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2024 Army Year in Review Toolkit

By U.S. Army Public AffairsAugust 27, 2024

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Throughout the month of December, the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs Digital Media Division leads the Army's Year in Review. This campaign showcases the Army's biggest newsmakers through photo and print coverage on Army.mil and the U.S. Army social channels. In 2024, DMD is expanding the curation process, opening submissions to all Army public affairs and visual information personnel, including enlisted, officer, civilian and contractors.

DMD requests support from public affairs professionals across the Army in supporting this campaign via an internal awareness campaign. Below you will find a toolkit to aid in communication efforts supporting the Year in Review. Please download, use and share these products as you see fit to ensure maximum participation.
The Year in Review campaign spans two lines of effort:

  • Photos: The Army's year in photos. Must adhere to associated Army and DOD guidance on visual information and be publicly released. Submissions will be received only via a DVIDS tool, available at https://cms.dvidshub.net/awards/armyyearinreview.
  • Articles: The biggest newsmakers of the year. Stories of valor, incredible innovations and how the Army makes a difference. Features and hard news stories are accepted, as are compilation-style pieces. For consideration, articles must be sent to ocpadmd.yearinreview@army.mil with the subject: 2024 Year in Review Submission — [Organization Abbreviation].

For 2024, the Army Year in Review follows this general timeline:

  • Throughout 2024 — Public affairs professionals capture photos and write articles detailing the Army's activity.
  • September 2024 — The Year in Review EXORD is released; internal awareness campaign begins; photos are submitted via DVIDS and articles submitted via email.
  • Nov. 4, 2024 — Submissions close; OCPA begins selection process.
  • Dec. 2, 2024 — Year in Review site is launched; Army social media campaign begins.

Consider joining the OCPA Digital Media Working Group Microsoft Team for more information. Reference the EXORD for official guidance (link pending).

Outreach
  • One-Pager [PDF]
  • Summarizes the Army Year in Review campaign and submission processes for both photos and news articles. Print and handout or display this for teammates to assist in publicizing the campaign. Contains a QR code that leads to this toolkit page. Also provided in letter format for digital distribution.
  • Social-style graphic [JPG]
  • Captures the criteria and timeline for Year in Review submissions. Share this in internal communications channels such as Microsoft Teams, Facebook Groups, Slack, etc. Make sure you link back to this page if you make a post!
  • PowerPoint Slide [PPTX]
  • Covers the same information as the one-pager, but in slide format. Plug this into decks used to brief your team to inform them about the campaign.
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