| | Its workforce is as diverse as its missions. It possess a workforce skilled in the areas of [[military history]] and doctrine, [[economics]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], world history, [[political science]], bio-sciences, and computer sciences to name a few. | | Its workforce is as diverse as its missions. It possess a workforce skilled in the areas of [[military history]] and doctrine, [[economics]], [[physics]], [[chemistry]], world history, [[political science]], bio-sciences, and computer sciences to name a few. |
| − | The mission of the DIA is to satisfy the military and military-related [[intelligence]] requirements of the Secretary and Deputy [[Secretary of Defense]], the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the DNI, and provide the military intelligence contribution to national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. It plans, manages, and executes intelligence operations during peacetime, crisis, and war. It serves as the DoD lead for coordinating intelligence support to meet COCOM requirements; lead efforts to align analysis, collection, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities with all operations; and link and synchronize Military, Defense, and National Intelligence capabilities. <ref>[http://www.dia.mil/ Text from: "Introduction to DIA", DIA official website]</ref> | + | The mission of the DIA is to satisfy the military and military-related [[intelligence]] requirements of the Secretary and Deputy [[Secretary of Defense]], the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the DNI, and provide the military intelligence contribution to national foreign intelligence and counterintelligence. It plans, manages, and executes intelligence operations during peacetime, crisis, and war. It serves as the DoD lead for coordinating intelligence support to meet COCOM requirements; lead efforts to align analysis, collection, and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) activities with all operations; and link and synchronize Military, Defense, and National Intelligence capabilities.<ref>[http://www.dia.mil/ Text from: "Introduction to DIA", DIA official website]</ref> |