Deputy Director of the National Security Agency

The Deputy Director of the National Security Agency is the highest-ranking civilian within the National Security Agency

National Security Agency

The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...

(NSA) and the Central Security Service

Central Security Service

The Central Security Service is an agency of the United States Department of Defense, established in 1972 by a Presidential Directive to promote full partnership between the National Security Agency and the Service Cryptologic Elements of the United States Armed Forces.-Organization:The blue...

(CSS). The Deputy Director reports to the Director of the NSA

Director of the National Security Agency

The Director of the National Security Agency is the highest-ranking official in the National Security Agency, which is a Defense Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense. The Director of the NSA also concurrently serves as Chief of the Central Security Service and as Commander of U.S. Cyber...

and is required to be a technically-experienced civilian.

The current deputy director is Mr. John C. (Chris) Inglis

John C. (Chris) Inglis

-Early years:Chris Inglis was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 29 October 1954. He graduated from Andover High School, Linthicum in 1972. Inglis is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.-Education:...

Deputy directors of AFSA

The Armed Forces Security Agency (AFSA) was the predecessor to the NSA.

#	Deputy Director	Term
1*	S. P. Collins, USA United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... Joseph Wenger Joseph Wenger Joseph Wenger was a Rear-Admiral of the United States Navy who served as the first Deputy Director of the Armed Forces Security Agency , and later as the first Vice Director of the National Security Agency, from December 1952 to November 1953, after the separate divisions of the AFSA merged into... , USN United States Navy The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S... Roy H. Lynn, USAF United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...	Nov. 1950-Apr. 1951
2	Travis Hetherington, USAF United States Air Force The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...	1951-1952

*From November 1950 to April 1951, there was a Deputy Director for each service.

Deputy directors of NSA

#	Vice Director	Term
1	Joseph Wenger Joseph Wenger Joseph Wenger was a Rear-Admiral of the United States Navy who served as the first Deputy Director of the Armed Forces Security Agency , and later as the first Vice Director of the National Security Agency, from December 1952 to November 1953, after the separate divisions of the AFSA merged into...	1952–1953
2	John Ackerman John Ackerman John Ackerman was the second Vice Director of the National Security Agency of the United States and a Major General of the United States Air Force.-External links:**...	1953–1956
3	John A. Samford John A. Samford John Alexander Samford was a former director of the National Security Agency.-Biography:Samford was born at Hagerman, New Mexico, in 1905. He graduated from high school in 1922 and then spent one year at Columbia College, New York City. In 1924 he received a senatorial appointment to the U.S....	June 1956
#	Deputy Director	Term
4	Joseph H. Ream	1956-1957
5	H. T. Engstrom	1957-1958
6	Louis W. Tordella Louis W. Tordella Louis W. Tordella was the longest serving deputy director of the NSA.Tordella was born in Garrett, Indiana, on May 1, 1911 and grew up in the Chicago environs. He displayed an early affinity for mathematics, and obtained bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in the 1930s...	1958-1974
7	Benson K. Buffham	1974–1978
8	Robert E. Drake	1978–1980
9	Ann Z. Caracristi Ann Z. Caracristi Ann Z. Caracristi is an American cryptanalyst, former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, where she served at various positions over a 40-year career. She served as a member of the Secretary of Defense Joint Security Commission and President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board...	1980–1982
10	Robert E. Rich	1982–1986
11	Charles R. Lord	1986–1988
12	Gerald R. Young	1988–1990
13	Robert L. Prestel	1990–1994
14	William P. Crowell	1994–1997
15	Barbara A. McNamara	1997–2000
16	William B. Black, Jr. William B. Black, Jr. William B. Black, Jr. is the most recent former Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.-Early NSA career :Black joined the National Security Agency in 1959 as an operational linguist/analyst after three years in the Army. While employed at NSA, Mr...	2000–2006
17	John C. (Chris) Inglis John C. (Chris) Inglis -Early years:Chris Inglis was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 29 October 1954. He graduated from Andover High School, Linthicum in 1972. Inglis is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.-Education:...	2006–present

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