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Mission of the U.S. Navy

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Maintain, Train, and equip combat-ready Naval Forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintain freedom of the seas

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NCA

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National Command Authority
Lawful source of military orders
POTUS and SECDEF

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OPCON

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authority to organize commands and employ them as the Commander in operational control considers necessary to accomplish the mission at Hand

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ADCON

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authority over subordinate commands in administration and support. Control over anything not operational

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COCOM

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A commander of one of the unified or specified combatant command established by the POTUS

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Navy COCOM

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Navy expeditionary combat command

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FLTCOM

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Commander in charge of a specific Flt AOR

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TYCOM

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Commander in charge of a specialty and all subordinate commands in support of the speciality. NETWARCOM,

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PACOM

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US Pacific Command - Camp Smith, HI
US Pacific Fleet
US Pacific Air Forces
US Army Pacific
US Marine Forces
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EUCOM

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US European Command - Stuggart Germany
US Army Europe
US Air Forces Europe
US Naval Forces Europe
USMC Forces Europe
US SpecOPS Command Europe
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JFCOM

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US Joint Forces Command - Norfolk VA
Forces Command
Marine Forces Command
Fleet Forces Command
Air Combat Command
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SOUTHCOM

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US Southern Command - Miami Florida
US Army South
Air Forces Southern
US Naval Forces Southern Command
USMC Forces South
SPECOPS Command South
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CENTCOM

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US Central Command - Tampa Bay FL
Army Forces Central Command
Naval Forces Central Command
Marine Forces Central Command
Air Forces Central Command
Special Operations Command Central
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NORTHCOM

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US Northern Command - Colorado Springs, CO
Joint Forces Headquarters National Capital Region
Joint Task Force Alaska
Joint Task Force Civil Support
Joint Task Force North
Standing Joint Force Headquarters
Army North
Air Force North
U.S. Fleet Forces Command
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TRANSCOM

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US Transportation Command
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
Air Mobility Command
Military Sealift Command
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
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AFRICOM

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US Africa Command - Stuttgart, Germany
US Army Africa
17th Air Force
US Navy 6th fleet
Marine Corps Forces Africa
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USCYBERCOM

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Fort Meade MD

Direct the operations and security of the Navy’s portion of the GIG

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CNO N2/N6

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Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia

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CNMOC

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Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

serves as the operational arm of the Naval Oceanography Program. Headquartered at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, COMNAVMETOCCOM is a third echelon command reporting to United States Fleet Forces Command (USFLTFORCOM). CNMOC’s claimancy is globally distributed, with assets located on larger ships (aircraft carriers, amphibious ships, and command and control ships), shore facilities at fleet concentration areas, and larger production centers in the U.S.

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NNWC

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Naval Network Warfare Program - Norfolk, Virginia

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Commander Reserve Space and Network Warfare Program

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Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska

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USSTRATCOM

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United States Strategic Command
Offutt Air Force Base ,Omaha, NE

U.S. Strategic Command promotes global security for America by:
Deterring attacks on US vital interests, and defending the nation should deterrence fail
Leading, planning, & executing strategic deterrence operations
Ensuring US freedom of action in space and cyberspace
Delivering integrated kinetic and non-kinetic effects in support of US Joint Force Commanders
Synchronizing global missile defense plans and operations
Synchronizing regional combating of weapons of mass destruction plans
Planning, integrating, & coordinating ISR in support of strategic and global operations, as directed
Advocating for capabilities as assigned

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NOAA

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Silver Spring, Maryland

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Naval Space Operations Center

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Dahlgren VA
Around-the-clock operational space support to Navy and Marine Corps cus-tomers is coordinated and disseminated through the Naval Space Operations Center (NAVSPOC) – the “service cen-ter” hub of the command, located at Dahlgren, Virginia. They provide space-related operational intelligence to de-ployed Navy and Marine Corps forces through a number of tactical communi-cations channels. The command’s space reports and analyses are activated on re-quest and are tailored to a deploying unit’s operations and geographic area of movement. They provide users with tac-tical assessments of space system capa-bilities and vulnerabilities to potentially hostile space sensors.

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FLTCYBERCOM

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As the designate commander of the navy’s service cryptologic component, responsible for mt&e functions of the consolidated cryptologic program resourced workforce

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NAVCYBERFOR

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Little Creek VA
Organize and prioritize training, modernizations and maintenance requirements, and capabilities of command and control architecture/networks

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ONI

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Office of Naval Intelligence - Suitland, Maryland. Produces meaningful maritime intelligence and makes it available to the warfighter.

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2nd Fleet

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Disestablished merged with US Fleet Forces Command:

Norfolk VA Atlantic Ocean

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3rd Fleet

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San diego; Eastern Specific

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4th Fleet

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Mayport Florida; Caribbean, central and south american

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5th Fleet

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Bahrain; Arabian Gulf/Indiane Ocean/Persian Gulf

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6th Fleet

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Gaeta Italy; MED and BlackSea

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7th Fleet

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Japan; Western Pacific/Indian Ocean

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10th Fleet

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Fort Meade; Globally

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Task Force (TF)

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Subdivision of a Fleet

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Task Group (TG)

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Division of TF

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Task Unit (TU)

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Division of TG

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Task Element (TE)

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Division of TU

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AG

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Weather

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CTI

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Foreign Language Comms

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CTM

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Cyptographic Maint guys

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CTN

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collect and analyze information about networks.

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CTR

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Information Operations exploit signals. Intel

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CTT

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Sensors and computer systems; Electronic Intel

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IS

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Intel

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IT

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Communication operations, message processing network administrators and network security

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NCTAMS PAC

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Wahiawa, HI

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NCTAMS LANT

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Norfolk VA

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C5ISR

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Command
Control
Communication
Computers
Combat Systems
Intelligence
Surveillance
Reconnaissance
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DISA

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Defense Information System Agency

Combat Support Agency- provides command and control capabilities. Direct Support to the war fighter

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NASIC

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National Air and Space Intel Center

Train, Equip and organize intel forces

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NCDOC

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Naval Cyber Defense Operations Command

Command and control architecture.

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ODNI

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Office of the Director of National Intelligence:
•Established: 17 DEC 2004 (Bush 43) per Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•The DNI:
-Serves as the president’s intel advisor
-Manages all 17 elements and a $49.8 billion budget
-establishes community priorities and direction
-Monitors IC performance
•DNI is appointed by the president, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
•Created Intellipediaand A-Space
•Includes a long list of components, including NCTC

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DIA

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Defense Intelligence Agency:
•Established: 01 OCT 1961 (JFK), per DoD DIR 5105.21
•HQ: Pentagon, satellite facility on Bolling AFB, MD
•Operates the Joint Staff J-2 Directorate to provide intelligence assessments, warnings, situational awareness, and advice to the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
•Operates the intelligence element of the National Military Command Center to provide all-source intelligence, indications and warning, crisis-management, and targeting intelligence to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
•05 AUG 10 BOOK 2, SEC. 107 SOURCES: (ODNI, AGENCY WEB SITES)UNCLAS
•Operates Defense HUMINT, Defense Attache System, JITF-CT,and DIA Missile and Space Center
•DEFSMAC is combined DIA/NSA command
•Executes the tasking of DoD MASINT collection platforms to meet national level collection requirements with the exception of those activities assigned to NGA

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NSA

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National Security Agency:
•Established: 04 NOV 1952 (Truman)
•HQ: Fort Meade, MD
•Not publicly acknowledged by USG until 1957
•Provides SIGINT / COMINT/ ELINT
•Info Assurance (IA): Ensure protection of national security systems for all departments and agencies of the USG
•National Security Operations Center (NSOC) issues CRITICmessages
•National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) tracks cyber threats
•According to the Spy Museum, NSA’s annual electric bill is $21million
•NSA employs 38,000 workers, tops in the IC

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CIA

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Central Intelligence Agency:
•Established: 26 JUL 1947 (Truman) as per National Security Act of 1947, replacing the former Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
•HQ: Langley, VA; Reports directly to ODNI
•Four offices of the CIA are:
-Directorate of Intelligence (DI): Analysis to president, Cabinet and senior US policymakers (PDB and WIRe)
-National Clandestine Service (NCS): Clandestine collection of actionable HUMINT and covert action, accountable to president
-Directorate of Science and Technology (DS&T): creates, adapts, develops, operates technical collection systems
-Directorate of Support (DS): Support to deployed elements (first in, last out), the “unseen hand”
••CIA also created Open Source Center, in Reston, VA
•Point to remember: FBI = Domestic / CIA = foreign
SPAWAR

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NGA

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National Geospatial Agency:
•Established: Formerly Defense Mapping Agency and National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NGA was created on 24 NOV 2004 (Bush 43) as part of the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill, which also formally introduced GEOINT
•HQ: Bethesda, MD, with major components at Washington Navy Yard and St. Louis, MO
•The “Eyes of the Nation”
•Timely, relevant GEOINT support; imagery, maps, geography, charts
•IMINT, commercial, imagery-derived MASINT
•Meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) data
•Moving to Ft. Belvoir, Va., in 2011
•In August of 2010, Letitia Long became the first woman to head an intelligence agency when she relieved VADM Robert Murrett as NGA’s director

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DHS

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Department of Homeland Security:
•Established: DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) created 25 NOV 2002 (Bush 43) per Homeland Security Act of 2002
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•I&A ensures information related to homeland security threats is collected, analyzed, and disseminated to the full spectrum of homeland security customers in the Department, at state, local, and tribal levels, in the private sector, and in the IC
•Key elements of DHS include: US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCG, US Customsand Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), FEMA, Secret Service (formerly DOT)

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FBI

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Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation:
•Established: 26 JUL 1908 (Teddy Roosevelt) as the Bureau of Investigation; renamed FBI in 1935
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•Protect and defend against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the US, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners
•Produce and use intelligence to protect the nation from threats and to bring to justice those who violate the law
•Point to remember: FBI = Domestic/ CIA = foreign

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DEA

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Dept. of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency:
•Established: On 17 FEB 2006 (Bush 43), DEA’s Office of National Security Intelligence (ONSI) became the most recent (16th) member of the IC
•HQ: Arlington, VA
•ONSI is responsible for providing drug-related information responsive to IC requirements(threatening activity alwayshas a tail, be it drugs, smuggling, or finance)
•ONSI leverages the global law enforcement drug intelligence assets of DEA to report on matters relating to national security
•DEA has the largest US law enforcement presence abroad with 86 offices in 63 countries

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DOE

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Department of Energy:
•Established: DOE has played a role in the IC since 1946, but the current alignment occurred on 05 OCT 1999 (Clinton), creating the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•Main task is to track the nuclear capabilities of other countries
•Informs US national security policy by collecting and analyzing information in the fields of nuclear terrorism, counterintelligence, cyber threats, nuclear proliferation, strategic surprise, and energy and environmental security
•Develops and implements programs to identify, neutralize and deter foreign government or industrial intelligence activities directed at or involving DOE programs, personnel, facilities, technologies, classified information and sensitive information.
•The office formulates all DOE intelligence and counterintelligence policy and coordinates all investigative matters with the FBI

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DOS

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Department of State:
•Established: On 20 SEP 45 (Truman), Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) was created when the OSS functions were split between DOS and Department of War; DOS got INR
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•Performs intelligence analysis and produces studies on political, economic topics essential to foreign policy determination and execution
•Outward focus: Involved in National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) and Special Estimates (SEs)
•Inward focus: Prepares SECSTATE’s Morning Summary and other internal products including single-subject Intelligence Research Reports
•Staff of roughly 300; 120 of which hold doctorate degrees

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DOT

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Department of Treasury:
•Established: Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) established 18 JUN 2003 (Bush 43) per FY 2004 Intelligence Authorization Act; amended National Security Act of 1947
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•OIA represents DOT in IC; provides analysis and intelligence production on financial and other support networks for terrorist groups, proliferators, and other key national security threats; intelligence support on economic, political, and security issues
•OIA reports to DOT Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), which marshals the department’s intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other threats

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NASA

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
•Established: 29 JUL 1958 (Ike) per National Aeronautics and Space Act; NASA is nota member of the IC
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•NASA pioneers the future of space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research
•Provides launch services for IC assets, rocket testing, space tracking, green aviation
•Establishes and maintain appropriate relationships with the IC for the purposes of obtaining and disseminating timely intelligence information, information on

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NRO

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National Reconnaissance Office:
•Established: 06 SEP 1961 (JFK); joint CIA-USAF venture
•HQ: Chantilly, VA
•Existence of NRO classified SECRET for 31 years
•Designs, builds, and operates satellites for DoD, CIA
•Engineering, development, acquisition of space systems and intel activities
•Major programs include CORONA, U-2, OXCART
•Support to I&W, arms control monitoring, and counterintelligence
•More than half employees are USAF

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USAF

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US Air Force Intelligence:
•Established: Air Intelligence Agency became the USAF Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency on 08 JUN 2007 (Bush 43)
•HQ: The Pentagon; USAF ISR in Lackland AF Base, TX
•Chief intelligence officer is the HQ USAF intelligence director(A2) and deputy chief of staff of the AF for ISR
•Provides expertise on foreign air forces, air defenses, andballistic missiles
•Conducts ISR using U-2, Global Hawk, RC-135, Predator
•National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) component produces multi-source products of foreign air/space threats
•AF ISR Agency commander serves as Service Cryptologic Component under NSA; oversees USAF Signals Intelligence activities
•USAF Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) operates US Atomic Energy Detection System (EADS); tracks nuke tests and earthquakes

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US ARMY

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US Army Military Intelligence (Army MI):
•Established: US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) established 1977 (Carter)
•HQ: Fort Belvoir, VA
•Deputy chief of staff (DCS) G-2is responsible for Army MI;supervises INSCOM and NGIC
•INSCOM builds capacity, grows HUMINT, builds Army Cyberspace capacity, expands surveillance and exploitation,changes the culture
•National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) provides the Army with military, scientific and technical intelligence; NGIC is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and reports to INSCOM

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USMC

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US Marine Corps Intel:
•Established: Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) established by the Commandant in 2000 (Bush 43)
•HQ: Quantico, VA with component at NMIC, Suitland, MD
•USMC Director of Intelligence (DIRINT) is its principal intelligence staff officer and is the service’s functional manager for intelligence, counterintelligence, and cryptologic matters
•MCIA provides intelligence for planning, training, operations, systems development, and exercises; can be tasked to provide expeditionary warfare intelligence to support any national, theater, or operational command in the US Armed Forces

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USN

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US Navy Intel:
•Established: IC’s oldest member, created 23 MAR 1882 (Arthur) by General Order No. 292
•HQ: The Pentagon; ONI component at Suitland, MD
•Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6) simultaneously functions as lead adviser to SECNAV and CNO
•N2/N6 is responsible for planning, oversight, programming,strategy, and policy of all USN intel organizations
•Highly specialized, maritime-related intelligence analysis, and administers intelligence oversight, security, and intelligence manpower issues; liaison with DoD and non-DoD agencies, long-term analysis of foreign military and naval forces and operations, foreign liaison support, scientific and technical analysis, strategic trade analysis, intelligence systems acquisition
•At NMIC: ONI, USMC Intelligence Activity (MCIA), USCG Intelligence Coordination Center, Naval Information Warfare Activity (NIWA)

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USCG

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US Coast Guard Intel:
•Established: 1915 (Wilson), became official member of US intel community on 28 DEC 2001 (Bush 43)
•HQ: Washington, D.C.
•In 2003, USCG transferred from DOT to DHS(USCG operates under USN during time of war)
•USCG operates as both an armed force and a law enforcement organization
•Handles smuggling, drugs, migrants, weapons; unique collection opportunities offshore and foreign ports
•USCG’s Maritime Intelligence Fusion Centers Atlantic and Pacific operate under Assistant Commandant for Intelligence and serve as the central hub for collection, fusion, analysis and dissemination of maritime intelligence and information to Coast Guard operating units, DHS, and all members of the IC including DOD and key decision makers at the national level

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