Who chairs the Military Intelligence Board?

• A. NIO for Military Issues
• B. DIA J-2
• C. USD(I)
• D. Director of DIA

Answer: (D)

The chair of the Military Intelligence Board is the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. This board is a DoD-wide forum for coordinating military intelligence activities across components, setting priorities, and ensuring integrated defense intelligence support. The person in charge of DIA is the natural leader for this body because DIA serves as the DoD’s central intelligence organization, with the authority and visibility to align military intelligence efforts across the entire department.

An NIO for Military Issues operates at the national-level intelligence apparatus and doesn’t chair DoD-wide boards. The head of DIA’s own intelligence directorate (J-2) directs DIA’s analytic and collection work but does not preside over the board as chair. The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security oversees broader policy and resource issues, not the chair role for this specific board.