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Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, gives leadership advice to faculty and students at the Defense Information School here Sept. 25. Clark was the presenter in the inaugural DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, gives leadership advice to faculty and students at the Defense Information School here Sept. 25. Clark was the presenter in the inaugural DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, gives leadership advice to faculty and students at the Defense Information School here Sept. 25. Clark was the presenter in the inaugural DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- First Lt. Randy Dill, Public Affairs Qualification Course student at the Defense Information School here, asks a question of retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, during the inaugural presentation of the DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series on Sept. 25.

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- First Lt. Randy Dill, Public Affairs Qualification Course student at the Defense Information School here, asks a question of retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, during the inaugural presentation of the DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series on Sept. 25. Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- First Lt. Randy Dill, Public Affairs Qualification Course student at the Defense Information School here, asks a question of retired U.S. Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, the 27th Chief of Naval Operations, during the inaugural presentation of the DINFOS Commandants Lecture Series on Sept. 25.

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, gives advice to the graduates of the Public Affairs Qualification Course - Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12 on Sept. 21. The course is taught in two parts, a 24-week nonresident class and a two-week resident class. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, gives advice to the graduates of the Public Affairs Qualification Course - Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12 on Sept. 21. The course is taught in two parts, a 24-week nonresident class and a two-week resident class. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, gives advice to the graduates of the Public Affairs Qualification Course - Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12 on Sept. 21. The course is taught in two parts, a 24-week nonresident class and a two-week resident class. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, commandant of the Defense Information School here, presents Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, with a certificate of appreciation for being the guest speaker to the Public Affairs Qualification Course-Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, commandant of the Defense Information School here, presents Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, with a certificate of appreciation for being the guest speaker to the Public Affairs Qualification Course-Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, commandant of the Defense Information School here, presents Air Force Col. Nahaku McFadden, Maryland Air National Guard, with a certificate of appreciation for being the guest speaker to the Public Affairs Qualification Course-Advanced Distributed Learning class 030-12. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Egyptian army Major Alaa Samaha, a Digtial Multimedia Course student at the Defense Information School here, presents an Egyptian statue on Sept. 21 to Col. Jeremy Martin, DINFOS commandant. Samaha graduated from the six-week DMC course, which provides intermediate level training in the knowledge and skills needed to create and integrate text, graphics, sound, animation and full-motion video into multimedia and web-based packages. Samaha is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Egyptian army Major Alaa Samaha, a Digtial Multimedia Course student at the Defense Information School here, presents an Egyptian statue on Sept. 21 to Col. Jeremy Martin, DINFOS commandant. Samaha graduated from the six-week DMC course, which provides intermediate level training in the knowledge and skills needed to create and integrate text, graphics, sound, animation and full-motion video into multimedia and web-based packages. Samaha is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Egyptian army Major Alaa Samaha, a Digtial Multimedia Course student at the Defense Information School here, presents an Egyptian statue on Sept. 21 to Col. Jeremy Martin, DINFOS commandant. Samaha graduated from the six-week DMC course, which provides intermediate level training in the knowledge and skills needed to create and integrate text, graphics, sound, animation and full-motion video into multimedia and web-based packages. Samaha is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, gives a DINFOS coin to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, gives a DINFOS coin to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, gives a DINFOS coin to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, talks to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, talks to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Col. Jeremy Martin, Defense Information School commandant here, talks to Maj. Ali AlQahtani, Saudi Arabian army on Sept. 21. AlQahtani graduated from the Visual Information Management course and is one of approximately 20-40 international students who attend DINFOS every year. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander here and senior Air Force member at the Defense Information School here, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member, make the traditional first cut to the Air Force birthday cake Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander here and senior Air Force member at the Defense Information School here, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member, make the traditional first cut to the Air Force birthday cake Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander here and senior Air Force member at the Defense Information School here, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member, make the traditional first cut to the Air Force birthday cake Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Service members at the Defense Information School here gather Sept. 18 for the cake cutting and celebration of the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander and senior Air Force member at DINFOS, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member here, shared cake cutting duties. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Service members at the Defense Information School here gather Sept. 18 for the cake cutting and celebration of the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander and senior Air Force member at DINFOS, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member here, shared cake cutting duties. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. - Service members at the Defense Information School here gather Sept. 18 for the cake cutting and celebration of the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. Lt. Col. William M.G. Manley, deputy commandant, Air Force element commander and senior Air Force member at DINFOS, and Airman Basic Kylsee Wissemann, a Basic Still Photography student and the junior Air Force member here, shared cake cutting duties. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby, U.S. Navy Chief of Information, gives career advice to Public Affairs Qualification Course 050-12 students as a guest speaker at the Defense Information School here Sept. 19. Kirby assumed duties as CHINFO in August. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby, U.S. Navy Chief of Information, gives career advice to Public Affairs Qualification Course 050-12 students as a guest speaker at the Defense Information School here Sept. 19. Kirby assumed duties as CHINFO in August. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby, U.S. Navy Chief of Information, gives career advice to Public Affairs Qualification Course 050-12 students as a guest speaker at the Defense Information School here Sept. 19. Kirby assumed duties as CHINFO in August. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Lt. Col. Roderick Cunningham, Director of Training at the Defense Information School here presents U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew N. Skipworth with a diploma during the Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course graduation Sept. 19. Skipworth was an honor graduate from the three-month course. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Lt. Col. Roderick Cunningham, Director of Training at the Defense Information School here presents U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew N. Skipworth with a diploma during the Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course graduation Sept. 19. Skipworth was an honor graduate from the three-month course. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Fort George G. Meade, Md. -- Lt. Col. Roderick Cunningham, Director of Training at the Defense Information School here presents U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew N. Skipworth with a diploma during the Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course graduation Sept. 19. Skipworth was an honor graduate from the three-month course. (Photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Staff Sgt. Veronica Fullwood, Visual Communications Department at the Defense Information School here, serves cake to Tech. Sgt. Crystal Methven, Knowledge Operations Management, while Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang, Visual Communications Department, serves punch during the celebration of the Air Force Birthday Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)

Staff Sgt. Veronica Fullwood, Visual Communications Department at the Defense Information School here, serves cake to Tech. Sgt. Crystal Methven, Knowledge Operations Management, while Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang, Visual Communications Department, serves punch during the celebration of the Air Force Birthday Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis) Staff Sgt. Veronica Fullwood, Visual Communications Department at the Defense Information School here, serves cake to Tech. Sgt. Crystal Methven, Knowledge Operations Management, while Tech. Sgt. Joshua Strang, Visual Communications Department, serves punch during the celebration of the Air Force Birthday Sept. 18. Service members at DINFOS celebrated the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Air Force as a separate service. (photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis)
TRAINING DEPARTMENTS AND COURSES
Broadcast Operations and Maintenance - BOMD provides training in two disciplines of study: Broadcast Maintenance and Broadcast Operations.
Visual Communication - VCOMM teaches seven basic and intermediate level courses to all branches of the armed services, DoD civilians and international military students in video production and documentation, still photography, multimedia illustration and reprographics.
Public Affairs - PAD trains enlisted students in four different courses with instruction comprising three distinct disciplines: public affairs, journalism, and photojournalism.
Public Affairs Leadership - PALD - instruction focuses on the doctrine, principles, techniques, and application of military public affairs.
Distance Education Office - DEO and development team members leverage training and education technologies; develop training products and support materials for resident, non-resident, and distributed learning programs.
OUR MOTTO: "STRENGTH THROUGH TRUTH"
The Defense Information School (DINFOS) has a long-standing mission of producing outstanding Public Affairs and Visual Information personnel for the U.S. Department of Defense. We are a component of the Defense Media Activity.
DINFOS HIGHLIGHTS
SPECIAL EVENTS
VIAP - Visual
Information Awards Program
Military
Photographer
of the Year
Military Videographer
of the Year
Military Graphic
Artist of the
Year
TJ Awards - Thomas Jefferson Awards
The Thomas Jefferson Awards Program is a competition for military print and broadcast products.
VI Production Awards The competition was created in 1998 as an outgrowth of DepSecDef Management Reform #9, which had to do with audiovisual materials created within the Department.
20th Annual DoD WMP Workshop This Workshop provides advanced instruction on how to communicate more effectively using the visual media of photography and photojournalism.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS
  DINFOS Distinguished International Alumni Program

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