 In May 1974 Faurer returned to the Defense Intelligence Agency as deputy director for intelligence, and in July 1976 he became vice director for production.He was assigned as director, J-2, U.S. European Command in Vaihingen, West Germany, in August 1977, and moved to Brussels, Belgium, in August 1979 as deputy chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee.He became Director of the National Security Agency in April 1981.