providing professional military education in intelligence, national se-
curity, and regional issues. First established in 1962 as the Defense In-
telligence School, it consolidated existing army and navy academic
programs in strategic intelligence. In 1980, Congress authorized the
school to award the Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence (MSSI)
degree. In 1981, the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle
States Association of Colleges and Schools accredited the school. That
same year, the Defense Department rechartered the institution as the
Defense Intelligence College(DIC), placing additional emphasis on
its research mission.
Renamed the Joint Military Intelligence College in 1993, the JMIC
offers a highly diverse curriculum. It also sponsors research and pub-
lication opportunities for students and faculty, attracts noteworthy in-
dividuals as distinguished speakers, and provides field trips to key in-
telligence activities. Its students come from throughout the
intelligence community (IC), including the Coast Guard and other
federal civilian agencies, and participate in field exercises and simu-
lations in partnership with their peers at the military staff and war
colleges. The JMIC’s campus is located on Bolling Air Force Base in
Washington, D.C., but it also provides off-campus programs at vari-
ous intelligence agencies.JOINT MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (JMIP). Estab-
lished in 1995, the JMIPis one of three intelligence budgets of the U.S.
government, consolidating all defense-wide intelligence programs un-
der navy executive authority, so long as they involve more than one de-
fense component. As such, the JMIPincorporates three major aggrega-
tions: The Defense Cryptologic Program (DCP), the Defense Imagery
and Mapping Program (DIMAP), and the Defense General Intelligence
and Applications Program (DGIAP). Prior to 1995, these and other
similar defense intelligence programs were within the tactical intelli-
gence and related activities (TIARA) budget, but defense planners es-
tablished the JMIPto centralize planning, management, coordination,
and oversight of defense-wide programs and to produce greater effec-
tiveness in defense-related intelligence activities. The JMIPallocations
increased to around $7 billion in fiscal year 2002, but defense planners
expect a steady decline to about $4.2 billion in fiscal year 2005. See
also GENERAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM; NA-
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