American Forces Press Service
Encyclopedia
The American Forces Press Service (AFPS) is the news service provided by the Defense Media Activity
(formerly the American Forces Information Service
), 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 Media Activity
The Defense Media Activity falls under the Department of Defense and tries to modernize DoD media operations by consolidating military service and DoD media components into a single, integrated and transformed organization.-Divisions:...
(formerly the American Forces Information Service
American Forces Information Service
The American Forces Information Service was a United States Department of Defense-providing news service that supplied information about the U.S. military. Department of Defense Directive 5105.74 disestablished AFIS on October 1, 2008 and created the Defense Media Activity...
), part of the United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
. It supplies news stories pertaining to the activities of U.S. military forces around the world.