Army formally activates public affairs school

The Army formally activated its U.S. Army Public Affairs School last month, representing a milestone toward the goal of continuously upgrading strategic military communications within the Public Affairs branch, the service announced this week. Headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, the school, known as USAPAS, is charged with training public affairs soldiers and officers who “execute information activities in support of the Army and Joint Force,” according to the school’s mission statement. Public affairs troops take photos of training, write press releases, sometimes manage social media accounts and relay information to journalists, among other tasks. “We are creating a home for the men and women of public affairs who are ready to tell the Army story,” Ryan M. Janovic, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, said in the release.

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