Army News Service

The Army News Service is a news publication of the United States Army (published by their Special Services Division) designed as an "objective digest of United States press association and newspaper reports". The material was in turn supplied to the American Forces Network for radio transmission.[1] Created in 1943, its target audience is the large number of people associated with the US Army, including soldiers, retired soldiers, and contractors.[2]

Army News Service
IndustryNews agency
Founded1943
HeadquartersArlington County, Virginia
Websitewww.army.mil/ARNews

Coverage

The Army News Service publications focus on covering Army wide strategic communications initiatives at Department of the Army headquarters. Reporters cover topics such as, new Army policy, pay and benefits, new equipment and new programs emphasized by Army leadership. The service relies on submissions from service members in the field for topics such as major military exercises and operations, pilot programs and new military equipment arriving in the field.[3]

gollark: I'm not really sure what to do about this or if it's much of a problem, but the sentence structure seems kind of simplistic.
gollark: Sure? I'm also not sure about `of the less fortunate`, that's weird grammar.
gollark: For one thing, the intro is a bit confusing and it could be read as "Mark" and "the man" being different.
gollark: Er, can you rotate it so I can read it?
gollark: Not all of them support that, and probably not all devices do.

References
  1. Staff, United States. War Dept. General; Marshall, George Catlett (1996). Biennal Reports of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War: 1 July 1939-30 June 1945. Government Printing Office. p. 205. ISBN 9780160869471. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. "The Army News Service". Army News Service. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  3. "Army News Service, About". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-03-14.


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