Dia Calendar 2012
Dia Calendar 2012
Dia Calendar 2012
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: A NIST supporting Operation PROVIDE PROMISE in Yugoslavia during the 1990s; Engaging with the local population in Afghanistan.
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ClOCkwise FROM TOP: Representation of 6th Floor DIA Roles and Missions Wall, 6th Floor DIA Headquarters; Former DIA Strategic Plans; 2012-2017 Defense Intelligence Agency Strategy.
The 2012-2017 DIA Strategy is founded on who we are and what we do besta national-level combat support agency expert in all-source analysis focused on foreign military and defense-related matters. LTG Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, DIA
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1990: Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrenders to American authorities.
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1988: Soviet Foreign Minister Shevardnadze announced that the uSSR would remove troops in Afghanistan by years end.
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1986: President Reagan sanctioned Libya for its role in international terrorism.
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1967: Operation CEDAR FALLS launched against Viet Cong.
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1738: Birth of Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War hero who used HuMINT to capture Fort Ticonderoga without firing a shot.
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1984: Nicaragua shot down uS Army helicopter.
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1982: COL Charles R. Ray, uSA, Assistant Army Attach, France, killed by a Lebanese terrorist.
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1984: CWO Robert W. Prescott, uSA, DAO, Guatemala City, was killed in the crash of a Guatemalan Air Force plane.
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1977: Christopher Boyce and Andrew Lee arrested for selling intelligence secrets to the uSSR.
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1978: President Carter signed Executive Order 12036, restructuring uS intelligence.
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DIA is the nations premier all-source military intelligence operation. DIA Office for Congressional and public Affairs
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1950: Klaus Fuchs charged with giving atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets. 1945: Yalta Conference marked beginning of Cold War.
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1956: President Eisenhower created the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB).
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1963: DIAs John Hughes televised briefing showed how the Soviets had removed their missiles from Cuba.
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1967: 1LT George Sisler, first Military Intelligence officer to receive Medal of Honor, killed in Vietnam.
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1961: Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ordered the establishment of DIA.
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1965: DIA Scientific Advisory Committee established.
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1989: The last Soviet combat troops departed Afghanistan.
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1996: LTG Patrick Hughes, uSA, became 12th Director, DIA.
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By Philip Smith Washington Post Stuff Writer The Washington Post (1974-Current file); Apr 30, 1983; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Washington Post (1877 - 1994) pg. A1
DIA Intelligence Competency: Counterintelligence
DIA assumed oversight and program management responsibilities for DOD counterintelligence (CI) activities following the disestablishment of the Counterintelligence Field Activity in August of 2008. DIAs enhanced CI capabilities protect DOD secrets and operations by identifying, neutralizing and exploiting foreign intelligence and international terrorist threats. These capabilities have sometimes been deployed against threats arising from within the Agency itself. Just after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, DIA senior analyst Ana Belen Montes was arrested in her office in the DIAC and charged with espionage. Montes had been spying for the Cuban government since she joined DIA in 1985. She is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence. Montes was not the first senior DIA analyst to be accused of providing intelligence to countries unfriendly to the United States. In 1983, recently retired DIA Middle East Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) Waldo Dubberstein was indicted for passing intelligence to Libya during the late 1970s. Dubberstein committed suicide before his case went to trial.
ClOCkwise FROM TOP : Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi with Algerian President Houarie Boumedienne and Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, 1977 in Libya; Re-creation of Ana Montes workspace from before she was arrested in her office at DIA, courtesy of Dr. Paul Krasley, CPLP, Counterintelligence and Security (DAC); Ana Montes after she was arrested and charged with espionage.
We owe a debt of gratitude to the co-worker who first reported CI concerns about Montes. If not for that report, Ana would be operating as a spy among us, even today. Scott Carmichael, Special Agent, DAC-4
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2003: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed captured.
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1969: Chinese and Soviet armed forces began clashing at several points along the Manchurian frontier.
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1970: Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty came into force.
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1963: DIA opened its new Production Center at Arlington Hall, VA.
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1984: Iranian-backed terrorists 1965: DIA added medical kidnapped CIA Beirut station intelligence element. chief William Buckley.
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1969: uS B-52 bombers began secret bombing campaign in neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. 2009: LTG Ronald L. Burgess, 2003: Operation IRAQI Jr., uSA became the 16th FREEDOM launched. Director, DIA.
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1963: Defense Intelligence School Charter finalized.
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1963: DIA Dissemination Center established. 1991: Warsaw Pact dissolved.
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ClOCkwise FROM TOP leFT: DIA Director LTG Ronald Burgess, Jr., USA with newly inducted members of the Defense Attach System Hall of Fame; then MG Vernon Walters, USA, Defense Attach to France, 1967-1972; MG Homer G. Smith, USA, served as the Defense Attach to South Vietnam 1974-1975 during the evacuation of Saigon.
We would not be where we are now without the sacrifices of those who serve in the Defense Attach System. LTG Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, DIA
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1982: Argentina seized the Falkland Islands from the BritishuS intelligence aided British response.
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1948: President Truman signed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe.
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1975: During Operation BABYLIFT, a C-5A crashed, killing five uSDAO members.
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1980: uS broke diplomatic ties with Iran after seizure of uS hostages.
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2003: Baghdad fell to Coalition forces.
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1999: India successfully tested a long-range model of its antiballistic missile.
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2001: China released 24 uS Navy EP-3 crewman following a collision with a Chinese fighter.
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1986: President Reagan ordered airstrikes on terrorist targets in Libya.
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Radar Geophysical
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MASINT is no longer the everything else INT; it is todays fastest growing and most in demand INT. Yes, it is complex, yet its practitioners are gradually unraveling its mysteries and making its products available in customer friendly formats at lower classifications. Former DIA Director Vice Admiral Lowell Jacoby, USN (Ret.)
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1960: SA-2 missile downed American u-2 and Soviets captured pilot Francis Gary Powers.
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1968: MSGT Roy Benavidez earned Medal of Honor in Vietnam for protecting intelligence personnel and equipment.
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1961: President Kennedy created Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. 1982: John Hughes presents first Top Secret Codeword briefing to House.
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1960: Joint Study Group formed, recommended creating DIA. 1976: National Foreign Intelligence Board established.
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1972: Palestinian terrorists hijacked a Belgian airliner and flew it to Tel Aviv.
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1946: OSS operative Virginia Hall awarded Distinguished Service Cross for heroism.
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1975: Communist forces in Cambodia captured uS freighter SS Mayaguez.
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1987: Iraqi aircraft fired Exocet missiles at uSS Stark, killing 37. 1976: LTG Samuel Wilson, 1974: India exploded uSA became 6th Director, a nuclear device in the DIA. Rajasthan Desert.
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1984: The Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (DIAC) officially opened.
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1972: SALT I Treaty signed by Presidents Nixon and Brezhnev.
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ClOCkwise FROM TOP : A discussion with an Afghan leader; Soviet tanks entering Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1968; Memorial to two U.S. Army soldiers killed in the line of duty in April 2004 while providing security for an Iraq Survey Group mission in Baghdad; Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal, October 7, 1973.
Speed matters in getting actionable intelligence to DIA customers when crisis or conflict occurs. DIA Strategic plan, p.7
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2003: Iraq Survey Group (ISG) established.
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1995: uSAF Captain Scott OGrady was shot down over Bosnia.
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1989: Chinese troops crushed protestors in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
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1942: Battle of Midway beganWWII Pacific Theater turning point made possible by exceptional intelligence.
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1967: Six-Day War began in Middle East.
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1944: Allied troops landed in France on D-Day intelligence coup.
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2006: Coalition airstrike in Iraq killed insurgent leader al-Zarqawi.
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1967: Israeli planes and ships attacked the uSS Liberty, a Navy/NSA SIGINT collection ship.
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1999: NATO and Yugoslavia signed accord for withdrawal of Serbian forces from Kosovo.
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1979: SALT II Treaty signed by President Carter and General 2002: Hamid Karzai Secretary of the Communist inaugurated as president of Party Brezhnev. Afghanistan.
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DIRECTOR en Carroll, USAF DIA Goal 2: PUTYStrengthen Core Mission Capabilities DIRECTOR G Quinn, USA
mentor younger personnel, recruiting a diverse workforce, and emphasizing continuing training and education programs for all employees. The effort to recruit a younger and more diverse workforce has recently accelerated: DIAs 18-29 year old cohort has grown from 2 percent to 14 percent in eight years, and today 40 percent of the DIA workforce has less than five years of government service, up from 18 percent eight years ago. In three years, DIA has increased its foreign language capacity by 17 percent. These statistics represent deliberate attempts to avoid past mistakes. During previous eras of national fiscal constraint, such as the early 1970s and the mid-1990s, DIA was asked to reorganize itself to eliminate redundancies and achieve maximum efficiency. The reorganizations of the 1970s and 1990s resulted in the loss of experienced cadres of subject matter experts, reduced the ranks of experienced leaders, and disrupted the training, mentoring, and similar activities that are STANT DIRECTOR critically important for maintaining a robust leadership pipeline. The unique challenges presented R PROCESSING by the demographics of the DIA workforce today are in no small measure a result of the reductions and reorganizations of the 1990s.
ClOCkwise FROM TOP: A DIA analyst discusses surface to air missile sensor characteristics in MSICs Integrated Sensor Data Analysis Facility; DIA analysts discuss sustainability issues; DIA personnel participate in predeployment training.
HIEF its workforce: retaining experienced personnel, capitalizing OF STAFF on a mentoring program in which highly skilled specialists M Frankel, USN
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We have four generations working at DIA As we shape the workforce of the future, we will need to ensure that we are embracing the full skills and abilities from each of those generations. Ms. Kristi Waschull, DIA Deputy Director for Human Capital
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1965: DIA assumed control of the Defense Attach System.
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1990: NATO declared Warsaw Pact no longer a military threat.
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1977: House of Representatives established 1977: COBRA DANE phased the Permanent Select array radar system operational. Committee on Intelligence.
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1947: President Truman signed the National Security Act.
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1999: VADM Thomas Wilson uSN, became the 13th Director, DIA.
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1983: Congress voted to end covert support to the Nicaraguan Contra guerillas.
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Given the expansive, open source environment, combined with social media, rapidly developing new technologies, and growing mission partnerships in an era of diminishing resources, DIA will become increasingly dependent on outside sources of knowledge to succeed in its mission. DIA Strategic plan, p.10
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1961: DoD issued Directive 5105.21 establishing Defense Intelligence Agency.
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1963: Representatives of the uS, uSSR and Great Britain sign the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
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1972: VADM Vincent de Poix, uSN, became the 3rd Director DIA. 1996: SSG Kenneth Hobson, uSA, DAO Nairobi was killed when al-Qaida bombed uS embassies in Kenya and 2008: Georgia-Russia conflict Tanzania. began.
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1981: Two uS Navy F-14s shot down two Libyan Su-22s over the Gulf of Sidra.
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As an effective steward of public resources, DIA recognizes strong stewardship and business management require transparency and accuracy in financial data, manpower authorizations, and acquisition for monitoring and assessing resource decisions. DIA Strategic plan, p.13
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1974: LTG Daniel Graham, uSA became 4th Director, DIA. 1977: Lt Gen Eugene Tighe, Jr., uSAF became 6th Director, DIA. 1995: Lt Gen Kenneth Minihan uSAF became 11th Director, DIA.
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1972: Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli Olympic athletes and a German policeman in Munich.
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1976: Soviet pilot landed MiG-25 fighter in Japan, an intelligence windfall for DIA.
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1997: First test flight of the F-22A Raptor.
1996: Operation DESERT STRIKE launched, supported by DIA targeting information and bombing assessments.
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2001: Al-Qaida crashed commercial planes into World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing almost 3,000 people, including 7 from DIA.
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1984: CWO Kenneth D. Welch, uSA and Petty Officer 1st Class Michael R. Wagner, uSN, both of the DAO Beirut, were killed when terrorists 2001: DIA analyst Ana bombed the uS Embassy Montes arrested for passing Annex in Beirut, Lebanon. secrets to Cuba.
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ClOCkwise FROM TOP: First graduating class, 1962, Defense Intelligence School; National Defense Intelligence College Commencement, Class of 2011, Memorial Chapel, University of Maryland, July 29, 2011; the Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, Jr., addresses the National Intelligence University Class of 2012 on August 29, 2011.
The goal is to teach students how to think, not what to think. Dr. Susan Studds, provost, National Intelligence University
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1961: DIA became operational. 1985: Lt Gen Leonard Perroots, uSAF became 8th Director, DIA. 1986: GoldwaterNichols Act signed. 1996: NIMA created.
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1993: Twelve Americans killed, 78 wounded in operation against Somali warlord Aidid in Mogadishu.
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1961: Director, DIA, added to united States Intelligence Board.
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1973: Yom Kippur War in Middle East began.
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2001: Operation ENDuRING FREEDOM began with air strikes in Afghanistan.
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1985: uS fighters intercepted the aircraft carrying four terrorists who hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro.
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ClOCkwise FROM leFT: DIA Patriots Memorial; DIA 9/11 Memorial; the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial.
For the first time in a long time, the war had come here, that changes you. Former DIA Director at the time of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
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1962: The Defense Department established the Defense Intelligence School.
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1971: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird established the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
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1989: Fall of the Berlin Wall began when East German authorities opened crossing points.
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The DIA Historical Research Support Branch: Preserving the Past, Informing the Present
The numerous challenges we faced over the past decade, those we currently face today, and those we will likely face in the future, suggest that deepening our understanding of history in all its varied forms (e.g. organizational history, military history, regional history, cultural history, etc.) is more than just an esoteric hobby or enjoyable pastime; it is essential to mission success. The calculus is straightforward: historical awareness contributes to better analysis; better analysis supports better decisionmaking; better decisionmaking, both on the battlefield and inside the Beltway, produces better outcomes at a reduced cost in blood and treasure. With this in mind, DIAs Historical Research Support Branch is exploring new ways to leverage history and the talents of our DIA historians in support of our three primary missions: 1) To conduct historical analysis and prepare historical products in support of the Agencys core analytical mission; 2) To develop and preserve the institutional memory of the Agency; and 3) To raise the level of historical awareness among the DIA workforce. We accomplish these missions by preparing a wide range of written products, designing historical exhibits, sponsoring seminars and events, and supporting Agency education and training initiatives.
ClOCkwise FROM TOP leFT: Cuban Missile Crisis exhibit; DIAs 50th Anniversary Illustrated History; African exhibit in the DIA Cultural Corridor; Defense Intelligence Historical Perspectives # 1; Defense Intelligence Digest Historical Edition.
I would stress to the intelligence officer that their knowledge of history is absolutely essential if they are going to do anything in the intelligence business that is worthwhile. Lt Gen Eugene Tighe, Jr., USAF, Director, DIA 1977-1981.
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Lieutenant General Eugene F. Tighe, Jr., USAF January 1976 to May 1976 (acting) September 1977 to August 1981
Lieutenant General James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF November 1991 to August 1995
DIA Directors
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Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby, USN July 2002 to October 2002 (Acting) October 2002 to November 2005 Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, USA November 2005 to March 2009 Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA March 2009 to Present
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