Overview
DIA's Director is a three-star military officer who serves as principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters of military intelligence. The Director also chairs the Military Intelligence Board, which coordinates activities of the defense intelligence community. The exact numbers and specific budget information are not publicly released due to security considerations. DIA is headquartered at the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., with major operational activities at the Pentagon, at each Unified Combatant Command, United States Defense Attache Offices worldwide, the Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility at Rivanna Station in Charlottesville, Virginia, the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) in Fort Detrick, Maryland, and the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) in Huntsville, Alabama and the Defense Intelligence Support Center (DISC) in Reston, Virginia. DIA is also in the process of building a new installation in Bethesda, Maryland which will serve as a new campus for the National Intelligence University as well as a facility for DIA and other members of the Intelligence Community.
DIA is a member of the United States Intelligence Community, reporting to the Director of National Intelligence.
DIA possesses a diverse workforce skilled in the areas of military history and doctrine, economics, physics, chemistry, world history, political science, bio-sciences, computer sciences, and many other fields of expertise.
The Agency responds to the needs of a variety of customers, from the President to the soldier in the field. Its work encompasses all aspects of military intelligence requirements – from highly complex missile trajectory data to biographical information on foreign military leaders.
In August 2008, the agency announced that it would subject each of its 5,700 prospective and current employees to a polygraph interrogation at least once annually.
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