pa quick reference guide

							                        Public Affairs AFIs (35 Series)
                                       Quick Reference Guide
AFI 35-101, Public Affairs Policies and Procedures
Significantly revised document; details the management of entire Public Affairs community, including
PA, band, and visual information.

Includes chapters on:
    1) General Guidelines and Background – PA core competencies, functions, goals, purpose, activities
    2) Responsibilities – Headquarters, office, individual
    3) Resource Management – Budget
    4) Communication Planning – Research, execution, analysis

       Specific PA function management guidance broken out into 10 additional AFIs listed below.

AFI 35-102, Security and Policy Review                 AFI 35-108, Environmental Public Affairs
-Documents requiring review                            -Objectives of environmental PA
-How to submit documents for review                    -Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP)
-Appropriate clearance levels                          -Air Installation Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ)


AFI 35-103, Public Affairs Travel                      AFI 35-109, Visual Information
-Purpose of PA travel                                  -Authorization and management of VI resources
-Travel eligibility (individuals & materials)          -General photographic and video guidelines
-Approval authority                                    -Visual documentation products


AFI 35-104, Media Operations                           AFI 35-110, U.S. Air Force Band Program
-General release of information                        -Purpose and objectives of the band program
-Working with the media                                -Classifications, locations and capabilities
-Crisis communication                                  -Operations, funding and logistics


AFI 35-105, Community Relations                        AFI 35-111, Public Affairs Contingency
-Program approval and participation                    Operations and Wartime Readiness
-Types of aviation support and approval levels         -Mission and operational concepts
-Air Force tour program overview                       -Readiness planning
                                                       -PA annexes to operational plans

AFI 35-107, Public Web Communication
-Roles and Responsibilities                            AFI 35-113, Internal Information
-Web site management and content                       -Purpose and objectives of internal information
-Prohibitions and appearance                           -PA responsibilities
                                                       -Newspapers, social media, base guides, etc.
                                        Helpful Links
           Additional Guidance
JP 3-61, Doctrine for PA in Joint Operations
Provides joint doctrine for public affairs support                      Training
during joint operations and US military support
to news media in conjunction with military           Defense Information School*
operations.                                          1) Course Catalog: Course descriptions, class
                                                     dates and prerequisites
DODD 5122.5, Assistant Secy of Defense for PA        2) Distance Learning Materials: View lessons
Details the responsibilities, functions,             covering PA fundamentals
relationships, and authorities of the ASD(PA)
under the authority vested in the Secretary of       LeMay Center Courses*
Defense by Title 10, United States Code.             1) Info Ops Fundamentals Application (IOFAC)
Enclosures include DOD Principles of                 2) Joint Air Operations Planning (JAOP)
Information.                                         3) Contingency Wartime Planning (CWPC)

DODD 5410.1, Release of Information                  Training Business Area (TBA)
Establishes uniform policy for the release of        Automated training records and management
information concerning military personnel            application which replaced the need to file and
involved in accidents as well as approval            maintain paper copies of the AF Form 623, On-
authority for release of casualty information        The-Job Training Record.
concerning senior U.S. and foreign government
personnel when the Department of Defense is          Joint Course in Communication
the responsible Executive Branch Department.         Includes six years of capstone projects from the
                                                     former DINFOS-administered, graduate-level
AFDD 2-5.3, Public Affairs Operations                course at University of Oklahoma.
Discusses the integration of activities from            *Training requests must be processed through
different information and media disciplines to             MAJCOM or FOA Functional Managers
support commanders across the range of
military operations.
                                                                     Deployments
AFDD 2-5, Information Operations
                                                     AEF Online
Describes how the AF gains and maintains
                                                     Maintained by the Air Force's Expeditionary
information superiority in order to provide
                                                     Force Center to provide up-to-date information
decisive advantages for the joint force across
                                                     pertinent to deployers, supervisors and
the range of military operations.
                                                     commanders. Topics include mandatory
                                                     reporting instructions, line remark explanations,
DODM 5040.06, Visual Information
                                                     pre-deployment training information,
Provides guidance and prescribes procedures
                                                     deployment preparedness checklists, and
for recording, captioning, handling, preserving,
                                                     indeterminate TDY information.
and storing VI records to maximize the
usefulness of VI to both the DoD mission and
the historical record.
        PA Community Resources                     Internet-Based Capabilities
Air Force Public Affairs Community of Practice     New Media and the Air Force
The SAF/PA Public Affairs CoP provides             Created by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency,
authoritative, current, and relevant information   the pamphlet is an instructional guide providing
and resources to the entire Air Force Public       basic new media guidance.
Affairs community.
                                                   AFI 33-129, Web Management and Internet Use
Public Affairs Toolkit Community of Practice       Provides policy and procedural guidance with
Community of Practice for Airmen and Public        respect to establishing, operating, and
Affairs personnel to share information and         maintaining Web sites in the Air Force. Includes
administrative and communications tools.           new guidance on Internet-based capabilities.

Telling the Air Force Story                        AFPIMS Resource Center
Offers key talking points, posture statement,      Provides users with the necessary training and
communication guidance, etc.                       resource material to serve as site managers,
                                                   content managers and content providers for
Air Force Aerial Events                            their organizations’ respective Web sites within
Provides complete request procedures for           the Air Force Public Web Program.
military and non-military requestors, and is the
single location to determine if a public event     U.S. Air Force Live
has been deemed eligible for support.              Official blog of the U.S. Air Force.

Air Force Bands Program                            Air Force Blue Tube
Band information including news, photos,           Official YouTube channel of the U.S. Air Force.
audition details and online request system.
                                                   Air Force Twitter
DefenseImagery
The Department of Defense's location to find all   Air Force Facebook
forms of still, motion and multimedia imagery
from across the entire DoD enterprise.             Air Force Link

Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System                         Additional Links
DVIDS serves as a “turnkey operation” that
                                                   Military Acronyms
facilitates requests for Public Affairs video,
                                                   Indexed database of military shorthand terms.
audio, still imagery and print products;
coordinates interviews with soldiers and
                                                   FedTravel
commanders in a combat zone and provides an
                                                   Unofficial travel planning tool designed for
archive for ongoing operations.
                                                   government travelers.
Office of Freedom of Information
                                                   Military Ceremony
The FOIA Requester Service Center supports all
                                                   Unofficial site offering sample checklists and
actions related to Freedom of Information
                                                   scripts for military ceremonies.
requests submitted by the public for access to
records under the control of the Offices of the
                                                   Aim Points
Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff.
                                                   A daily compilation of Air Force-related, high-
                                                   interest news items.