Dimitri Henry

Dimitri Henry is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who last served as the Director of Intelligence of the Joint Staff. He previously served as the Director of Intelligence of the United States Central Command and before that as the Director of Intelligence of the United States Marine Corps.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Dimitri Henry
Official portrait, 2022
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1981–2025
Rank	Lieutenant General
Awards	Defense Superior Service Medal (2) Legion of Merit Bronze Star
Alma mater	Texas A&M University Naval Postgraduate School (MS)

Military career

Dimitri Henry enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1981 and attained the rank of SSgt. before graduating from Texas A&M University in 1988 and being commissioned a 2nd Lt.^[6]

He served as the Commanding Officer, Co H, Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, San Antonio, TX, from 2001–2004. He went on to serve as Director Marine Corps Intelligence 2017–2019.^[7]

As a Lieutenant Colonel, Henry commanded 1st Radio Battalion from 2006–2008 during which time the Radio battalion made two deployments to Iraq.^[8]

In April 2022, Henry was nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and appointment as director for intelligence of the Joint Staff.^[9][10] His promotion ceremony was held on 19 May 2022.^[11]

LtGen Henry retired on 26 June 2025 as the current longest serving Marine on active duty with 44 years of continuous active service.^[12]