Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nekuguma kweHondo Yemashoko, ruzivo rwekuzvidzivirira rwakatanga nguva yekuongororwazve zvichitevera kudonha kwehurongwa hweSoviet munyika zhinji dzeEastern Europe, kubatanidzwazve kweGerman, uye shanduko dzehupfumi dziri kuitika mudunhu. Mukupindura kupindirwa kweKuwait neIraq muna August 1990
, DIA yakagadzira nzvimbo yakakura, yemaawa makumi maviri nemana, yekugadzirisa dambudziko rakagadzirirwa kugadzira ruzivo rwenyika rwenyika kune masimba emubatanidzwa akaungana kuti adzinge Iraq kubva kuKuwait. Pakasvika nguva Operation Desert Storm payakatanga, vashandi vebazi vanenge 2 000 vakanga vabatanidzwa mubasa rokutsigira vasori. Vazhinjisa vavo vakabatanidzwa neimwe nzira neJoint Intelligence Center (JIC) yomunyika yose, iyo DIA yakavamba paPentagon kuti ibatanidze ruzivo rwuri kubudiswa muCommunity yose. DIA yakatumira vashandi vanopfuura 100 kuKuwaiti Theater of Operations kuti vape rubatsiro rwemashoko.