Hear about Defense Media Activity, a DOD media organization, with Legion Post 20 TONIGHT
Hal Pittman, director of the Defense Media Activity at Fort Meade, Maryland, will be guest speaker at a virtual meeting of the National Press Club's historic American Legion Post 20 on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.
All Club members are invited to the meeting. RSVP to Post 20 Sergeant-at-Arms Evelyn Moy at [email protected], who will provide a meeting link.
The Defense Media Activity is a mass media organization that creates and distributes Department of Defense content across a variety of platforms to audiences worldwide. Among other things, it oversees the iconic Stars and Stripes military newspaper and the Defense Information School (DINFOS) for military public affairs personnel.
Pittman is a retired Navy rear admiral public affairs officer. Among his many assignments was deputy assistant secretary of defense at the Pentagon. Prior to his current position he was an executive with Arizona Public Service, Arizona's largest utility company. Before that he was president and CEO of Special Olympics Iowa, leading sports training and wellness efforts for 11,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
American Legion Post 20 was founded at the National Press Club in 1919 at the suggestion of famed World War I General John "Black Jack" Pershing. At the time, Pershing was serving in Washington and was an associate member of the Club. He retired from military service in 1924.