{{Short description|DoD agencies that provide tactical support to the US military during combat operations}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2014}} thumb|right|350px|DoD organization, including CSA designations. '''Combat support agency''' ('''CSA''') is a designation by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) of those defense agencies that provide department-level and tactical support to the U.S. military during combat operations. The designation was first outlined by the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, with subsequent additions based on the department's needs.
==Combat support agencies== There are currently eight agencies designated as CSAs. This includes several intelligence agencies under the DoD, which have a national mandate in addition to their departmental combat support role.<ref>https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/300006p.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228224527/https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/300006p.pdf |date=2021-12-28 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> *Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) *Defense Health Agency (DHA) *Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) *Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) *Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) *Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) *National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) *National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS)
==See also== *Fourth Estate (Department of Defense), another group of agencies with some overlap including DCMA, DHA, DISA, and DLA
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Military terminology of the United States Category:United States Department of Defense agencies