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English: Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, U.S. Air Force, serves as the 23rd Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, leading its global intelligence mission and a 16,500-strong joint workforce. Prior to assuming his role at DIA, Lt. Gen. Kruse served as the Advisor for Military Affairs for the Director of National Intelligence and was awarded the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal. From July 2019 to August 2020, he served as the Director of Defense Intelligence for Warfighter Support in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security. Preceding this, from July 2016 to 2019, Lt. Gen. Kruse served as the Director of Intelligence for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and from 2015 to 2016 as Director of Intelligence for the Joint Task-Force — Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. Throughout his career, Lt. Gen. Kruse has led Air Force units at the squadron, group, and wing levels, and he has deployed many times to combat global theaters.