[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDIA CONSOLIDATION

  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I wish today to recognize the Department 
of Defense for its successful, BRAC-directed consolidation of the Army, 
Navy, and Air Force media activities into the new Defense Media 
Activity on October 1, 2008. The Department of Defense has greatly 
enhanced the consolidation by including the Marine Corps component and 
the American Forces Information Service in the new Defense Media 
Activity.
  The consolidation will improve the effectiveness and efficiency with 
which the Department of Defense media operations provides critical news 
and information to our Armed Forces around the world. In the summer of 
2011, the Defense Media Activity will locate its headquarters to a 
state-of-the-art facility at Fort Meade, MD.
  The Defense Media Activity is staffed by about 1,700 dedicated 
military and civilian employees who work in 15 countries. I wish the 
Defense Media Activity continued success in their support of the men 
and women of our military services and their families.

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