Major General Vincent R Stewart,US Marine Corps,will assume command of the Defense Intelligence Agency on 23 January,Pentagon spokesman COL Steve Warren,US Army,announced today.Just before being sworn in at DIA headquarters on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington,GEN Stewart will be promoted to Lieutenant General.He will be the first Marine and the first African American to head the agency.
GEN Stewart is currently commander of Marine Forces Cyber Command,and was previously intelligence director at Headquarters US Marine Corps.*
DIA says it is committed to its vital role in winning today's wars,preventing strategic surprise,deterring conflict,and preparing to defeat future adversaries.Its core mission capabilities are collecting,processing,exploiting and analysing foreign military and defence-related information,and then disseminating the timely and relevant all-source analysis.It also takes pride in providing surge intelligence support to combatant commanders and warfighters for their priority operational and tactical intelligence requirements.The DIA trains the defence attaches who serve in US embassies.
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