National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

At NGA, we couldn’t fit our appreciation for our veteran employees’ service into one day, so we’re celebrating all month long. Throughout November, we’ll be highlighting employees from each branch of our military and honoring their service to our great nation. We are so proud that they continue to serve in our nation’s defense every day at NGA. Happy #VeteransMonth! 🎖️

This November, NGA is proud to recognize #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. To celebrate, check out these Native American artifacts collected by NGA employees. Featured in this photo are: 🗨️ A talking stick crafted by an NGA employee 💍 An employee’s collection of jewelry made with leather and tendon 🏺 A historical vase embellished with a dancer 🦅 A dreamcatcher fashioned out of bone to resemble an eagle 👔 A bolo tie crafted to resemble a turtle signifying an NGA employee’s familial tribe NGA is honored to highlight the rich heritage of our Native American employees, and we look forward to celebrating their heritage all month long. 🎉

#ICYMI This past Thursday, #NGAinSTL hosted a collegiate debate competition with 14 faculty and staff and 16 students from Bradley University, Missouri Valley College, Southern Baptist University, University of Missouri-Columbia and Webster University. 🏫 🏫 🥇 Webster University 🥈 University of Missouri-Columbia The competition delivered a chance to gauge local academic talent and support NGA future recruitment.

NGA is #hiring a police officer at our Springfield, VA location. If you have experience in law enforcement and security services, apply to #JoinNGA by Nov. 23 ➡️ https://bit.ly/48VheH6

Our United States Department of Defense SMART scholars are quite impressive – some of their research at NGA includes: 🧲 computational electromagnetics 🚜 climate variability impacts on smallholder farmers and food security in eastern and southern Africa 📡 implementation of a novel multimodal neural network architecture for satellite imagery Have what it takes to be a SMART scholar? Check out the qualifications and apply by Dec. 6 for your chance to join the program. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3KZzvYE

NGA 🤝 Missouri National Guard #ICYMI, more than 100 NGA employees at our St. Louis campus participated in the fourth consecutive land navigation exercise, a joint effort with the National Guard to teach basic land navigation techniques with NGA products. The exercise also came with a sweet ride in UH-60 Blackhawk and CH47 Chinook helicopters. 🚁 Read more on this exercise and its impact on our mission here. #NGAinSTL ➡️ https://bit.ly/3O80Fhq

#ICYMI NGA is starting to experiment with emerging large language models and other disruptive generative #AI capabilities to enhance our work to inform military operations. 🖥️ "Essentially, [we’ll] be able to ask any question on any report that’s ever been written, and it [could] have the depth of knowledge and understanding of analysts that worked on accounts for 30 years,” NGA's Chief AI Officer Mark Munsell explains. Learn more about NGA's next steps with training cutting-edge models 📰➡️ https://bit.ly/40H72Q6

Happy #VeteransDay from NGA! To celebrate, learn more about our featured NGA #Veterans: 💪 SFC (Ret) Shamar who served in the US Army for 13 years ⚓ Capt. O-6 (Ret) Jeff who served in the US Navy for 34 years ✈️ CMSgt (Ret) Lori pictured here with family photos. She was inspired to follow in her grandfather and father’s footsteps and answered her call to serve in the United States Air Force for 29 years. 💪 Msg (Ret) Mike who served in the #USArmy 23 years We are so proud that each of you continue to serve in our nation's defense at NGA! Happy #VeteransMonth! 🎖️ 🎖️

Mark Chatelain, NGA Chief Information Officer, discussed GEOINT AI, computer vision, data labeling, data security and working with industry on the GovCIO Media & Research podcast. "It's [our] responsibility to make sure that any artificial intelligence is managed by people," he said. "We don't allow the artificial intelligence, the algorithms, to process things without having humans involved to verify." Listen to what else Chatelain had to say here 🎧 ➡️ https://bit.ly/3YP5guR

NGA is proud to call St. Louis home and solidify its position as a global hub of geospatial innovation. 🌎 Marlie, an employee here at #NGAinSTL, outlines her career path: 🏫 Working on an NGA project with her University of Missouri-Saint Louis professor 💼 Internship at NGA 🏢 Now, a career as a geodetic earth scientist at NGA All in STL, Marlie didn't think this was possible, "I assumed I’d have to leave town to work for NASA or a national laboratory,” Marlie says. “It turns out this is a really great location to start your career in geospatial. It’s a super supportive community. Everyone wants to work together to grow it, and there’s so much cutting-edge technology and research going on that it’s drawing people here. People are talking about it.” Learn more about how NGA continues to support jobs and economic growth in STL 📰➡️ https://bit.ly/48Ekrur