Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - mamayewar Iraki a ranar 2 ga Agusta 1990 na Kuwait
ya haifar da hadin gwiwar dakarun Majalisar Dinkin Duniya wadanda suka kuduri aniyar 'yantar da wannan kasar. DIA ta yi gargadin barazanar Iraqi a karshen watan Yuli. An fara aiki mai zurfi da awanni 24 a cikin DIA tare da tallafin bayanan sirri na yau da kullun ga sojojin haɗin gwiwa, sa hannu a cikin taron manema labarai na yau da kullun, da kuma cikakken tallafin kayan talla ga masu amfani da yawa. Duk matakan ma'aikatan Hukumar da sama da mutane 2,000 sun ba da gudummawa ga Operation DESERT SHIELD. An kafa Cibiyar Bincike ta Hadin gwiwa (JIC) don haɗa bayanan sirri da duk bangarorin al'umma suka samar. Babu wani rukunin kwamandojin yaƙi da ya taɓa samun cikakkiyar cikakkiyar ra'ayi game da abokin hamayyarsa kamar yadda kwamandojin filin Amurka da haɗin gwiwa suka yi a lokacin DESERT STORM, kuma wannan rikici ya kasance ɗayan manyan misalai na tallafin leken asiri ga sojojin aiki a cikin zamani. Don nasarorin da ta samu a lokacin rikicin da rikici, DIA ta sami lambar yabo ta biyu ta Joint Meritorious Unit daga Sakataren Tsaro, wanda Shugaban Kwamitin Harkokin Kasuwanci, Janar Colin L. Powell ya gabatar da kansa a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1991.