Featured Stories
 

I MEF (FWD) begins trek home

By Cpl. Joshua Young | February 06, 2013

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Families and friends welcomed home from Afghanistan more than 50 Marines and sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Feb. 6. I MEF (FWD) replaced Camp Lejune’s II MEF (FWD) in Helmand province in early 2012, and took over combat operations in Helmand and Nimroz provinces to establish security and governance. MORE
 

Wife of Marine commandant visits Camp Pendleton spouses

By | February 04, 2013

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - An unorthodox post-Afghanistan deployment brief took place aboard Camp Pendleton Jan. 31.Bonnie Amos, the wife of Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, met with Marine spouses at the Marine Corps Family Team Building Center here to talk about her recent travels overseas to visit troops at the MORE
 

Dawn Blitz tests 1st MEB, ESG-3

By Cpl. Joshua Young | January 30, 2013

SAN DIEGO - Marines and sailors with 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group-3 joined forces during Exercise Dawn Blitz 13.1, aboard the USS Boxer, Jan. 28-31, 2013. Dawn Blitz is a 1st MEB and ESG-3 combined, two-part exercise to conduct brigade-sized amphibious operations and develop a stronger working relationship between MORE
 

Face of Defense: Former USO Performer Deploys to Afghanistan

By | January 28, 2013

Three years ago, Marine Corps Cpl. Rocio Sanchez was entertaining troops in Iraq with her vocals during USO shows. Now she is serving as an electronic key management systems clerk here.Sanchez, from South Gate, Calif., already had made her decision to join the Marines before the tour. She joined the Marine Corps delayed entry program earlier that MORE
 

I MEF Headquarters Group transfer authority to II MEF Headquarters Group

By Cpl. Timothy Lenzo | January 26, 2013

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan –Marines and sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group (Forward) handed over their responsibility to II MHG (Fwd) during a transfer of authority ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Jan. 24.Service members with I MHG (Fwd) oversaw times of great triumph as well as overcame challenges during MORE