To meet the Army's increased requirement for national and tactical intelligence, an Intelligence and Security Branch was established in the Army effective July 1, 1962, by General Orders No. 38, July 3, 1962. On July 1, 1967, the branch was redesignated as Military Intelligence.
The main punctuation marks are: 1  Full stop or period (.) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of several different types of sentences. 2  Comma (,) is used in many contexts and languages, principally for separating things.
Using Colons and Semi-Colons. The most common punctuation marks in English are probably the period and the comma. However, good writing in English will usually make use of the colon and the semi-colon. Although these look similar and have similar names, their functions are completely different. This page will explain the functions of the colon and the semi-colon.