American Forces Information Service

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The American Forces Information Service (AFIS) is a United States Department of Defence-provided news service that supplies information about the U.S. military. The American Forces Press Service, part of AFIS, provides news stories about military operations world-wide.

A subdivision of AFIS is Defense Visual Information Center.

[edit] References

• John Hickman. "Finding the Words: A Content Analysis of American Forces Information Service Reporting on the War in Afghanistan." South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies. Vol. 7, No. 1 (July-Dec. 2006), Pp. 6-8, 14).

[edit] External links

• AFIS

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