The director of the United States Defense Intelligence Agency is a military officer who, upon nomination by the president of the United States and confirmation by the Senate, serves as the United States' highest-ranking military intelligence officer. As the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the director is the principal intelligence adviser to the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The director also reports to the director of national intelligence, via the civilian under secretary of defense for intelligence, Additionally, the director chairs the Military Intelligence Board, which coordinates activities of the entire defense intelligence community.
The office of DIA Director is rotated between three-star Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps office...
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Official Photo of LTG Ronald Burgess
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Joseph Carroll
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Dennis M. Nagy
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Donald Vivian Bennett, US Army General
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Emblem of the United States Marine Corps. This differs from the official seal in the inscription.
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Official emblem of the U.S. Navy.
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Lt. Gen. Harry E. Soyster
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Lt. General James A. Williams
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James R. Clapper, a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force and Director of the Defense Intelligenc...
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Samuel V. Wilson, the 5th director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency
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Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
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Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart , the 20th Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the...
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Lt. Gen. Michael D. Maples, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
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Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, U.S. Air Force, serves as the 23rd Director of the Defense Intelligence A...
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Lt Gen Kenneth Minihan, USAF, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from August 1995 - Februar...
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LTG Daniel O. Graham
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Leonard H. Perroots
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LTG Eugene F Tighe (June 19, 1921 – January 29, 1994), a former director of the Defense Intelligence...
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MG Constantin E. Nicolet, Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency