Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 5105.74
December 18, 2007
DA&M
SUBJECT: Defense Media Activity (DMA)
References: (a) Title 10, United States Code
(b) Deputy Secretary of Defense memorandum, “Establishment of the Defense
Media Activity,” September 24, 2007
(c) DoD Directive 5105.18, “DoD Committee Management Program,”
February 8, 1999
(d) DoD Directive 5122.10, “American Forces Information Service (AFIS),”
November 21, 2000 (hereby canceled effective October 1, 2008)
(e) through (j), see Enclosure 1
1.
PURPOSE
Under the authority vested in the Secretary of Defense by sections 113, 191, and 192 of
Reference (a) and consistent with Reference (b), this Directive:
1.1. Establishes the DMA, under the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
(ASD(PA)), with the mission, organization and management, responsibilities and functions,
relationships, and authorities prescribed herein.
1.2. Establishes the Defense Media Oversight Board as defined in Enclosure 2 and consistent
with Reference (c).
1.3. Disestablishes the American Forces Information Service (Reference (d)), effective
October 1, 2008. Consistent with the two-phased approach outlined in Reference (b), this
Directive takes precedence over Reference (d), as required.
2.
APPLICABILITY
This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military
Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands,
the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the
