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The following photographic essay tells a story of CIA offcers in war. It contains portraits of CIA men and women as well as stilllife photographs of historical artifacts. The story begins in WWII and continues through the present. While the poses in the portraits and the stilllife arrangements were orchestrated by our photographer, the people and objects are authentic. Portrait subjects dressed in their own clothes and were photographed holding the tools they used or personal items from the wars and conflict zones they served in. The stilllife tableaux were composed of objects from CIA’s museum and private collections. The curator’s notes that follow the photographic essay describe the use and provenance of the objects shown and also as much of their history as can be revealed of the people in the portraits. As a young man our photographer, Peter Garfeld, served with the US Army in Vietnam as a combat photographer. In the course of his work during that war Peter had occasion to fly on CIA’s “Air America” and to observe CIA offcers in action. His commission for this book was to use his art to reveal the heart of CIA’s people and to show our continuity with past generations of offcers and families who have served in wars. He could not reveal the identities of most of the people in his portraits, but while interacting with them he learned about their work and their service in war. His response to CIA’s people and history is evident in the artistry he brought to creating this photographic essay.