{"id":33238,"date":"2024-01-16T16:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/01\/16\/disa-establishing-j2-intelligence-directorate-amid-workforce-revamp\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:37:59","slug":"disa-establishing-j2-intelligence-directorate-amid-workforce-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks-battlefield-tech\/2024\/01\/16\/disa-establishing-j2-intelligence-directorate-amid-workforce-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"DISA establishing \u2018J2\u2032 intelligence directorate amid workforce revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

McLEAN, Va. \u2014 The U.S. Department of Defense\u2019s de facto information-technology authority is building out its first-ever intelligence directorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The establishment of the \u201cJ2\u2033 office is meant to provide the Defense Information Systems Agency<\/a> with a greater understanding of \u201cwhat the adversary is trying to do\u201d against the computing, sensitive networks and lines of communication it stewards, according to its director, Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DISA, established in 1991, adopted the J-code model last year, mirroring the structure of the military organizations it works closely with. Directorates elsewhere include personnel (J1), operations (J3), logistics (J4), strategy, planning and policy (J5), and command and control (J6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a firm believer that as a combat-support agency, which is our identity, we should more align to those organizations that we provide primary support to, which are our agencies and our combatant commands,\u201d Skinner said Jan. 11 at the Army IT Day conference<\/a> in Northern Virginia. \u201cThe more we can functionally align with what we are doing, along with our mission partner, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t