Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 5205.12
November 14, 2008
Certified current through November 14, 2015
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Military Intelligence Program (MIP)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Directive:
a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the MIP in accordance with the
authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 (Reference (a)) to provide visibility into Defense
Intelligence resource data and capabilities and to create a means for effectively assessing
Defense Intelligence capabilities. This structure supports a capability portfolio framework and
enables the Department of Defense to evaluate the strategic balance among requirements,
resources, technical capacity, and human skills within the MIP and between the MIP and the
National Intelligence Program (NIP), as appropriate.
b. Incorporates and cancels Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandums (References (b) and
(c)) and DoDD 5205.9 (Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively in this directive as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS. These terms and their definitions are for the purposes of this Directive.
Acronyms are defined in the Glossary.
a. MIP. The MIP consists of programs, projects, or activities that support the Secretary of
Defense’s intelligence, counterintelligence, and related intelligence responsibilities. This
includes those intelligence and counterintelligence programs, projects, or activities that provide
capabilities to meet warfighters’ operational and tactical requirements more effectively. The
term excludes capabilities associated with a weapons system whose primary mission is not
intelligence. The term “MIP” replaces the terms “Joint Military Intelligence Program (JMIP)”
