UNCCASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEFENSE ITELUGENCE AGENCY WASHtN TON X 2D34O5tO ACTION MEMO iAN U-07-21 4 CE g 2006 FORD UNDER S1CRliTARY OP DhFENSE PERSONNEL ANt REAl INESS THRU UNDER SECRETARY Of DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE PRO’l Michael D Maples Lieutenant General USA Dircctor Defense Intelligence Agency SUBJECT Establishment of the National Centcr Fr r Medical Intelligence Dekne Intelligence Agency DIA requests the establishment of the National Center for Medical Intelligence NCMI based on DIA’s current Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center AfMIC A MIC is Ut facto a national intelligence center A MIC is the primary producer of medical intelligence for the U S government and provides finished all-source medical inie tigence on infectious disease risks military and civilian medical systems environmental health risks medical science and technology and in partnership with domcstc agencies homeland health protection - - • Designation of AFMJC as a national center would be consistent with Departmental actions associated with the renaming of the National Air and Space Intetligence Center NASIC the National Media Exploitation Center NMFC and the National Ground Intelligence Center fNGIC Subject to your concurrence NCMI will be established under DIA through appropriate amendment to Department of Defense Directive DoDD 6420 1 “Armed Furce Medical Intelligence Center AfMIC ” 30 September 1996 RECOMMENDATION USD1 P R approve designation of AFM IC as the NCMI by initialing Approve________ Disapprove____________ COORDTNATION DIA GC 3 10 USC 424 Prepared by Director AlMIC UNCLASSIFIED N 54 UNCCASSlFIEDllOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY- b 3 10 USC 424