---
created: 2025-07-22
updated: 2025-07-22
title: Army Security Agency
tags:
  - Organization
  - Military
  - Intelligence
  - USA
  - Army
  - Signals Intelligence
description: The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a United States Army organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security.
category: "U.S. Government"
summary: "The Army Security Agency (ASA) was a U.S. Army organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security."
start: 1945
end: 1977
location: "Arlington Hall Station, Virginia"
---

The [[Army Security Agency]] (ASA) was a [[U.S. Army]] organization responsible for signals intelligence and communications security. In the context of the *Remote Viewers* narrative, ASA was often treated as a "low-wage workforce" by the [[NSA|NSA]], which used ASA and other service personnel to staff its global listening posts.[^1]

In the summer of 1977, ASA merged with the [[Army Intelligence Agency|USAINTA]] to form the all-in-one [[United States Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. This amalgamation was, among other things, an effort by the Army to regain some control over its personnel who were often utilized by the NSA.[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Schnabel, Jim. *Remote Viewers*. Dell, 1997.