Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

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Stars and Stripes

The July 27, 2005 front page of Stars and Stripes (Middle East Edition)
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Defense Media Activity
Publisher	Max D. Lederer Jr.[1]
Editor-in-chief	Terry Leonard[1] Editorial Director
Managing editors	Robert H. Reid[1] (Senior Managing Editor) Brian Bowers[1] (Assistant Managing Editor)
General manager	Laura Law (Chief Operating Officer)
Director of Interactive	Fred Schecker[1]
Opinion editor	Brooks E. Bowers[1]
Sports editor	Eddie Rogers[1]
Ombudsman	Ernie Gates[1]
Founded	1861; 163 years ago (1861)
Language	English
Headquarters	633 3rd St. NW, Suite 500[1] Washington, DC 20001-3050
Country	United States[1] Mideast[1] Europe[1] Pacific[1]
ISSN	0894-8542
OCLC number	8777119
Website	stripes.com

Stars and Stripes is a daily American military newspaper reporting on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces and their communities, with an emphasis on those serving outside the United States. It operates from inside the Department of Defense, but is editorially separate from it, and its First Amendment protection is safeguarded by the United States Congress to whom an independent ombudsman, who serves the readers' interests, regularly reports. As well as a website, Stars and Stripes publishes four daily print editions for U.S. military service members serving overseas; these European, Middle Eastern, Japanese, and South Korean editions are also available as free downloads in electronic format, and there are also seven digital editions.^[2] The newspaper has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.^[3]