    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 181-184]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES

    American Forces Information Service  The American Forces Information
    Service (AFIS) was established in 1977 under the authority, direction,
    and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
    AFIS provides DOD internal information to U.S. forces worldwide in order
    to promote and sustain military

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    unit and individual readiness, quality of life, and morale. AFIS trains
    DOD public affairs, broadcast, and visual information professionals and
    provides communications services to support the informational needs of
    military commanders and combat forces through the entire range of
    military operations and contingencies.
        The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, the Current News
    ``Early Bird'' Service, the Television-Audio Support Activity, the
    Defense Information School, the Defense Visual Information Center, the
    DOD Joint Combat Center, the DOD joint visual information services
    distribution activity, and the worldwide operations of the Stars and
    Stripes newspapers function under the Director of American Forces
    Information Service. AFIS internal directorates and operating activities
    provide news, features, photography, videography, news clippings, and
    other internal command information products and services to DOD. In
    addition, AFIS provides policy guidance and oversight for departmental
    periodicals and pamphlets, military command newspapers, the broadcast
    elements of the military departments, DOD audiovisual matters, and
    public affairs and visual information training.

    (American Forces Information Service, Department of Defense, Suite 311,
    601 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2007. Phone, 703-428-
    1200.)

    Department of Defense Education Activity  The Department of Defense
    Education Activity (DODEA) was established in 1992 under the authority,
    direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force
    Management Policy. It consists of two subordinate organizational
    entities: the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) and the
    Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary
    Schools (DOD DDESS).
        The mission of DODEA is to serve as the principal staff adviser to
    the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy on all
    Defense dependents education matters relative to overseas and stateside
    education activities and programs. DODEA formulates, develops, and
    implements policies, technical guidance, and standards for the effective
    management of Defense dependents education activities and programs. It
    also plans, directs, coordinates, and manages the education programs for
    eligible dependents of U.S. military and civilian personnel stationed
    overseas and stateside; evaluates the programmatic and operational
    policies and procedures for DODDS and DOD DDESS; and provides education
    activity representation at meetings and deliberations of educational
    panels and advisory groups.

    (Department of Defense Education Activity, 4040 North Fairfax Drive,
    Arlington, VA 22203-1635. Phone, 703-696-4236.)

    Department of Defense Human Resources Activity  The Department of
    Defense Human Resources Activity was formed through the merger of the
    Defense Manpower Data Center with the Civilian Personnel Management
    Service. This field activity falls under the authority, direction, and
    control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
    The mission of DHRA includes supporting the OUSD (P&R) in planning and
    formulating civilian personnel programs; providing policy support;
    developing and managing DOD civilian personnel information systems and
    civilian personnel administrative services for the Office of the
    Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, and Defense Agencies;
    collecting and maintaining an archive of automated manpower, personnel,
    training, and financial data bases for DOD to support the information
    requirements of the OUSD (P&R) and other members of the DOD manpower,
    personnel, and training communities; conducting large-scale surveys of
    DOD personnel; developing and managing selection tests used for entry
    into the military; and maintaining data and systems used to determine
    entitlements for DOD benefits such as medical, exchange, and commissary.

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        In addition, the Chancellor for Education and Professional
    Development promotes academic quality and cost-effectiveness of
    educational institutions, professional development programs, and courses
    of instruction for civilians. The Permanent Day Travel/Ready Reserve
    Travel Implementation Office plans and executes changes to existing
    permanent and reserve duty travel policies and processes.

    (Department of Defense Human Resources Activity-Headquarters, Suite 200,
    4040 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1613. Phone, 703-696-1036.)

    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office  The Defense Prisoner
    of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) was established July 16, 1993,
    under the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary
    of Defense for International Security Affairs and provides centralized
    management of prisoner of war/missing personnel affairs within the
    Department of Defense. DPMO's responsibilities include leadership and
    policy oversight for all efforts to reach an accounting for Americans
    still unaccounted for as a result of U.S. involvement in past conflicts
    since World War II as well as the recovery and accounting of those
    Americans isolated in harm's way in future conflicts.
        DPMO is the lead proponent for prisoner of war/missing personnel
    matters, including policy and oversight within the Department of Defense
    of the entire process for investigation and recovery related to missing
    persons (which includes matters related to search, rescue, escape, and
    evasion), and the procedures to be followed by Department of Defense
    boards of inquiry relating to missing persons and by officials reviewing
    the reports of such boards. The Office represents the Department of
    Defense in negotiations with officials of foreign governments regarding
    efforts to achieve the fullest possible accounting of missing American
    service members and other designated civilian personnel; assembles and
    maintains data bases on U.S. military and civilian personnel who are or
    were prisoners of war or missing as a result of a hostile action;
    prescribes uniform procedures for determination of the status of missing
    personnel and for systematic, comprehensive, and timely collection,
    analysis, review, dissemination, and periodic update of information
    related to missing personnel; declassifies Department of Defense
    documents for disclosure and release in accordance with section 1082 of
    Public Law 102-190 (50 U.S.C. 435 note), Executive Order 12812, and
    Executive Order 12958; and maintains channels of communication on
    prisoner of war/missing personnel matters between the Department of
    Defense and the Congress, prisoner of war/missing personnel families,
    and the American public through periodic consultations and other
    appropriate measures.
        DPMO coordinates with the interagency community, the Joint Staff,
    services, and unified combatant commands to provide policy, control, and
    oversight over all personnel recovery and accounting matters. The Office
    promulgates policy and oversees implementation of these policies
    throughout the Department. DPMO is also responsible for policy oversight
    of Code of Conduct training throughout the Department of Defense and
    represents the Department on the National Search and Rescue Committee.

    (Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office, Department of
    Defense, OASD/ISA, The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-2400. Phone, 703-
    602-2102. Fax, 703-602-1890.)

    Office of Economic Adjustment  The Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA)
    is a DOD field activity under the authority, direction, and control of
    the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. OEA is
    responsible for planning and managing the Department's defense economic
    adjustment programs and for assisting Federal, State, and local
    officials in cooperative efforts to alleviate any serious social and
    economic side effects resulting from major departmental realignments or
    other actions.

    (Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense, Suite 200, 400
    Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202-2884. Phone, 703-604-6020.)

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    TRICARE Management Activity  The TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) was
    formed on February 10, 1998, from the consolidation of the TRICARE
    Support Office (formerly Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
    Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) headquarters), the Defense Medical Programs
    Activity, and the integration of health management program functions
    formerly located in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
    Health Affairs. TMA is a DOD field activity of the Under Secretary of
    Defense for Personnel and Readiness and operates under the authority,
    direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
    Affairs. The mission of TMA is to manage TRICARE; administer and manage
    the Defense Health Program appropriation; provide operational direction
    and support to the Uniformed Services in the management and
    administration of the TRICARE program; and administer CHAMPUS.

    (TRICARE Management Activity, Suite 810, Skyline 5, 5111 Leesburg Pike,
    Falls Church, VA 22041-3206. Phone, 703-681-6909. Fax, 703-681-8706.)

    Washington Headquarters Services  The Director of Administration and
    Management serves in a dual capacity as the Director of Washington
    Headquarters Services (WHS). The mission of WHS is to administer
    specified DOD-wide operational programs and provide administrative
    support and services to certain DOD activities. Responsibilities include
    financial management and accounting, personnel management, office
    services, security, correspondence, directives and records management,
    facilities management, law enforcement, information and data systems,
    voting assistance program, privacy program, freedom of information,
    mandatory declassification, security and policy review, and other
    administrative support and services, as required.

    (Washington Headquarters Services, Department of Defense, Room 3D972,
    The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155. Phone, 703-695-4436.)