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Table of Contents | Origins of DIA | Directors of DIA | SMIOC | MIB
Defense Attaches | Relationship of DIA and the JCS/J2 | Crisis Response Procedures

Short Histories

40 Years of History: The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) became operational on 1 October 1961 as the Nation's primary producer of foreign military intelligence. These short histories give a brief overview of our Agency's history.

• The Origins of DIA
• The Directors of DIA
• Senior Military Intelligence Officers' Conference (SMIOC)
• Military Intelligence Board
• The Defense Attaches
• The Relationship of DIA and the JCS/J2
• Defense Intelligence Crisis Response Procedures and the Gulf War