Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 5122.11
October 5, 1993
Certified Current as of March 5, 2004
Incorporating Change 3, March 7, 2025
ASD(PA)
SUBJECT: Stars and Stripes (S&S) Newspapers and Business Operations
References: (a) DoD Directive 5122.10, "American Forces Information Service," March 13,
1989
(b) DoD Directive 5122.5, "Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs,"
March 29, 1996
(c) DoD Directive 1015.1, "Establishment, Management, and Control of
Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities," August 19, 1981
(d) through (aa), see enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Directive:
1.1. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for the S&S
organizations owned by designated Unified Combatant Commands consistent with reference (a).
1.2. Authorizes the establishment, management, operation, and oversight of the STARS
AND STRIPES, including the production, distribution authority, and business operations as
mission-essential activities of the Department of Defense and the designated Unified Combatant
Commands.
1.3. Designates the Director, American Forces Information Service, as the DoD Executive
Agent for the S&S.
1.4. Authorizes the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, and the Commander in
Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, to establish and maintain a S&S board of directors to address
S&S business operations in their Unified Combatant Commands.
