WASHINGTON: The US Department of Defense (DOD) officially put all of its internal communications, including TV and radio broadcasts, print publications, and Web sites, under a single command called the Defense Media Activity on October 20.
The DOD plans to build a $63 million headquarters at Fort Meade, MD, for the command, which will open in 2011. It will house all of the roughly 600 DOD communications staff in the DC area. Robert Hastings, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, said a ...