Naval Investigative Service

United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Common name	Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Abbreviation	NCIS
Logo of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Seal of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Badge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Seal of the United States Department of the Navy
Agency overview
Formed	1992
Preceding agency	Naval Investigative Service (NIS)
Employees	2,500 (90% civilian)
Annual budget	US$460 million (2009)
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	United States
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Headquarters	Russell-Knox Building, Marine Corps Base, Quantico
Special Agents	c. 1,250
Agency executive	Andrew Traver, Director
Parent agency	United States Department of the Navy
Units	Several Cold Case Homicide Unit Multiple Threat Alert Center Central Adjudication Facility Major Case Response Team Law Enforcement Information Exchange DONCAF Contingency Response Senior Executive Service Personnel Operations & Services Department Cyber support office Forensic Analysis Protective Operations Division Recruitment NCIS Police & Security Joint Terrorism Task Force Armory NSCC Support Office of Special Projects
Field Offices	16
Website
www.ncis.navy.mil

Russell-Knox Building,

The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy. Its primary function is to investigate criminal activities involving the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, though its broad mandate includes national security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, cyber warfare, and the protection of U.S. naval assets worldwide. NCIS is the successor organization to the former Naval Investigative Service (NIS), which was established by the Office of Naval Intelligence after the Second World War.

The vast majority of NCIS personnel are civilian, roughly half of whom are special agents trained to carry out a wide variety of assignments around the world. NCIS agents are armed federal law enforcement investigators, who frequently coordinate with other U.S. government agencies and have a presence in over 40 countries, as well as on U.S. Navy vessels. NCIS special agents are supported by analysts and other experts skilled in disciplines such as forensics, surveillance, surveillance countermeasures, computer investigations, physical security, and polygraph examinations.