Defense Agencies: Defense Logistics Agency

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 167

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

was established in 1961 and is under

the authority, direction, and control

of the Under Secretary of Defense for

Intelligence. DIA provides timely, objective,

and cogent military intelligence to

warf‌ighters, force planners, and defense

and national security policymakers.

DIA obtains and reports information

through its f‌ield sites worldwide and the

Defense Attache System; provides timely

intelligence analysis; directs Defense

Human Intelligence programs; operates

the Joint Intelligence Task Force for

Combating Terrorism and the Joint Military

Intelligence College; coordinates and

facilitates Measurement and Signature

Intelligence activities; manages and plans

collection from specialized technical

sources; manages secure DOD intelligence

networks; and coordinates required

intelligence support for the Secretary of

Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant

Commanders, and Joint Task Forces.

For further information, contact the Public Affairs Off‌ice, Defense Intelligence Agency,Washington, DC

20340–5100. Phone, 703–695–0071. Internet, http://www.dia.mil.

Defense Legal Services Agency

The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–1600

Phone, 703–695–3341. Internet, http://www.dod.mil/dodgc.

Director (General Counsel) JEH CHARLES JOHNSON

Deputy Director (Deputy General Counsel) ROBERT S. TAYLOR

The Defense Legal Services Agency

(DLSA) was established in 1981 and

is under the authority, direction, and

control of the General Counsel of the

Department of Defense, who also

serves as its Director. DLSA provides

legal advice and services for specif‌ied

DOD components and adjudication of

personnel security cases for DOD and

other assigned Federal agencies and

departments. It also provides technical

support and assistance for development

of the Department’s legislative program;

coordinates positions on legislation and

Presidential Executive orders; provides a

centralized legislative and congressional

document reference and distribution

point for the Department; maintains the

Department’s historical legislative f‌iles;

and administers programs governing

standards of conduct and alternative

dispute resolution.

For further information, contact the Administrative Off‌ice, Defense Legal Services Agency, Room 3A734,

Washington, DC 20301–1600. Phone, 703–697–8343. Internet, http://www.dod.mil/dodgc.

Defense Logistics Agency

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–6221

Phone, 703–767–6200. Internet, http://www.dla.mil.

Director VICE ADM.ALAN S. THOMPSON,

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Vice Director MAJ.GEN.ARTHUR B. MORRILL, III,

USAF

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

is under the authority, direction, and

control of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and

Logistics. DLA supports both the logistics

requirements of the military services and

their acquisition of weapons and other

materiel. It provides logistics support

and technical services to all branches of

the military and to a number of Federal

agencies. DLA supply centers consolidate

the requirements of the military services

and procure the supplies in suff‌icient

quantities to meet their projected

needs. DLA manages supplies in eight

commodity areas: fuel, food, clothing,