ABSTRACT
The continued major role of US service intelligence organizations is partly a function of bureaucratic politics, partly a function of law, and partly the result of the structure and requirements of the US military. In January 1961, during the final weeks of his presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower bemoaned the fact that the US military still operated three major independent intelligence services, those of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The three primary Air Force intelligence entities are the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), the 25th Air Force, and the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). Management of Marine Corps intelligence activities is the responsibility of the Corps' Director of Intelligence, who heads the Intelligence Department, established by the Commandant of the Marine Corps in April 2000 to enhance Marine Corps intelligence capabilities.
