Most of DIA's activities are performed at the Defense Intelligence
Analysis Center at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington,
DC. The Agency's headquarters are located at the Pentagon.
There are additional locations in Arlington, Virginia, Fort
Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, and Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville,
Alabama.
Metropolitan Washington, DC
When you work at DIA, you'll share the excitement of one
of the world's most important cities. Metropolitan Washington
offers an array of cultural, educational, and recreational
possibilities that no other area in the country can equal.
You'll experience national monuments and memorials; the
Smithsonian museums; the Kennedy Center; internationally
renowned universities and learning centers; endless parks
and wooded areas; and you'll be within an easy drive of the
Chesapeake Bay, Annapolis, Baltimore, and a host of other
attractions.
U.S. Defense Attache Offices, Worldwide
DIA employs a limited number of support assistants (secretaries
and bilingual research technicians) in U.S. Defense Attache
Offices (DAO), located at U.S. embassies worldwide.
For the adventurous few, these assignments (some requiring
language proficiency) offer a unique opportunity to live
and work in exciting overseas locations primarily in Europe
and Latin America.
U.S. Combatant Commands(COCOMS), Worldwide
DIA employs a number of staff whithin each of the 9 different Combatant Commands: These commands are organized along geographical basis or on a functional basis.
-US Central Command(CENTCOM)
-US European Command(EUCOM)
-US Pacific Command(PACOM)
-US Special Operations Command(SOCOMM)
-US Strategic Command(STRATCOM)
-US Southern Command(SOUTHCOM)
-US Northern Command(NORAD/NORTHCOM)
-US Transportation Command(TRANSCOM)
-US Joint Forces Command(JFCOM)
These exciting assignments help support the various military branches with their continuing broad and global missions.
Fort Detrick - Fredrick, Maryland
DIA also employs a limited number of medical intelligence
analysts, support professionals, and support assistants at
the Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, located at
Ft.Detrick in Frederick, MD.
The scenery in Frederick County is only a colorful backdrop
against which the county's rich history has been played.
Settled by German and English immigrants in pre-Revolutionary
War times, Maryland's largest county is located in the backyards
of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore and serves as the gateway
to the mountains of Western Maryland.
Frederick County is a celebration of heritage and cultural
diversity. At the northern end of the county, not far from
the sprawling fruit orchards and a roaring waterfall, nestled
in the Catoctin Mountains is Camp David, the private retreat
of every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the county's
southern end, on the banks of the Potomac River, is Brunswick,
an example of a 19th century railroad town in all its grit
and glory.
Between these two extremes are miles of open farmland,
four wineries, several state and national parks, a Civil
War battlefield, and 13 towns of varying sizes and personalities.
The urban and cultural hub is Frederick City. Settled in
1745, Frederick was saved from Confederate General Jubal
Early's torch in 1864 only after a town official secured
$200,000 in loans from local banks to pay as ransom. Today
the town features a 33-block historic district with noteworthy
examples of architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Frederick boasts a thriving business district with a wide
array of specialty stores, art galleries and antique shops,
as well as a delectable assortment of restaurants.
Redstone Arsenal - Huntsville, Alabama
DIA employs a variety of engineering analysts, support professionals,
and support assistants at the Missile & Space Intelligence
Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.Huntsville,
with over 190,000 residents, is the fourth largest city in
Alabama. Founded in 1805, Huntsville today is a diversified
community supporting a wide range of high technology, industrial,
and international trade activities.
The Huntsville area offers many points of interest well
worth a visit. One of the busiest is NASA's Space and Rocket
Center, offering displays and working models chronicling
the history of missile and space technology. A central downtown
attraction is the Von Braun Civic Center which consists of
the Arena, Concert Hall, Art Museum, and office space for
most of the art and culture organizations of Huntsville.
Just across Big Spring Lagoon from the Civic Center is Big
Spring International Park, the early homesite of Huntsville's
first settler. Also near the downtown area is the Huntsville
Depot, now in the process of becoming a railroad museum with
a reconstructed roundhouse and an operating locomotive turntable.
The Twickenham Historic District features dozens of historic
homes built from around 1818. Located in the District is
Constitution Hall park, where guides, in costumes of the
period, give visitors a glimpse of what living was like in
the early 1800s. On Monte Sano Mountain, the Burritt Museum
and Park offers four attractions in one: a museum of local
history, historic structures, nature trails, and picnic facilities.
Nearby on this mountain is Monte Sano State Park with rustic
cabins and improved campsites available.
Located in north central Alabama near the Tennessee border,
Huntsville has a temperate climate and is surrounded on three
sides by the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The
area enjoys complete seasonal cycles, with pleasant spring
and fall seasons. Variety in weather patterns is caused by
changes between cool northern highs and more humid movements
from the Gulf of Mexico. The average annual temperature is
60.4 degrees Fahrenheit, with July having the warmest average
at 79.3 and January the coolest at 38.8. Total average precipitation
is 55.7 inches per year. Snowfall is negligible.
