2004 Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame inductees

Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, April-June, 2004

After the Gulf War, he returned to his duties at the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) where he worked intelligence policy issues closely with the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) regarding nonofficial cover activities. Upon completion of this assignment, MAJ Robinson returned to and graduated from PGIP. In June 1993, following his graduation, he was again requested to work on the Joint Staff as the Intelligence Policy Officer in the J3 Special Operations Division, Operations Support Branch. In June 1994, he became the Detachment Commander of a DOD special mission unit. This assignment sent him to many countries to include Bosnia, Columbia, and Haiti on sensitive intelligence missions.

After graduating from the U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College in 1997, Major Robinson was again assigned to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense where he dealt with a number of intelligence-related issues. His daily duties included interaction with the Directors of both the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and DIA on Gulf War issues. He testified and performed liaison with the President's Special Oversight Board for Investigations of the Gulf War. The Secretary of Defense recognized MAJ Robinson for his efforts and awarded him the Defense Superior Service Medal.

Selected for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in 1998, Major Robinson was soon after diagnosed with an acute medical problem for which he medically retired in 1999. In 2001, MAJ Robinson, now a civilian, accepted a position with the Cable News Network (CNN) as a Senior Terrorism and National Security Analyst.

Command Sergeant Major Debra E. Smith (U.S. Army, Retired)

Command Sergeant Major Debra Smith entered the Army in 1973. She attended basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and Morse Code Operator training at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. Her first assignment was at Field Station Korea in 1975. After her tour in Korea, she returned stateside and was assigned to the 902d Military Intelligence Group, Fort Meade, Maryland. While there, she served as a Morse Operator and attended the Cryptologic Course for Service Supervisors.

In 1978, CSM Smith was assigned to Field Station Augsburg, where she served as a Signals Search and Development Operator and Section Supervisor. Her next assignment returned her to the Intelligence School at Fort Devens, where she served as an Instructor and Platoon Sergeant. She was reassigned to Field Station Berlin in 1983 as a Platoon Sergeant and subsequently as the NCOIC of the NCO Development Course. During her assignment in Berlin, CSM Smith was chosen for the Sergeant Morales Club. She transferred to the 714th MI Battalion in Augsburg, West Germany, in 1985 where she again served as Platoon Sergeant as well as NCOIC, Manual Morse Division.

CSM Smith departed Augsburg in 1986 to attend the Cryptologic Course for Senior Supervisors enroute to an assignment at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, as an Advanced NCO Course (ANCOC) Instructor. In 1987, she moved to Field Station Panama to the 747th MI Battalion as a First Sergeant. In 1989, she departed Panama and attended the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas. Her next assignment was with INSCOM as the Career Management Field 98 (SIGINT) Training Manager.