CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 042004Z OCT 24 MID120001438797U FM CHINFO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 208/24 SUBJ/2024 ARMY-NAVY GAME SPIRIT SPOTS// POC/Ms. Crystal Deleon/CHINFO OI-32/TEL: (703) 614-9555/E-MAIL: CRYSTAL.G.DELEON.CIV(at)US.NAVY.MIL and Mr. Oscar Sosa/E-MAIL: OSCAR.L.SOSA.CIV(at)US.NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. This year's Army-Navy game is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C. Army-Navy Spirit Spots are due NLT COB (1600 EST) Friday, November 22, 2024. CBS Sports will televise the game and will once again accept "Go Navy, Beat Army" video spots from the Navy and Marine Corps. CBS will consider spot submissions forwarded by the Navy Office of Information (CHINFO) for broadcast during the game. a. There is no guarantee CBS will use your video, however, if your video does not make it into the broadcast, it may still be played on video screens within the stadium during the game. Videos may also be aired in other CBS Sports and/or CBS Sports Network studio shows leading up to the Army-Navy game. b. CHINFO and Defense Media Activity (DMA) will push selected spirit spots to a variety of media outlets, flagship web, broadcast, and social media platforms prior to the game to help generate esprit de corps and as a way of highlighting our naval forces. 2. Requirements and best practices: a. All spirit spots must be submitted from a Navy or Marine Corps activity. b. Public release of spirit spots is not permitted until 14 December 2024. c. Include the submitting command's name and location. d. Please submit a vertically shot version in addition to your traditional submission if you would like it also considered for @usnavy flagship platforms. e. We want videos to help connect the American public with their Navy through building human connections with Sailors via passion points and culture. Successful videos will highlight one or more of the following: (1) We are here to preserve the peace, respond in crisis, and win decisively in war. (2)We deliver power for peace, but are always postured and ready to fight and win as part of the Joint Force and alongside our Allies and partners. (3)Today and every day, nearly 100 ships and submarines are underway and the world's most advanced naval aircraft are patrolling the skies worldwide. Being there matters. (4)America's Navy is flying, sailing, and operating everywhere international law allows...so everyone else can too. (5)The Navy is comprised of passionate professionals and strong leaders. (6)The Navy is representative of America in spirit and composition. (7)Enthusiasm, humor, creativity, diversity, and motivation. (8)The Navy provides unique experiences, challenges and adventures at sea and around the world. f. Please avoid the following: (1) Use of naval or military jargon or acronyms. (2) Group/command/formation shout outs in which a group is shouting a message (the audience will not understand what you are saying). (3) Copyrighted material or music. (4) Parodies of popular TV shows, movies, books, etc. - essentially any commercial media that someone else owns the rights to - cannot be used by CBS for broadcast. (5) Sensitive material. (6) Official or implied endorsements. (7) Gratuitous violence. (8) Potentially divisive language. g. Inclusion of Naval Academy graduates, unique locations, forward deployed locations, and underway scenes are good. Highlighting new platforms and unique naval capabilities is also desirable. h. Be sure to include all metadata required for Navy visual information products. i. It is best to not use music in your production. If you do, be sure to include all licensing information that allows you to use it and allows CBS to broadcast it to a global audience. Also, be sure to provide the final product with split channel audio with the music on its own track in case CBS has to remove it. j. Spots should be broadcast quality in one of the following file formats: (1) Files should be at least 8 MB/S but no more than 100 MB/S and in MXF, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, or AVI file formats. (2) M4V, FLY, and SWF files are not accepted. (3) Include a Word document with the submitter's points of contact, a suggested title, description, and release authority. (4) All submissions must be high definition (1920x1080, 1280x720) or Ultra-High Definition (4k). k. If you want your video considered for CBS broadcast, it must be no longer than 29 seconds. Spots intended for non-broadcast use in the stadium or on social media or other web only outlets should be no longer than two minutes; but preferably also no longer than 30 seconds. l. Submit only ready-to-air spots. Neither CBS nor CHINFO will do your post production editing. m. Frame shots according to rules of good composition and avoid distracting backgrounds and inadvertent commercial product placement. n. Good audio quality and sharp focus are both important. Videos with poor sound quality or that are not in focus will be rejected. 3. Leverage Public Affairs experts, support from Navy Public Affairs Support Elements, DMA detachments or broadcast detachments as mission requirements allow. 4. Contact CHINFO OI-32 at NavySM(at)us.navy.mil with the subject line "Army -Navy Submission" for submission instructions. a. Commands should submit videos by electronic means. Submissions must be received NLT COB (1600 EST) Friday, 22 NOV 2024. Late submissions will not be accepted. b. Please DO NOT post submissions to DVIDS. Videos on DVIDS are public upon upload which would render the video(s) ineligible for use by CBS. 5. Request widest possible dissemination of this message. Let's highlight Navy teamwork and the spirit of our Sailors and Marines forward deployed around the world. Go Navy, Beat Army! 6. Released by RDML R. M. Perry, Chief of Information. BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//