The United States Navy

The Navy Office of Information

Our job is to inform Navy men and women, their families and the American public on key issues relating to the Navy-Marine Corps team.

We are also charged with working with national and international media, and community relations on a national level, and providing public affairs policy and guidance to public affairs officers, Navy journalists and civilian public affairs specialists serving the Navy worldwide. CHINFO is also responsible for production of print and broadcast internal information products through its subordinate command, the Naval Media Center who produces and distributes its products such as Navy News , All Hands magazine, and the Navy-Marine Corps News, a weekly half-hour television program seen across the U.S. on many cable outlets. The products are availabe on the Web at Navy NewsStand.

To provide service to regional media and provide a more local point of contact, CHINFO maintains four Navy Offices of Information (NAVINFOs). These offices also:

• Acts as spokesperson for the Navy and the Navy Office of Information with the media and public.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with local, regional, and national media.
• Maintain liaison with the public affairs officers of the fleet commanders and area coordinators, assisting with requests for media embarks and ships or aircraft visits.
• Work with counterpart Naval Reserve Public Affairs units on unit training and mobilization readiness.
• Work with the public affairs officers of the Navy Recruiting Area within the NAVINFO's area of responsibility.

CHINFO also maintains two Navy Public Affairs Centers which provide written, audio and photographic feature material about Fleet personnel, units, and activities; and, serve as emergency reaction teams when required.

Another CHINFO field activity is the Fleet Home Town News Center in Norfolk, Va., which writes and distributes news stories about members of the Sea Services, i.e. - Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.