Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5120.20
October 18, 2010
Incorporating Change 1, November 20, 2017
ATSD(PA)
SUBJECT: American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)
References: (a) DoD Directive 5120.20, “Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
(AFRTS),” December 17, 1991 (hereby cancelled)
(b) DoD Directive 5122.05, “Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs (ATSD(PA)),” September 5, 2008 August 7, 2017
(c) DoD Directive 5105.74, “Defense Media Activity (DMA),” December 18,
2007, as amended
(d) DoD 5120.20-R, “Management and Operation of Armed Forces Radio and
Television Service (AFRTS),” November 9, 1998
(d) DoD Manual 5120.20, “Management of American Forces Radio and
Television Service (AFRTS),” June 3, 2014
(e) DoD Instruction 5040.02, “Visual Information (VI),” August 30, 2005
October 27, 2011, as amended
(f) DoD Instruction 4000.19, “Interservice and Intragovernmental Support,”
August 9, 1995
(f) DoD Instruction 4000.19, “Support Agreements,” April 25, 2013
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in
accordance with the authority in References (b) and (c) to establish policy, assign
responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for AFRTS.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
