CIA's relationship with the United States Military

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The Central Intelligence Agency needs to liaise with the United States Armed Forces, and a range of organizational structures have been used since the formation of the CIA to facilitate this liaison.

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National Intelligence Support Team

A NIST normally is composed of personnel from DIA, NSA, NIMA, and the CIA who are deployed upon request by the military commander to facilitate the flow of timely all-source intelligence between a Joint Task Force (JTF) and Washington, DC, during crises or contingency operations. [1]

Bureaucratic structure

Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Military Affairs (ADDO/MA)

This position 'faded off the org chart' after the creation of the ADCI/MS c. 1995 [2]

Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support (ADCI/MS)
or Associate Director of Military Support [3]
or Assistant Director for Military Support [4]
and finally, Associate Director for Military Affairs

This position was created by CIA Director John Deutch in 1995 [5] He called it the 'Associate Director for Military Affairs' in a report in 1996, [6] but that name was not used until the late 1st decade of the 21st century in official documents, like org charts, and the 110th congress DoD appropriations bill says that Title IX Subtitle D will undergo changes "necessitated by the redesignation of the CIA's Assistant Director for Military Support as the Associate Director for Military Affairs." [7]

Office of Military Affairs

OMA is staffed by CIA and military personnel. As the agency's single POC for military support, OMA negotiates, coordinates, manages, and monitors all aspects of agency support for military operations. This support is a continuous process that can be enhanced or modified to respond to a crisis or developing operation. Interaction between OMA and the DCI representatives to the OSD, the Joint Staff, and the combatant commands facilitates the provision of national-level intelligence in support of joint operations, operation planning, and exercises. [10]

List of associate directors for military affairs

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeService branch
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
- General Raymond A. Thomas III.jpg Lieutenant General
Raymond A. Thomas III
201320141 year, 0 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
- Lt. Gen. John F. Mulholland Jr.jpg Lieutenant General
John F. Mulholland Jr.
January 9, 2015October 4, 20161 year, 269 daysFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
- Vice Adm. P. Gardner Howe III.jpg Vice Admiral
P. Gardner Howe III
October 4, 2016November 8, 20193 years, 35 daysFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
- Vice Adm. Colin J. Kilrain.jpg Vice Admiral
Colin J. Kilrain
November 8, 2019October 20, 20211 year, 346 daysFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
- Lt Gen John D. Caine.jpg Lieutenant General
John D. Caine
November 3, 2021Incumbent265 daysFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force

Notes

  1. National Intelligence Support Teams, cia.gov
  2. Garthoff, Ch 13 footnote 4
  3. The New Team - Dennis C. Blair, New York Times, 2009 May 5
  4. "P.L. 110-417, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  5. Garthoff, Chapter 13, and 1997 factbook on intelligence, CIA
  6. See Deutch, 1996
  7. See Organizational structure of the Central Intelligence Agency, section on organizational charts. See also the 110th congress senate bill S.3001 Archived 2008-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  8. CIA Support.. 1997
  9. Garthoff, Chapter 13, footnote 4
  10. Joint and National Support to Military Operations, 2004, pg 165 of pdf
  11. Garthoff, ch 13. and see Feinstein's Nomination (~2 years)
  12. President Nominates Blair, Gordon to DoD Posts, American Forces Press Service, 1996 May 2
  13. "Release".
  14. "Release".
  15. See Message from the director.. 2008 7 10, calling Brennan the ADMA, and then Photochart, late 2008, still calling him the ADCI/MS
  16. Message from the director.. 2008 7 10
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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