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Rear Admiral Mike Brookes, USN
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Rear Adm. Mike Brookes assumed command of the Office of Naval Intelligence and became the Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office in July 2023.
Brookes is the son of a career naval officer and a 1987 graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He also holds a Master of Arts in National Security Affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Brookes attended Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and was commissioned in March 1989.
Brookes’ operational tours include imagery intelligence officer for the Checkmates of Fighter Squadron (VF) 211, embarked aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68); assistant intelligence officer (N21) for Cruiser-Destroyer Group One, embarked aboard USS Constellation (CV 64); assistant chief of staff for intelligence (N2) for Carrier Strike Group 7, embarked aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76); deputy director of intelligence (DJ2) for Joint Special Operations Command, where he deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan, as director of intelligence (J2) for a joint special operations task force; and information warfare commander for Carrier Strike Group One, embarked aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Ashore, Brookes served as international programs officer for N2 Directorate, U.S. Pacific Fleet; officer in charge, Maritime Watch, Joint Forces Intelligence Command; intelligence operations and plans officer, Naval Special Warfare Command, where he augmented a joint special operations task force in Kabul, Afghanistan, deputy director of intelligence (DDI), National Joint Operations Intelligence Center (NJOIC) for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet.
Brookes commanded the Joint Intelligence Center Central, U.S. Central Command, Tampa, Florida, and the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center, Suitland, Maryland. He served as the director of intelligence (J2), U.S. Strategic Command and assumed the duties as director of Intelligence, J2, U.S. Southern Command in June 2021.
His decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and Meritorious Service Medal among other personal, campaign, unit, and service awards.
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Kyle Hunt, Principal Advisor
National Maritime Intelligence - Integration Office (NMIO)
Naval Intelligence Activity (NIA)
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Mr. Hunt serves as the Principal Advisor for the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO). NMIO is integrated within the Naval Intelligence Activity (NIA) managing the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Maritime Service of Common Concern (SoCC) and synchronizing Maritime Domain Awareness efforts across the U.S. Government. NMIO is broadly responsible for coordinating maritime information sharing and intelligence integration throughout the Global Maritime Community of Interest and implementing the National Strategy for Maritime Security and its supporting plans. In his role as advisor, Mr. Hunt supports the Director and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence and the NMIO Director who is dual hatted as the Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Mr. Hunt was appointed to the Defense Intelligence Senior Level in January of 2024 and has over 20 years’ experience in the intelligence community.
Mr. Hunt’s career in Naval Intelligence began at the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in 2001 as a general military intelligence analyst. In 2008, Mr. Hunt was selected for a Joint Duty Assignment in the US Defense Attaché Office in Oslo, Norway; serving as the U.S. Naval Liaison until 2012. From 2012-2016, Mr. Hunt led one of the Intelligence Community’s largest Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) programs and eventually led Navy’s entire OSINT portfolio. In 2017, Mr. Hunt was selected as the Director for Collection Operations (N3) where he led ONI collection activities as well as the acquisition and development of maritime Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, analytic tools, and information technology for Navy, national and international partners with 250 employees and a $200M budget.
Prior to joining ONI, Mr. Hunt served as a White House Defense Fellow in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, Peacekeeping Peace Enforcement Policy and later in the Office of Humanitarian & Refugee Affairs. Mr. Hunt earned his Bachelor’s degree in International Politics from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from American University. Mr. Hunt also served as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars and a lecturer at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania while pursuing a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.
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