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From 1962-1980, Anacostia Naval Station, Washington, D.C., was the home of the Defense Intelligence School. Classes were held in World War II era wooden buildings.

Feb. 27, 2015

First Defense Intelligence School established

Fifty-three years ago, the Deputy Secretary of Defense established the Defense Intelligence School under DIA. Known today as the National Intelligence University, 735 full-time and part-time students

Using overhead reconnaissance photography, DIA’s John Hughes, special assistant to DIA Director Lt. Gen. Joseph Carroll, conducts a televised briefing on the removal of soviet missiles from Cuba, Feb. 6, 1963. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara asked Hughes to give the briefing in order to quell rumors that the soviets still had nuclear missiles in Cuba.

Feb. 6, 2015

DIA’s TV broadcast on Soviet missiles in Cuba

John Hughes, Special Assistant to Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll, delivered a nationally televised briefing on the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba, Feb. 6,

DIA Director Marine Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, center, testified before the House Armed Services Committee Feb. 3 about worldwide threats. Stewart joined Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville, Joint Staff director for operations, and Mark Chandler, acting director for intelligence for the Joint Staff, for the open and closed sessions.

Feb. 4, 2015

Worldwide Threat Scope, Complexity on the Rise

Taken in aggregate, recent political, military, social and technological developments have created security challenges more diverse and complex than any the nation has ever experienced, Marine Corps

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart is the first Marine Corps director to lead the agency and previously served as the head of Marine Forces Cyber.

Jan. 23, 2015

DIA welcomes Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart as its 20th director

In a ceremony presided over by the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart assumed directorship from Acting Director David Shedd Jan. 23 in DIA Headquarters.

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961. McNamara ordered the creation of DIA shortly after taking office in 1961.

Jan. 21, 2015

Robert S. McNamara made an impact on defense intelligence from day one

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States Jan. 20, 1961, and 44-year-old Robert S. McNamara assumed duties as the new Secretary of Defense the following

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