War Media Activity

War Media Activity Welcome! This is the official War Media Activity (WMA) page where we tell the American Warfighter’s story. forces worldwide. and abroad.
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DMA is the Department of Defense's direct line of communication for news and information to U.S. The agency presents news, information and entertainment on a variety of media platforms, including radio, television, internet, print media and emerging media technologies. DMA informs millions of active, Guard and Reserve service members, civilian employees, contractors, military retirees and their fa

milies in the U.S. Our Vision
​​​​​​​Be the driving force that educates, empowers, and inspires the global defense community and the Nation, creating a lasting impact through innovative content and communication. Our Mission
DMA trains and develops communication professionals, and creates, manages, and distributes DoD content to inform global audiences. Veterans/Military Crisis Line (VCL/MCL):

VCL/MCL access outside the continental United Status (OCONUS) is available to service members, veterans, and their families. The country code to reach the United States is required for each number and is dependent on the caller's location. Individuals calling from OCONUS, Canada, Mexico, or off an installation will be responsible for long-distance international charges from their respective carriers, even if dialing a toll-free number. In Europe, call: 844-702-5495 or DSN 988
In the Pacific, call: 844-702-5493 or DSN 988
In Southwest Asia, call: 855-422-7719 or DSN 988

VCL/MCL access is available in the Continental United States (CONUS) to Service members, veterans, and their families. Call: 988 and press 1
Visit: https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/
Chat: Text with a Crisis Line responder - Send a text message to 838255 or through (VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat). The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers. The 988 Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. If callers are unable to reach the crisis support through phone dialing, the chat service is available online in all locations with an internet connection.
988 Su***de and Crisis Line (Anyone in the United States):

Call: 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
For Text Telephone (TTY) users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988. Visit: https://988lifeline.org/
Chat: Text with a Crisis Line responder - Send a text message to 838255

The future of DOW Public Affairs starts with conversations like this.Col. Richard McNorton, Acting Director of War Media...
05/27/2026

The future of DOW Public Affairs starts with conversations like this.

Col. Richard McNorton, Acting Director of War Media Activity, took the stage at the Fort George G. Meade Garrison PAO symposium held at the Defense Information School as keynote speaker, sharing his vision for modernizing the public affairs career field. His words challenged, inspired, and set the conditions for what's next for public affairs professionals.

05/08/2026

Effective May 6, 2026, our organization's name is changed to the War Media Activity (WMA). All web and social media pages are actively being updated to reflect this change.

Our Acting Director Colonel McNorton and Command Senior Enlisted Advisor Master Chief Petty Officer Koch led a town hall...
05/08/2026

Our Acting Director Colonel McNorton and Command Senior Enlisted Advisor Master Chief Petty Officer Koch led a town hall where they discussed organizational transformation efforts and outlined plans to address employee feedback gathered from command climate surveys.

Leadership emphasized the importance of strengthening communication, improving workplace effectiveness, and ensuring we remain laser focused on supporting the warfighter and delivering information advantage to DOW leaders.

When the town hall concluded, we recognized teammates with various awards for their outstanding performance and commitment to excellence.

Today at Fort Meade we gathered the team for a challenging CrossFit-style workout. There was plenty of sweat and even mo...
05/01/2026

Today at Fort Meade we gathered the team for a challenging CrossFit-style workout. There was plenty of sweat and even more smiles. Following our post-workout stretch, we took the opportunity to discuss an equally important part of holistic health and fitness: mental readiness.

02/12/2026

Effective February 9, 2026, the organization known as Defense Media Activity is now the Department of War Information Activity. All social media pages are actively being updated to reflect this change.

Brian Kilmeade (second from right), FOX News host, conducts an interview with GEN Christopher Donahue (far right) and CS...
01/15/2026

Brian Kilmeade (second from right), FOX News host, conducts an interview with GEN Christopher Donahue (far right) and CSM Christopher Mullinax (bottom left), the U.S. Army Europe and Africa command team, at AFN Wiesbaden on 12 Jan. Technicians from AFN Europe and AFN Wiesbaden (top left) provided technical support to facilitate the live broadcast between AFN Wiesbaden studios and the Fox News Communications Center in New York.

🌟 Last week, Defense Media Activity presented the 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards! 🌟Chad McMeen, who manages this incred...
08/19/2025

🌟 Last week, Defense Media Activity presented the 2024 Defense Media Merit Awards! 🌟

Chad McMeen, who manages this incredible program, hosted alongside Acting Director Col Richard McNorton, who presented the awards. The Defense Media Merit Awards celebrate excellence in Photography, Videography, Graphic Design, and Writing.

Here’s a quick snapshot of this year’s contest:
📸 6,291 entries across the Services!
🏆 27 categories in the DMMA contest!
🌎152 Entries from multiple Agencies, Activities, and Geographic Combatant Commands!
🎉 DMA won 16 of the 52 total awards in the DMMA contest and 1 of the 9 DoD awards

A huge shoutout and special recognition go to our own DMA winners:

Mr. Joe Lacdan: 3rd Place Feature Story Certificate

Mr. Jonathan Austin: 3rd Place Feature Story Certificate

Mr. Jim Masie: 3rd Place Layout and Design Certificate

Mrs. Charo Gutierrez: 1st Place Layout and Design Trophy and certificate, 2nd Place Digital Art Certificate

Mr. Kashif Basharat: 1st Place Video Series Trophy and certificate, 2nd Place Video Story Certificate

Mr. Christopher Hurd: 1st Place Feature Story Trophy and certificate, 2nd Place Information Story Certificate

Mr. Austin Rooney: 1st Place COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR Trophy and certificate DMMA

Mr. Travis Burcham:
3rd Place Digital Art certificate, 2nd Place Animation certificate, 2nd Place Video Spot certificate,
1st Place CIVILIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR trophy & certificate DMMA
DOD – THE CIVILIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR crystal trophy and certificate

👏 Congrats to all the winners from DMA and organizations across the globe! 👏

(Photos by) A1C Phil. A. Edwards

Bringing up the rear, but leading in motivation! 💥💪DMA and DINFOS crushed a 3-mile formation run this morning—last in th...
06/13/2025

Bringing up the rear, but leading in motivation! 💥💪
DMA and DINFOS crushed a 3-mile formation run this morning—last in the order of march, first in spirit. Even the “slinky effect” couldn’t slow our stride. Strong steps, loud chants, and a whole lot of esprit de corps!

DMA is very pleased to announce that over the weekend Capt. Brook DeWalt, director of DMA media services, accepted five ...
05/20/2025

DMA is very pleased to announce that over the weekend Capt. Brook DeWalt, director of DMA media services, accepted five national awards from the Public Relations Society of America, on behalf of DMA.


🏆Silver Anvil Award for Global Communications - Delivering “A Touch of Home” through AFN Now®

🏆Silver Anvil Award for Best In-House Team - American Forces Network

🏆Silver Anvil Award of Excellence for Content Marketing - Expanding Content and Digital Rights for the AFN Now® Audience

🏆Silver Anvil Award of Excellence for Multicultural Public Relations - DINFOS Mobile Training Teams Provide Military Communication Training to International Partners

🏆Bronze Anvil Award of Commendation for Digital Platform - AFN Now® Modernization of Command Information Delivery

The Anvils are the highest honor in the public relations and affairs career field, judged by experts from across government and industry. They don’t just recognize good ideas, they reward complete work grounded in Research, built on Planning, Implemented with excellence, and Evaluated for real-world impact. RPIE is the standard—and DMA is demonstrating that to global audiences.

DMA has once again proven it is delivering some of the most impactful communication work in the Nation. Congratulations to all of our winners, you’ve made us so proud!

PART 2Joint service members assigned to Production Services and their DoD Civilian colleagues produce an episode of the ...
05/14/2025

PART 2

Joint service members assigned to Production Services and their DoD Civilian colleagues produce an episode of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency's "Deeper Dive" inside studios at DMA HQ. This episode commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing; Honoring and remembering the victims, including DCSA employees.

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