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The Defense Media Activity (DMA) is the Department of Defense's direct line of communication for news and information to U.S. forces worldwide. The agency presents news, information and entertainment through media outlets, including radio, TV, Internet, print media and emerging media technologies. DMA informs millions of servicemembers, reservists, civilian employees, military retirees and their families in the U.S. and abroad.
DMA is designed to modernize and streamline media operations by consolidating military service and DoD media components into a single, integrated organization.
DMA was established in October 2008 as a result of the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act. The agency consolidates the Soldiers Media Center, Naval Media Center, the Marine Corps News, Air Force News Service and the American Forces Information Service into a single field activity. DMA also includes Stars and Stripes newspaper and the Defense Information School.
In April 2009 DMA began construction of its new headquarters and production building at Ft. Meade, Maryland. The event marked “an important milestone” in the new federal agency’s history, DMA Director David Jackson said the creation of the new facility was a step in DMA’s “evolution to become a world-class multimedia and service organization.”
 
Defense Media Activity Breaks Ground at Fort Meade
FORT MEADE, Md., April 8, 2009 – With shovels in hand under a sunlit sky, federal, state and county officials, along with business and military personnel, broke ground on the Defense Media Activity’s new headquarters and production building. The event marked “an important milestone” in the federal agency’s history, DMA Director David Jackson said. Story
 
Artist renderings of the proposed DMA facility
Artist renderings of the proposed DMA building