From left to right, Maj. Gen. Mary A. Legere, commander of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM); Ann H. Mallek (partially hidden), chairman of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors; Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, commander of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington and Joint Force Headquarters National Capital Region; Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr., director of the Defense Intelligence Agency; and Col. John J. Strycula, Fort Belvoir garrison commander, celebrate the ribbon cutting of the Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility (JUIAF) here, Aug. 10. The 170,000 square-foot JUIAF complex will house analytical functions of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Ground Intelligence Center, which is part of INSCOM. The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed design and construction of the facility, which was built as a result of 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation. (U.S. Army photo/Marc Barnes)
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Defense Department ushers in new era in military intelligence analysis
Posted August 11, 2010
By Jerry Rogers
Norfolk District Public Affairs
08/11/2010 - RIVANNA STATION, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — More than 200 guests, Defense Department intelligence officials and local community leaders gathered Aug. 10 and braved 100-degree weather here to usher in the Defense Intelligence Agency's new Joint-Use Intelligence Analysis Facility, or JUIAF.
"This is truly an important day for the Defense Intelligence Agency [DIA] as we celebrate the completion of this beautiful building. This facility will guide a new era of defense intelligence analysis capability that will greatly enhance our senior policy commander's ability to successfully perform their missions," said Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr., DIA director.
JUIAF, a $61 million design-build military construction project, was completed under the leadership of Gary Tysor, project manager; and Terry Deglanden, resident engineer, Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps' contractor was Archer Western Contractors of Chicago, Ill., and the project's designer was Michael Baker Jr., Inc. of Alexandria, Va.
The 170,500 square-foot facility, a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, authorization merges intelligence operations -- approximately 800 people from DIA and 200 from the Army National Ground Intelligence Center, which is adjacent to the JUIAF on the Rivanna Station campus. This collaboration will provide enhanced command and control, promote acquisition, assimilation and analysis of real-time intelligence, and enhance organizational productivity, inter-agency connectivity and inter-operability, said DIA officials.
Colonel Lisa Price, commander of NGIC, said her organization will work in tandem with JUIAF to solve military-related problems through information-sharing and joint-intelligence analysis.
According to Ann H. Mallek, chairman, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the JUIAF is also boosting the local economy with an increase of government and defense contractor workforces.
The JUIAF features a low-building profile that is sculptured into the site's topography to take advantage of views of the natural forested area, a pond and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The project provides a new access control point for Rivanna Station, meeting current Army security standards. JUIAF will also receive Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council that meets the Army's Leadership in Energy Design, or LEED, standards.
Updated: 11-Aug-2010