# Deputy Chief of Staff G-2 **Entity class:** Department of the Army staff office **Domain:** Intelligence / security / headquarters governance **Aliases:** Army G-2; DCS G-2 **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The **Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2** is the senior Army staff office responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence and security policy, planning, programming and enterprise integration. The G-2 advises the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff and provides staff oversight across the [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise|Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise]]. G-2 is not synonymous with [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. G-2 is the department-level staff and functional leadership layer; INSCOM is an operational command and global integrator reporting directly to the G-2 structure. ## Relationships - **leads staff integration for:** [[wiki/United States Army Intelligence|United States Army Intelligence]]. - **oversees enterprise:** [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise|AISE]]. - **direct-reporting command:** [[wiki/Army Intelligence and Security Command|INSCOM]]. - **department:** United States Army. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Intelligence Community Careers — Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise](https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/usa/about-usa) - [INSCOM — Major Subordinate Commands and reporting relationship](https://www.usainscom.army.mil/MSCs/The-470th-MI/Command/)