Fort Belvoir: In a first for U.S., a woman has been appointed as the head of one of its 16 major intelligence agencies. Letitia A Long, 51, took over as the Director of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Letitia on her appointment said, "I have never seen an agency as young as the NGA do so much in so little time." The NGA was established in 1996. In a career spanning 32 years, Letitia hasheld many senior management positions like Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and, most recently, second in command at the Defense Intelligence Agency.