Military Reservists Positively Impact DCSA's National Security Mission [Image 2 of 9]

UNITED STATES

07.20.2022

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Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jenifer Valega, an analyst at the DCSA Counterintelligence and Insider Threat Directorate’s Counterespionage Branch, is among the military reservists on active duty who are making an impact across the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which comprises more than 8,000 government civilians and defense contractors.

“The opportunity to use all the skills acquired from both my reserve training and civilian experience to better serve our nation has been not only rewarding but vital,” said Valega, recently assigned as a special agent to the Counterespionage Branch. “As a reservist on active duty at DCSA, you get to be a part of the mission to safeguard the U.S., its workforce and trusted civilians from our nation’s adversaries and their attempts to compromise sensitive national security information and technologies. DCSA truly is an agency with purpose and a place where you can learn from your supervisors and peers alike, which is something individuals in this profession should always seek out.”

Valega is responsible for providing counterespionage and counterintelligence functional services to the national DCSA enterprise. She conducts an array of counterintelligence services, to include pre-briefs and debriefings for foreign travel; incident assessment activities; awareness and reporting; and collection in order to deter, identify, disrupt, exploit and neutralize foreign intelligence entities attempting to conduct intelligence activities against DCSA information, operations, facilities, systems and personnel.

• Date Taken: 07.20.2022
• Date Posted: 09.13.2022 13:39
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