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 202-258-4058 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. If your query deals with a particular Service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) or regional Combatant Command (CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM, etc.) it may be simpler to contact them directly. Please feel free to cc: Mr. Strike on your correspondence with the DoD commands below if you would like FPC assistance.
THE PENTAGON:
Department of Defense (DoD)
703-697-5131
http://www.defense.gov/ - Main DoD web page
http://www.pentagonchannel.mil/ - DoD News Channel -
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Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)
703-697-4272
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THE 5 MILITARY SERVICES:
U.S. Army Public Affairs
For questions about Army operations, intelligence, and logistics,
(703) 614-2487 or (703) 697-3491
For questions about Army weapons, environment, and technology,
(703) 697-7591 or (703) 697-5344
For questions about Army personnel and human resources,
(703) 697-5343 or (703) 697-3447 or (703) 697-5662
For other general Army questions, (703) 697-2564
http://www.army.mil/info/institution/publicAffairs/
US Army National Guard
703-607-2584
http://www.ngb.army.mil/media/
US Army Recruiting Command
910-570-8329
LTC Matthew W. Lawrence
matthew.w.lawrence4.mil@mail.mil
http://www.usar.army.mil/arweb/newsandmedia/Pages/default.aspx
US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
Ft. Sam Houston TX
210-221-7163/7105/1099/1151
Ms. Margaret Tippy
U.S. Navy Public Affairs
703-697-5342
https://www.chinfo.navy.mil/paodir/paodir.txt
U.S. Air Force Public Affairs:
703-695-0640
http://www.af.mil/information/
U.S. Marine Corps Public Affairs
703-614-4309
http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/divpa/UnitHome.aspx
U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs
(Now part of Dept. of Homeland Security)
202-372-4620 / 2100
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The White House:
White House Press Office
202-456-2580
pressinterviewrequest@who.eop.gov
National Security Council (NSC)
202-456-9271
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The State Department:
State Department Press Office
202-647-2492
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THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY:
Director of National Intelligence (DNI)
(Not part of DoD)
703-275-3700
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
(Not part of DoD)
703-482-0623
https://www.cia.gov/contact-cia/index.html
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
703-695-0071
http://www.dia.mil/publicaffairs/contacting.html
National Security Agency (NSA)
301-688-6524
Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
Tampa, FL
813-826-4600
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OTHER DC-AREA:
Arlington National Cemetery
703-607-8581/8574
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/
Walter Reed Army National Military Medical Center
301-295-5727
http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil
Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
703-697-8997
Mr. Richard Lehner
Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA
703 432 0289
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REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMANDS:
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) (Stuttgart, Germany)
Public Affairs Office
+49 (0)711 729-4714 / 2687
+49 (0)711 729-3636 (Français:)
U.S. European Command (EUCOM) (Stuttgart, Germany)
Public Affairs Office
:+49-(0)711-680-8574 / 8341
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) (Tampa, Florida)
Public Affairs Office
(813) 529-0220 / 0213 After hours: (813) 966-8937
U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) (Camp Smith Hawaii)
Public Affairs Office
808-477-9039
U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) (Peterson AFB, Colorado)
Public Affairs Office
719-554-6889
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) (Miami, Florida)
Public Affairs Office
305-437-1205
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OVERSEAS:
JAPAN:
U.S. Forces – Japan (USF-J) (Yokota Airbase, Japan)
011 81-311-755-4148 /4295
KOREA:
U.S. Forces – Korea (USF-K) (Seoul, Korea)
011-822-7913-4661
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AFGHANISTAN:
ISAF Joint Command Public Affairs Office
Tel: + 93 (0) 799 51 3999 (Wait For Voice Prompt) 688-4441/4447
Tel: + 93 (0) 701 13 2000 (Wait For Voice Prompt) 318-449-9244/9153/9154
ijc.media.operations@afghan.swa.army.mil
ISAF Public Affairs Office, ISAF HQ - Kabul
Tel: +93 (0) 700 13 - 2114 / 2928
For Media Embeds:
Within Afghanistan: 0799-51-3999, then 688-4209 or 4218
From Europe: 0093-799-51-3999, then 688-4209 or 4218
From the U.S.: 011-93-799-51-3999, then 688-4209 or 4218
IJC.EMBEDS@afghan.swa.army.mil
http://www.isaf.nato.int/media-visit-information.html
U.S. Embassy Kabul
301-490-1042
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IRAQ:
U.S. Embassy Baghdad
240-553-0581 ext. 2932 / 2059 /2231 / 3244
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DJIBOUTI:
Combined Joint Task Force -- Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA)
011-253 359-523
htttp://www.hoa.africom.mil/
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GUANTANAMO BAY:
JTF - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (JTF-GTMO)
(Detention Facility Visit Requests Only)
011- 5399-8157 or 3383
JTFGTMO-PAO-MediaOperations@jtfgtmo.southcom.mil
http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil
http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/xWEBSITE/media/media.html
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Frequently Requested Non US Government Veterans' Organizations:
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA)
(212) 982-9699
The American Legion:
(202) 861- 2700
Veterans of Foreign Wars:
(202) 543-2239
