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The Future of Defense Intelligence DIA’s contributions to national security have been instrumental in shaping many of the significant events in U.S. history. From the first major challenges it faced during the Cuban Missile Crisis to the current perils presented by international terrorism and arms proliferation, DIA has played a central role in gathering, processing, and producing intelligence used to defend the United States from foreign aggression. In doing so, it has also served as an effective force multiplier, allowing U.S. military leaders to project power that is greater than the sum of its parts. DIA has evolved as the nature of national security threats has changed. During the Cold War, it was faced with more conventional threats from the Soviet Union and its allies. In response, DIA efforts focused on defeating state-sponsored militaries that adhered to informal, but generally accepted rules of conduct. The unconventional, organic nature of global, transnational terrorism and counterinsurgency has meant that Agency personnel have had to adjust to new challenges, building a more agile organization to provide intelligence warnings and to pass information quickly to combat forces. The Intelligence Community as a whole has become more integrated to confront this new challenge, and DIA has been a major part of this unification of effort. The Agency also has more than 11,000 military and civilian employees deployed around the world to support a wide range of military operations. It is increasing its investment in the development of HUMINT and technical collection capabilities to further improve its surveillance and warning capabilities. The multi-dimensional nature of twenty-first century threats means that the Agency must be prepared for rapid changes in an unpredictable and unstable global environment. 40 Defense Intelligence Agency
Directors of DIA Lt Gen Joseph F. Carroll, USAF 1961 - 1969 LTG Donald V. Bennett, USA 1969 - 1972 VADM Vincent P. de Poix, USN 1972 - 1974 LTG Daniel O. Graham, USA 1974 - 1975 LTG Samuel V. Wilson, USA 1976 - 1977 Lt Gen Eugene Tighe, Jr., USAF 1976 (Acting) 1977 - 1981 LTG James A. Williams, USA 1981 - 1985 Lt Gen Leonard H. Perroots, USAF 1985 - 1988 LTG Harry E. Soyster, USA 1988 - 1991 Mr. Dennis M. Nagy 1991 (Acting) Lt Gen James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF 1991 - 1995 Lt Gen Kenneth A. Minihan, USAF 1995 - 1996 LTG Patrick M. Hughes, USA 1996 - 1999 VADM Thomas R. Wilson, USN 1999 - 2002 VADM L. E. Jacoby, USN 2002 - 2005 LTG Michael D. Maples, USA 2005 - Present A History
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Page 3 and 4: What is Military Intelligence? Mili
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Page 7 and 8: Because of the British superiority
Page 9 and 10: Neither the Union nor the Confedera
Page 11 and 12: The Civil War Allen Pinkerton, left
Page 13 and 14: The United States went to war again
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Page 21 and 22: Seeking to correct shortcomings in
Page 23 and 24: 1960s Challenge and Reorganization:
Page 25 and 26: DIA faced difficult transitional ye
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Page 29 and 30: DIA came of age in the 1980s, focus
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Page 41: The 21st Century Combating Terroris
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