The Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 designated the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Mapping Agency as combat support agencies and directed the Secretary of Defense to establish procedures to assist the National Security Agency in its combat support functions.

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  The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ...

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• National Security Agency entity
• Defense Intelligence Agency entity
• Secretary of Defense concept