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{{short description|Military medical intelligence agency of the United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2021}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = National Center for Medical Intelligence
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| seal            = National Center for Medical Intelligence logo.jpg
| seal_width      = 180px
| seal_caption    = Seal of the NCMI
| formed          = {{Start date and age|1973|4|1}} (as [[US Army]] Medical Intelligence and Information Agency (1973-82), Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center (1982-2008), became National Center for Medical Intelligence in 2008)
| agency_type     = Component of departmental agency (since 1992)
| preceding1      = [[US Army Medical Information and Intelligence Agency]] (1956-early 1970s)
| preceding2      = Medical intelligence office under [[Surgeon General of the United States Army|Army Surgeon General]], multiple names (at least [[WWII]]-1956)
| jurisdiction    = [[Federal government of the United States|Federal]] agency operating in US, but analyzing foreign and domestic intelligence
| headquarters    = [[Fort Detrick]], [[Frederick, Maryland]], U.S.
| coordinates     = {{Coord|39|26|7|N|77|25|45|W|}}
| employees       = 100<ref name=AP/>-150<ref name=Clemente/><ref name=Buxbaum>{{cite news |last=Buxbaum |first=Peter |date=Jul 7, 2008 |title= Military medical intelligence center gets a new name |url= https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/military-medical-intelligence-center-gets-new-name |work=Healthcare IT News |access-date= August 18, 2021}}</ref>
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| chief1_name     = [[Colonel (United States)|Col.]] R. Shane Day
| chief1_position = Director<ref name=Day1/><ref name=Day2/>
| chief2_name     = Christopher M. Strub
| chief2_position = Deputy Director<ref name=Day1/><ref name=Day2/>
| parent_agency   = [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA)
| parent_department = [[United States Department of Defense]] (DIA also member of [[United States Intelligence Community|USIC]])
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The '''National Center for Medical Intelligence''' ('''NCMI'''), formerly known as the ''Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center'', is a component of the United States [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] (DIA) responsible for the production of [[medical intelligence]] and [[all-source intelligence]] on foreign health threats and other medical issues to protect U.S. interests worldwide.<ref>[https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/642001p.pdf?ver=2019-06-06-145150-737 DoD Instruction 6420.01, "National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI)", March 20, 2009]</ref> Headquartered at [[Fort Detrick, Maryland|Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland]], the center provides finished intelligence products to the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], [[United States Intelligence Community|U.S. Intelligence Community]], [[Five Eyes]], [[NATO]], [[Major non-NATO ally|allies]] and partners, as well as [[international health]] organizations and [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]'s.<ref>Matthew Watson: "DIA Establishes National Center for Medical Intelligence", http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-07-11-dianatlctrmedintell.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220174225/http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/website/biosecurity_briefing/archive/govt_response/2008-07-11-dianatlctrmedintell.html |date=2010-02-20 }}, July 11, 2008.</ref>

As of April 2020, NCMI is led by director [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] R. Shane Day<ref name=Day1/><ref name=Day2/> and deputy director Christopher M. Strub.<ref name=Day2/>