Department of Defense Information
The Foreign Press Center has a full-time Defense Press Liaison, a State Department officer, able to assist foreign media in obtaining information from the Department of Defense (DoD). Andrew Strike is reachable at 202-504-6356 or strikeap2@state.gov
To contact the US military with media queries you can always begin with the main number for Department of Defense (DoD) Public Affairs at 703-697-5131. It also may be useful to contact the relevant subordinate DoD commands and organizations for information specific to their responsibilities.
Department of Defense (DoD)
703-697-5131
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/
Joint Chief of Staff (JCS)
703-697-4272
http://www.jcs.mil/
US Army
Chief of Public Affairs, Media Relations Division: (OCPA) (MRD): 703-692-2000
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/
US Army Reserve
404 464-8500/9251
MAJ Willie Harris
willie.harris1@usar.ary.mil
http://www.armyreserve.army.mil/ARWEB/CONTACTINFO/
US Army National Guard
703-607-2584
Mr. Mark Allen
Mark.Allen@ngb.ang.af.mil
http://www.ngb.army.mil/media/default.aspx
US Army Recruiting Command
502-626-0164/0172
Mr. Douglas Smith
Douglas.Smith@usarec.army.mil
http://www.usarec.army.mil/
US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
Ft. Sam Houston TX
210-221-7163/7105/1099/1151
Ms. Margaret Tippy
Margaret.Tippy@amedd.army.mil
US Navy
Chief of Information, Media Operations (CHINFO)
703-697-5342
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/chinfo/paodir/paodir.txt
US Air Force
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs (SAFPA)
703-571-2777
http://www.af.mil/mediacenter/
SAF.PAM2@pentagon.af.mil
US Marine Corps
703-614-4309
CPT Jay Delarosa
Manual.J.Delarosa@usmc.mil
SSGT Christina Delai
Christina.Delai@usmc.mil
http://www.marines.mil/units.hqmc/divpa/Pages/default.aspx
http://192.156.19.109/pashops/pashops.nsf/pa%20shops
U.S. Coast Gaurd (Now part of Dept. of Homeland Security, not DoD)
202-372-4620
http://www.uscg.mil/
Military District of Washington (MDW)
202-685-6248/6249
LTC Shawn Jirik
Shawn.Jirik@hqda.army.mil
mdwweb@jfhqncr.northcom.mil
http://www.mdw.army.mil/
Arlington National Cemetery
703-607-8581/8574
Ms. Phyllis White
phyllis.white@anc.army.mil
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/contact_us.html
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001
202-782-9351/7131
WRAMCPublicAffairs@na.amedd.army.mil
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/NewsAndEvents/media/Pages/default.aspx
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
(Not part of DoD)
703-482-0623
https://www.cia.gov/
https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/index.html
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
703-695-0071
DIA-PAO@dia.mil
http://www.dia.mil/publicaffairs/contacting.html
National Security Agency (NSA)
301-688-6524
nsapao@nsa.gov
http://www.nsa.gov/public/
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
703-697-8997
Mr. Richard Lehner
Richard.Lehner@mda.mil
http://www.mda.mil/
Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
703-696-2404
Ms. Jan Walker
jan.walker@darpa.mil
JanWalker@osd.mil
http://www.darpa.mil
AFRICOM - U.S. Africa Command
Stuttgart, Germany
011-49(0) 711 729-4714 or 4711
AFRICOM-PAO@africom.mil
http://www.africom.mil/
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Tampa, FL
813-826-4600
Public.Affairs@socom.mil
http://www.socom.mil/contact.html
US Central Command (CENTCOM)
Tampa, FL
813-827-5894/5
pao@centcom.mil
http://www.centcom.mil/
Combined Press Information Center (CPIC), Baghdad, Iraq
703-343-8790
cpicpressdesk@iraq.centcom.mil
mnfi.mediaembed@iraq.centcom.mil
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/
U.S. Embassy Baghdad
914-360-6452 or 07901-819-314
BaghdadPressOffice@state.gov
Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA)
011-253-359-523
pao@hoa.centcom.mil
http://www.hoa.centcom.mil/contactinfo.asp
Combined Press Information Center (CPIC), Bagram AFB, Afghanistan
011-93-799-063-013
LTC David Accetta
david.accetta@afghan.swa.army.mil
bagrammoc@afghan.swa.army.mil
http://cjtf-a.com/
http://cjtf-a.com/index.php/Media-Embed-Information.html
NATO - ISAF, Kabul, Afghanistan (non-U.S. Allied command)
+93 (0) 799 511-155, +93 (0) 799 558-291
pressoffice@isaf-hq.nato.int
http://www.hq.nato.int/isaf/
U.S. Embassy Kabul
011-91-11-2419-8813 or 011-93-20-230-0436
paskabul@state.gov
US European Command (EUCOM)
Stuttgart, Germany
011-49-0711-680-8574
http://www.eucom.mil/english/News/main.asp?
US Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
Peterson AFB, CO
719-554-9618
http://www.northcom.mil/contact.htm
US Pacific Command (PACOM)
Camp H.M. Smith, HI
808-477-9611
http://www.pacom.mil/about/panbrs.shtml
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
Miami, FL: 305-437-1213/1209
http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/pages/newsRoom.php
JTF - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
(Detainee Visit Requests Only)
011- 53-99-3735 or 3022
JTFGTMO-MediaRelations@jtfgtmo.southcom.mil
http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/
For policy questions concerning detainees or their legal proceedings , contact CDR Gordon in the Pentagon's Media Operations Division: 703-697-5131 or Jeffrey.Gordon@osd.mil.
How to Contact Former Members of the US Military:
For general inquiries concerning veterans, their health care, and other benefits, please contact the Department of Veterans Affairs, www.va.gov or 202-273-6000.
A Fact Sheet on the benefits and services available to Iraq and Afghanistan vets is available here:
http://www.va.gov/opa/is1/index.asp
Frequently Requested Non US Government Veterans' Organizations:
The American Legion (202) 861- 2700, http://www.legion.org/
Veterans of Foreign Wars: (202) 543-2239, http://www.vfw.org/
Useful DoD Websites
- Main DoD web page - http://www.defenselink.mil/
- DoD News Channel - http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/
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