Letitia Long on Monday became the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. She replaced Navy Vice Adm. Robert Murrett who led the organization since July 2006. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appointed Long back in February for the post. She served since May 2006 as the deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Long has 32 years of civilian federal service, most of them in the intel world. (AFPS release by Lisa Daniel)
The Space Superiority Weapons Instructor Course looks a lot different today than it did 30 years ago—a reflection of the growing importance of space to joint operations and the elevation of what was then a small cadre within the Air Force to its own separate service.