American Forces Information Service

The American Forces Information Service (AFIS) was a United States Department of Defense-providing news service that supplied information about the U.S. military.

History[]

In 1952 the Office of the Secretary of Defense established the Office of Armed Forces Information and Education.^[1] In 1977 AFIS was established.^[2] AFIS was originally responsible for the Armed Forces Information Program as well as the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.^[3]

Department of Defense Directive 5105.74^[4] disestablished AFIS on October 1, 2008, and created the Defense Media Activity. The DMA provides news stories about military operations worldwide and includes all the military service media centers, Stars and Stripes newspapers as well as the American Forces Radio and Television Service and its American Forces Network (AFN).

References[]

^ "The Agencies and Activities Involved". Army Study of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities (Report). Vol. 1. Department of the Army Headquarters. 1987-08-31. p. 11. hdl:2027/uiug.30112101041090. In 1952, the first of the current Defense Agencies, the National Security Agency (NSA) , was established by Presidential directive and placed under the Secretary's direction. In 1952 also, an Office of Armed Forces Information and Education (precursor of what eventually would become the American Forces Information Service field activity) was established in OSD.
^ "Introduction". Army Study of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities (Report). Vol. 1. Department of the Army Headquarters. 1987-08-31. p. 2. hdl:2027/uiug.30112101041090. CURRENT DEFENSE AGENCIES AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES IN ORDER OF ESTABLISHMENT... FIELD ACTIVITIES... American Forces Information Services (AFIS) 1977
^ "The Agencies and Activities Involved". Army Study of Defense Agencies and DoD Field Activities (Report). Vol. 1. Department of the Army Headquarters. 1987-08-31. p. 15. hdl:2027/uiug.30112101041090. AFIS is responsible for the DOD Armed Forces Information Program and Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, including the dissemination of internal information;
^ http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/510574p.pdf

John Hickman. "Finding the Words: A Content Analysis of American Forces Information Service Reporting on the War in Afghanistan", South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies. Vol. 7, No. 1 (July-Dec. 2006), pp. 6–8, 14.

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