Maj. Gen. Thomas Geary, assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at the U.S. Air Force, has been tapped to serve as military deputy to the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

The Defense Department said Monday Geary’s new assignment is based in Washington.

Geary was appointed to his role at the Air Force in June 2016 after serving as director of ISR strategy, plans, policy and force development at the service branch.

He was also the “de facto” national intelligence manager for civil aviation intelligence and executive director of the National Aviation Intelligence Integration Office under the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

He has commanded units such as the National Security Agency/Central Security Service Texas, 17th Training Wing at Goodfellow Air Force Base, 692nd ISR Group at Hickam AFB and 608th Air Intelligence Squadron at Barksdale AFB.

Geary served as a senior intelligence staff with the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan as well as director of intelligence at U.S. Southern Command before working at the Pentagon.

David Norquist, Defense Department undersecretary and comptroller, has said DoD should look at the “full spectrum of threats” as the agency works on the defense budget for fiscal 2019, Defense News reported Monday.

Norquist told Defense News in an interview that possible areas of focus include cybersecurity and munitions.

He also cited the need for DoD to prioritize readiness as the Trump administration seeks to start military buildup efforts in 2019.

“You sustain the readiness and you then start shifting, you may make choices on systems but the readiness of the force you have has to stay a priority,” Norquist said.

“And I don’t think we take a step back from readiness as we’re looking at expanding the capacity and the capability.”

Norquist noted that he thinks subjecting DoD to audits provides an opportunity to analyze the department’s financial practices and leverage the use of data analytics.

“You use data analytics to analyze databases to find trends and patterns. If it’s reliable, then you can use that to drive a lot of changes.”

He said he believes DoD should continue to use overseas contingency operations since OCO helps the department to examine costs amid the challenge posed by budget caps.

“OCO is a way of looking at the costs that relate to overseas contingencies that aren’t part of the core base operations of the department,” Norquist added.

“It’s useful for analysis, it’s useful for planning.”

Rear Adm. Nancy Norton, former U.S. Navy director of warfare integration for information warfare, has been named vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.

DISA said Norton will help manage the agency’s more than 8,000 personnel and $11 billion annual budget in her new position.

Norton noted her top priorities as DISA vice director are to ensure the Defense Department‘s lethality; establish a maneuverable and mobile joint network; and develop an agile workforce that can meet warfighters’ needs.

She has served in various afloat and onshore assignments at the Navy, with a focus on information warfare.

Norton’s previous roles include director of the command, control, communications and cyber directorate at the U.S. Pacific Command; executive assistant to the chief of naval operations; and deputy director for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities at the office of the deputy CNO for information dominance.

She also served as a command, control, communications, computers and intelligence officer aboard USS Enterprise supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, as well as on the staff of the Naval Forces Europe commander and U.S. 6th Fleet commander.