MISSION

Provide intelligence on foreign militaries

to prevent and decisively win wars

VISION

Illuminate opportunities to enable the U.S.

to outpace our strategic competitors

VALUES

DIA has a strong legacy centered on our ability to confront and overcome challenges while maintaining our core values. Embedded in these values are the leadership principles that guide us. These principles are the driving force that keep our workforce grounded, and are represented throughout the DIA enterprise.

Values graphic with text and circles, each section highlighting the Values of D-I-A.

LEADERSHIP

The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is a three-star military officer that rotates between Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines approximately every three years and is the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters of military intelligence. The DIA Director also chairs the Military Intelligence Board, which coordinates activities of the defense intelligence community. DIA has a Deputy Director and a Command Senior Enlisted Leader.

Lieutenant General James H. Adams, USMC
Director

Sharon R. Rose
Deputy Director

Major General Dominic J.A. Goulet, CD
Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration

Major General Robert I. Kinney, USAF
Mobilization Assistant to the Director

Martin F. Kindl
Deputy Director for Global Integration

CSM Kyle J. Gillam, USA
Command Senior Enlisted Advisor

Major General Dominic J.A. Goulet, CD

Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration

Major General Dominic J.A. Goulet commenced his career with the Canadian Armed Forces by joining the Governor General’s Foot Guards in 1993. Upon completion of infantry officer training through the Reserve Entry Scheme – Officers program, he trans-ferred to the Regular Force in 1997 and was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment where he served as Platoon Commander and the Battalion Intelligence Officer.

He transferred to the Canadian Armed Forces Intelligence Branch in 2002. He has held multiple tactical and operational level intelligence staff positions, including G2 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade-Group, G2 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade-Group, J2 Ops Canada Command, G2 Plans Canadian Army HQ, J3 Canadian Forces Intelligence Group, and Deputy J2 Canadian Joint Operations Command. He has also served as an instructor at the Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence, and commanded Joint Task Force X, the Canadian Armed Forces Human Intelligence unit.

As part of Canada’s contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he deployed in 2004 as the Battalion Intelligence Officer with the 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment Battle-Group in Kabul, and in 2006-07 as the Commanding Officer All-Source Intelligence Centre in Kandahar. He deployed in 2019-20 with Combined Joint Task Force – Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, as a member of the Directorate of Strategic Communications. He served as Special Advisor to the Commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command from 2020-2021. He has commanded at the formation level, serving as Commander of the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group from 2021-2022.

Prior to his appointment as the Deputy Director for Commonwealth Integration, he served as Chief of Staff, Canadian Forces Intelligence Command. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces College National Security Program and holds a Master of Arts in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada.

In his free time, Major-General Goulet enjoys sports, travel, and spending time with his family. He and his wife Chantal have four children, Brennan, Devin, Mallory, and Chelsea-Cyndel.

Martin F. Kindl

Deputy Director for Global Integration

Mr. Martin Kindl was named Deputy Director for Global Integration, DIA, in June 2026. In this capacity, he directs, coordinates, and prioritizes DIA's mission portfolios across analysis, collection, operations, and partner integration. He directly leads the DIA Integrated Intelligence Centers and provides mission oversight of the Directorates for Analysis, Operations, and Science & Technology.

Since 2023, Mr. Kindl has served within the Deputy Director for Global Integration, first as the Chief of the Middle East/Africa Regional Center, where he led integrated intelligence operations focused on 67 countries and the agency’s Middle East crisis response efforts, and most recently as the Vice Deputy Director for Global Integration. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Deputy Director for Intelligence in the Joint Staff, supporting the J2 in carrying out all aspects of themanagement execution of the Joint Staff’s intelligence mission. From 2019 to 2021, Mr. Kindl led the Analytic Development Office in DIA’s Directorate for Analysis, leading the modernization and development of analytic talent, advanced tradecraft, and tools. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Assistant Director for Analysis at U.S. Africa Command; in the final year of his tour, he was also the Director of National Intelligence Representative to the Command.

Mr. Kindl served as the Defense Intelligence Officer (DIO) for Africa from 2012 to 2015, having previously served as Deputy DIO. During these assignments, he delivered DIA’s first Expert Briefing on Africa to the U.S. President and deployed to Kampala, Uganda as the acting Defense Liaison Officer. Mr. Kindl was posted to Nairobi, Kenya from 2006 to 2008 as DIA’s first field analyst in sub-Saharan Africa, providing analytic support to regional attaché operations and serving as a liaison to host-nation counterparts. He has worked a variety of other agency assignments, to include tours in the Directorate for Analysis, the Directorate for Operations, and the Joint Staff.

A native of Hartford, CT, Mr. Kindl graduated from New York University (NYU) with a BA in politics and African studies. He earned a full scholarship to the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), receiving a MSc. from the LSE’s Development Studies Institute.

Mr. Kindl is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, to include the Presidential Rank Award (Meritorious Senior Professional), ODNI National Intelligence Medal of Achievement, Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award, Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Award, and DIA Director’s Award. He graduated first in his class from the U.S. Naval War College and was the first DIA employee to earn the Navy League’s Luce Award as the College of Naval Warfare’s honor graduate.

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CSM Kyle J. Gillam, USA

Command Senior Enlisted Leader

Command Sergeant Major Kyle J. Gillam assumed responsibility as Command Senior Enlisted Leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency, on December 2, 2024.

CSM Gillam is a native of Lafayette, Indiana. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 1996, as an Intelligence Analyst. He attended basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, with follow-on training at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

CSM Gillam has served in every leadership position from Team Leader, First Sergeant, J2 Senior Enlisted Advisor, Battalion CSM and Brigade CSM. His stateside assignments include Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Military District of Washington, D.C.; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Gordon, Georgia; and Fort Belvoir, Virginia. His overseas assignments include Yongsan, Republic of Korea. He has deployed in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM and the Global War on Terrorism.

CSM Gillam previously served as the 706th Military Intelligence Group Command Sergeant Major, and National Security Agency Georgia, Central Security Service Georgia, Command Senior Enlisted Leader at Fort Gordon, Georgia, and as the Command Sergeant Major for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.

CSM Gillam's military education includes the Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, Advanced Noncommissioned Officers Course, Drill Sergeant School, Airborne School, Jumpmaster Course, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course, and the Joint Special Operations Forces Senior Enlisted Academy.

CSM Gillam earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from American Military University. CSM Gillam’s awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star (2nd award), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (4th award), Meritorious Service Medal (3rd award), Army Commendation Medal (4th award), Joint Service Achievement Medal (3rd award), Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2nd award), Army Good Conduct Medal (9th award), Army Forces Expeditionary Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal (4th award), Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon (5th award), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Drill Sergeant Badge, and the Master Parachutist Badge.

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EXPLORE PAST DIA DIRECTORS

Organization

Headquarters
Staff Elements
Directorates
Intelligence Centers

Headquarters

• Director: Lieutenant General James H. Adams
• Deputy Director
• J2 Directorate for Intelligence
• Joint Functional Component Command - Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Staff Elements

• Chief of Staff
• Chief Financial Officer
• General Counsel
• Inspector General
• Command Senior Enlisted Leader
• Equal Opportunity
• Executive Secretariat
• Strategic Planning, Policy, & Performance Improvement Office
• Office of Corporate Communications

Directorates

• Directorate for Analysis
• Directorate for Operations
• Directorate for Science & Technology
• Directorate for Mission Services

Intelligence Centers

• Americas and Transregional Threats Center
• China Mission Group
• Europe/Eurasia Regional Center
• Indo-Pacific Regional Center
• Middle East/Africa Regional Center

DIA THROUGH THE YEARS

1960s: Early Years

DIA’s activation plan was drafted by the Agency’s director designate, Lt. Gen. Joseph Carroll.
DIA occupied “A” and “B” Buildings at Arlington Hall Station from the early 1960s until the Agency moved to Bolling Air Force Base in 1984.
DIA validated and approved many U-2 missions from the 1960s through the 1990s. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, photo interpreters discovered Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba after U-2s flew over the island. The missiles were capable of hitting a significant portion of the United States.
DIA’s Defense Intelligence School was chartered in 1962.
In 1963, DIA established the Production Center at Arlington Hall Station. Under the leadership of Brig. Gen. Herron Maples, the Production Center allowed DIA to consolidate and integrate several production elements from the military services.
On Feb. 6, 1963, DIA’s John Hughes, special assistant to Carroll, conducted a televised briefing on the removal of the Soviet missiles from Cuba.
During the Vietnam War, DIA supported strategic bombing missions by providing target lists to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who then selected targets for individual missions.

1970s: Years of Transition

In November 1970, U.S. forces conducted a raid on the Son Tay prison camp in Vietnam to rescue American POWs. DIA provided intelligence support to this operation.
On May 26, 1972, President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an interim agreement on the limitation of offensive arms in Moscow. The agreements created new intelligence requirements, resulting in increased production pressures for DIA’s analysts.
DIA was involved in Operation BABYLIFT — an effort to evacuate Vietnamese orphans from Saigon via aircraft. Tragically, five DIA employees were killed during the operation when the first flight crashed on takeoff on April 4, 1975.
Shortly after the fall of Saigon in 1975, the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia seized the U.S. container vessel SS Mayaguez. The ship and its crew were taken to an island off the coast of Cambodia. DIA coordinated intelligence efforts to locate the ship, and President Gerald Ford ordered a contingent of U.S. Marines to retrieve the vessel.
The Cobra Dane radar on Shemya Island became operational in 1977, and played a key role in evaluating Soviet ballistic missile capabilities throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

1980s: DIA Comes of Age

In 1981, DIA issued the first in a series of unclassified publications on the strengths and capabilities of Soviet military forces. “Soviet Military Power” was a lavish production that included dozens of color photographs and paintings depicting Soviet hardware. It was republished in 1983, and subsequently updated every year until 1991.
In April 1983, terrorists bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans. Later that year, terrorists bombed the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American troops. As terrorist attacks increased in frequency in the mid-1980s, DIA established its first all-source fusion cell for terrorism analysis.
In October 1983, President Ronald Reagan ordered U.S. troops to Grenada for Operation URGENT FURY. DIA provided the bulk of the intelligence work in support of the operation. This marked the first time since the 1970 raid of the Son Tay prison camp that DIA supplied operational and tactical intelligence to combat forces.
The new Defense Intelligence Analysis Center opened in 1984. The new building allowed the Agency to benefit from the consolidation and centralization of personnel and missions formerly scattered in a number of locations across the National Capital Region.
In 1986, DIA supported Operation EL DORADO CANYON, which saw the U.S. military launch a series of air strikes against Libya in response to Libyan-sponsored terrorist attacks in Berlin. DIA aided planning for the operation by providing target lists and identifying Libyan air defenses.
In October 1986, DIA received its first Joint Meritorious Unit Award for providing “unparalleled intelligence support encompassing the broadest range of intelligence analysis, technical services, photographic processing and reconnaissance imagery to meet the real time requirements of national decision makers.” DIA’s support to counterterrorism operations was singled out for special acknowledgement.
The Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 designated DIA as a “combat support agency,” a major milestone in the Agency’s history that resulted in an expansion of DIA’s missions.
In November 1989, following several weeks of unrest, the East German government announced that it would permit visits to West Germany and West Berlin. Exuberant crowds of East and West Germans began to dismantle the Berlin Wall. The fall of the Berlin Wall was soon followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War — ushering in a new and challenging era for DIA.

1990s: New Missions, New Adversaries

In the early stages of Operation DESERT STORM, DIA provided U.S. Central Command with much of the operational intelligence that allowed coalition air power to destroy Iraqi air bases, radar and air defense sites. In 1991, DIA received a Joint Meritorious Unit Award in recognition of its support to Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM.
In July 1991, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow. At the time, DIA analysts had predicted Gorbachev’s imminent fall from power. Within months, the Soviet Union ceased to exist.
In 1992, the Missile and Space Intelligence Center, located in Huntsville, Alabama, became a field production element of DIA. MSIC personnel provide intelligence on short-range missile technologies found in surface-to-air missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, and short-range ballistic missiles.
The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center, today known as the National Center for Medical Intelligence, became a field production element of DIA in 1992. NCMI’s mission includes monitoring foreign environmental health and infectious disease risks, foreign biotechnology development, and other issues that could potentially impact U.S. military operations and the health of U.S. troops.
From 1992 to 1993, DIA supported Operation RESTORE HOPE — the U.S. effort to capture Somali warlords who were preventing Somalis from receiving international assistance.
DIA deployed a National Intelligence Support Team to Bosnia from 1995 to 1996 to assist U.S. and NATO efforts to stop the genocidal war raging there. The NIST brought sophisticated and secure communications equipment to the combatant commands to support rapid turnaround intelligence requirements from the field.
In 1996, terrorists bombed the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S. troops. Following this attack, DIA created the Office for Counterterrorism Analysis.

2000s: Years of Transition

On September 11, 2001, a group of foreign terrorists flew two commercial airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City, and a third into the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked aircraft crashed in a field in western Pennsylvania. The attacks claimed approximately 3,000 lives, including seven DIA employees.
In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. launched Operation ENDURING FREEDOM on October 7, 2001, to destroy terrorist camps and topple the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Hundreds of DIA personnel eventually deployed to Afghanistan to provide analytic support, assist with document exploitation, support prisoner interrogations and provide direct support to military operations.
The U.S. launched Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in March 2003, in response to the perceived threat posed by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. Many deployed DIA analysts worked at the Perfume Palace in support of the effort.
Starting in the months after Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, DIA supported and participated in the efforts of the Iraq Survey Group, a 1,400-member international team formed to locate evidence of weapons of mass destruction developed under Hussein.
The Defense Intelligence Analysis Center expansion was completed in summer 2005. The first group to occupy the new facility included 66 employees from the Directorate for MASINT and Technical Collection.
In 2010, the new Joint Use Intelligence Analysis Facility opened in Rivanna Station in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In 2011, the Russell-Knox Building opened at Quantico Marine Corps Base. This building houses elements of five military investigative agencies, including DIA’s Counterintelligence and HUMINT center.