Directors of DIA
LTG Maples (November 2005 - Present)
Major General Michael D. Maples, U.S. Army, was appointed the 16th DIA Director on November 4, 2005. He pinned on his third star on November 29th . LTG Maples also commands the Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for the United States Strategic Command. LTG Maples served as the Vice Director and Director of Management of the Joint Staff prior to assuming his responsibilities as DIA Director and Commander, JFCC-ISR.
VADM Jacoby (July 2002 - November 2005)
Vice Admiral Lowell E. Jacoby assumed the duties as the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency on 17 October 2002. He was commissioned in May 1969 from Aviation Officer Candidate School. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds a Masters Degree in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School, completing all requirements for a sub-specialty in strategic planning.
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VADM Wilson (July 1999 - July 2002)
As Vice Admiral Wilson came on board the summer of 1999, DIA supported
Joint Task Forces deploying over 100 DIA augmentees and providing
more than 600 personnel to intelligence task forces, to an Allied
military intelligence battalion in Bosnia, and to National Intelligence
Support Teams in Riyadh, Tuzla and Sarajevo. Click here to read
more!
LTG Hughes ( February 1996 - July 1999)
General Hughes faced critical challenges in the area of terrorism
in his first year as Director. In the wake of a terrorist bombing
of US barracks at Khobar Towers on 25 June 1996 that left 24 dead
and 500 wounded, DIA re-examined its counter-terrorism capability.
Former DIA Director, Lieutenant General James Clapper, USAF (Ret),
was selected as participant on the Khobar Towers Bomb Blast Assessment
Team. Click here to read more!
Lt. Gen. Minihan (August 1995 - February 1996)
General
Minihan came to DIA in the midst of critical events in the Balkans.
In the summer of 1995, the Croatian Army launched
several successful offensives in the Krajina region, NATO launched
air strikes against targets in Bosnian Serb territory, and Bosnian
Serb forces overran Srebrenica, a UN declared "safe area." In
the fall on 1995, the major players in the Yugoslav crisis agreed
in Geneva on the basic principles for peace in Bosnia. Click here
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Lt. Gen. Clapper (November 1991 - August 1995)
General Clapper came to DIA following the collapse of the Soviet
Union as the predominant focus of US intelligence and in the aftermath
of Operation DESERT STORM. DIA improved crisis management and support
to the decision maker and warfighter based on the experience gained
during the Gulf War. The end of the Cold War led to the most fundamental
reexamination of US national security policy since the 1940s. Click
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Mr. Nagy (September 1991 - November 1991)
The Secretary of Defense appointed Mr. Nagy as Acting Director
for the interim period from September through November 1991, the
only civilian to be so named. In this capacity he provided continuity
during a critical time when decrements against Agency resources
caused reconsideration of many managerial issues and review of
traditional threat priorities throughout the Defense Intelligence
Community. He served until Lieutenant General James R. Clapper,
Jr., USAF, assumed the directorship. Click here to read more!
LTG Soyster (December 1988 - September 1991)
Soon after his arrival at DIA, General Soyster directed the Defense
intelligence effort in support of the successful US operation in
Panama in 1989. This clearly demonstrated the benefits of increased
cooperation and planning that had been achieved between DIA and
operational force planners when compared to the 1983 Grenada incursion.
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Lt. Gen. Perroots (October 1985 - December 1988)
Soon after General Perroots arrived at the Agency, Secretary of
Defense Casper Weinberger presented DIA with its first Joint Meritorious
Unit Award for intelligence support during the TWA and ACHILLE
LAURO hijackings, the Philippine crisis, and the counterterrorist
operations against Libya. This award echoed the changing national
security environment featuring the new threats of terrorism, global
volatility, and low-intensity conflict. Click here to read more!
LTG Williams (September 1981 - September 1985)
General Williams focused the Agency on enhancing support to tactical
and theater commanders, improving capabilities to meet major
wartime intelligence requirements, and strengthening indications
and warning assets. In December 1981, President Reagan signed
Executive Order 12333 giving the Intelligence Community a mandate
for the years ahead. Click here to read more!
Lt. Gen. Tighe (September 1977 - August 1981)
In
1978, the Deputy Secretary of Defense observed that, "The
DIA has made laudable progress in improving the quality of its
intelligence products and in focusing more sharply on the needs
and concerns of its consumers. I am prepared now to support several
additional steps which I believe will enhance the Agency's analysis
and intelligence community standing." This resulted in a major
reorganization of DIA, completed under the stewardship of General
Tighe in August 1979, which established a basic infrastructure
that lasted nearly a decade. Click here to read more!
LTG Wilson (May 1976 - August 1977)
General Wilson,
who began his tenure as the Director, DIA in May 1976, completely
reorganized the Defense Intelligence Agency. He
assured the J-2's of the U&S Commands and the Services, however,
of his "commitment to the pursuit of excellence within DIA,
particularly in support of the operating forces." He pledged
that one of his major goals as Director would be to stress "the
importance of military operational intelligence requirements." Click
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LTG Graham (September 1974 - December 1975)
In October 1974, General Graham began a comprehensive overhaul
of DIA production functions, organization, and management. The
end of the Vietnam War produced many refugees and heightened concern
for American POW/MIAs. Intense Congressional review during 1975-76
created turbulence in the national Intelligence Community. Amid
these issues, massive resource decrements were faced by DIA and
the entire Defense intelligence community. Click here to read more!
VADM De Poix (August 1972 - September 1974)
Admiral de Poix continued the reorganization of the Agency begun
by his predecessor, General Bennett. Streamlining the organization
had become critical since severe manpower cutbacks had taken a
major toll on the Agency. DIA manpower had been cut by one third
after Vietnam. By 1973, nearly all elements had been consolidated
and realigned. Click here to read more!
LTG Bennett (September 1969 - August 1972)
The year 1969 began with the inauguration of a new President,
Richard M. Nixon. That change in the nation's chief executive was
echoed by a change in DIA's directorship later that year. With
General Bennett's assumption of command, there was a change in
the style but not substance of the organization's leadership: in
other words, DIA had another strong, dedicated director to lead
it through some very challenging times. Click here to read more!
Lt. Gen. Carroll (October 1961 - September 1969)
As the first director of DIA, General Carroll faced the profound
challenge of creating a new centralized intelligence organization
in the face of the Military Services' opposition and at a time
of increased Cold War tensions. General Carroll not only initiated
DIA operations, he established precedents and procedures that would
allow it to carry out its mission: to produce and manage foreign
military intelligence for the Department of Defense. Such support
was essential at a time when the United States was still solidifying
its superpower status and facing ideological challenges as well
as threats to national security. Click here to read more!
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