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Announcements regarding changes to the public facing official DOD websites hosted by the Defense Media Activity including Cyber-Security Awareness. This is owned and operated by the Web Enterprise Business (WEB.mil) component in DMA.
March 17, 2023
All Photos and Graphics on Official DOD websites must follow VIRIN Naming Convention
FORT MEADE, MD — All photos or graphics loaded to DMA WEB.mil hosted official DOD public facing websites have the VIRIN as the file name. A VIRIN consists of fifteen (15) data elements, in four (4) fields, separated by three hyphens, for a total of 18 characters, organized in the alphanumeric format NNNNNN-A-AANNN-NNN.