What We Do

What does the Army Public Affairs Association do?

• Serves as a place for members to share best practices, experiences and socialize with one another in a supportive environment.
  
  
• Serves as a think tank of collaborative public affairs and visual information knowledge and experience, within the Army, other government agencies and private industry.
  
  
• Maintains strong ties to the Army public affairs and visual information family, providing a common bond of the membership and reinforces the Association’s enduring dedication to the Army and the nation.
  
  
• Recognizes excellence in Army Public Affairs and Visual Information through the Military Order of Saint Gabriel, Galloway Lifetime Achievement Award Master Sgt. Marcia Triggs Award of Excellence; and Col. Errol K. 'Buck' Honaker Visual Information Leadership Award in addition to supporting the Army's Maj. Gen Keith L. Ware Communications Awards program.
  
  
• Promotes a lasting identity with the values of the Army and embraces recognition that every Army veteran and retiree is a Soldier for Life and a valued member of the Army team.
  
  
• Enters into relationships with other Army and sister service alumni organizations to help advance the goals and objectives of Army public affairs and visual information, and help ensure it is considered as a full partner in the development of esprit and loyalty to a Army veteran community that represents service to nation.
  
  
• Works with other service organizations to promote the public affairs and visual information  career field through education, mentorship and awareness.
  
  
• Works with national public relations, business communications societies and academic institutions to promote and further the study of the field of military public affairs and visual information.
  
  
• Provides its members with mentorship and transition assistance through a network of members who have applied the knowledge, skills and abilities gained from a career in Army public affairs and visual information to successful careers in corporate, private, academic and non-profit sectors.
  
  
• Organizes professional events to enhance camaraderie among Army Public Affairs and Visual Information practitioners, and provides a forum for networking among active, retired, military and civilian members of the Army public affairs and visual information community.