The Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters (DIA HQ) is the main operating center of the
Defense Intelligence Agency. It is located on the premises of
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling (JBAB) is a 905-acre (366 ha) military installation, located in Southeast, Washington, D.C., established on 1 October 2010 in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the ...
in
Washington, DC.
Overview
DIA Headquarters (sometimes called the Defense Intelligence Analysis Center or DIAC) opened in 1983 and became operational in 1984. and designed by
SmithGroupJJR to consolidate DIA activities in the Washington, DC area. In 2005, the agency opened the Headquarters Expansion, also designed by SmithGroupJJR, which allowed for more DIA personnel to serve under one roof than ever before.
It simultaneously housed the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence from 2005 until 2008, when the DNI's own facility was opened at Liberty Crossing in
McLean, Virginia.
Under DIA HQ is also the headquarters of the co-located
United States Strategic Command's
(JFCC-ISR). DIA HQ also includes the
DIA Memorial Wall
The Defense Intelligence Agency Memorial Wall, commonly known as the Patriots Memorial, is a memorial at DIA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., dedicated to those agency employees who lost their lives in the line of their intelligence work and ...
, which commemorates 21 Defense Intelligence Agency employees who have died in the service of the agency and of the United States. Additionally, the facility houses a memorial honoring seven employees who died in the
attacks of September 11, 2001 at
the Pentagon, the Torch Bearers Wall, which recognizes employees' exceptional contributions to the agency’s mission, and the DIA Museum, which chronicles the history of the agency along with associated historical artifacts.
Currently, approximately 30% of DIA's workforce serves in the Headquarters and most of DIA's work is performed there.
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In addition to DIA Headquarters, agency employees may also be detailed to ]US embassies
The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo ...
as part of the Defense Attaché System
The Defense Attaché System is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency tasked with representing the United States in defense and military related matters with foreign governments around the world. Defense Attache Offices (DAO) operate from U.S ...
, Ft. Detrick
Fort Detrick () is a United States Army Futures Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland. Historically, Fort Detrick was the center of the U.S. biological weapons program from 1943 to 1969. Since the discontinuation of that program, i ...
( Fredrick, MD) for NCMI, Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal (RSA) is a United States Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The Arsenal is a garrison f ...
( Huntsville, AL) for MSIC The abbreviation MSIC can stand for
*Missile and Space Intelligence Center, an American military intelligence agency component
*multi-strip ionization chamber
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, military combatant command headquarters, and several other locations.[
]
See also
* George Bush Center for Intelligence
*Defense Clandestine Service
The Defense Clandestine Service (DCS) is an arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), which conducts clandestine espionage, intelligence gathering activities and classified operations around the world to provide insights and answer national ...
References
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Defense Intelligence Agency
Intelligence agency headquarters
Government buildings in Washington, D.C.
Government buildings completed in 1983
1983 establishments in Washington, D.C.