Defense Media Activity
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
(DoD) and tries to modernize DoD media operations by consolidating military service
Military service
Military service, in its simplest sense, is service by an individual or group in an army or other militia, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft . Some nations require a specific amount of military service from every citizen...
and DoD media components into a single, integrated and transformed organization.
Divisions
- American Forces NetworkAmerican Forces NetworkThe American Forces Network is the brand name used by the United States Armed Forces American Forces Radio and Television Service for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide...
- American Forces Press ServiceAmerican Forces Press ServiceThe American Forces Press Service is the news service provided by the Defense Media Activity , part of the United States Department of Defense. It supplies news stories pertaining to the activities of U.S. military forces around the world....
- Defense Information SchoolDefense Information SchoolThe Defense Information School, or DINFOS, is a United States Department of Defense school located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Members from all branches of the U.S...
- Defense Visual Information CenterDefense Visual Information CenterThe Defense Visual Information Center is a division of the Defense Media Activity situated in March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley, California...
- Joint Hometown News Service
- Joint Visual Information Distribution Activity
- Stars and StripesStars and Stripes (newspaper)Stars and Stripes is a news source that operates from inside the United States Department of Defense but is editorially separate from it. The First Amendment protection which Stars and Stripes enjoys is safeguarded by Congress to whom an independent ombudsman, who serves the readers' interests,...