CITATION to accompany the award of the
Joint Meritorious Unit Award to the
Defense Intelligence Agency

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) distinguished itself by exceptionally meritorious achievement from April 2002 to April 2005. The Agency provided world-class, sustained, and focused military intelligence support to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to U.S. and Allied warfighters to achieve national and coalition objectives. DIA successfully applied a dynamic, innovative approach to acquire and provide a portfolio of intelligence capabilities of the needed breadth and depth to support military operations in Afghanistan , Iraq and the Global War on Terrorism around the world. As a result of its superb responsiveness and agility, the Agency enhanced the country’s ability to confront the rapidly evolving security challenges presented by the asymmetric threat of terrorism. DIA’s continuing efforts to transform and integrate its collection and analytic activities and expand access to its intelligence information networks and services are crucial to the Department of Defense’s mission success. By their exemplary performance of duty, the members of the Defense Intelligence Agency brought great credit to themselves and to the Department of Defense.

Given under my hand this 21st day of October 2005
[ signed ]
Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense