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Destined Glory 2004 (01-16 October 2004) Media Advisory Members of the media are invited to observe, video and photograph an amphibious ship unloading vehicles, personnel and equipment at 12:00 on 3 October 2004 at Capo Teulada as part of Live Exercise DESTINED GLORY 2004. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: If you wish to register your representatives for this event, you are kindly requested to send NOT LATER THAN 1000 on 2 October 2004 a request by fax on company letterhead stationery to +39 070 240 041, outlining the following data: Priority Name, 1st Name Position National ID Number 1. PEREZ, Jose Editor DNI.: 111.222.333 2. FERNANDEZ, Francisco TV-Camera DNI.: 111.222.334 The Allied Public Information Centre (APIC) in Cagliari cannot guarantee that every applicant will be able to attend and reserves itself the right to communicate in due time which applicant journalist will not be admitted, due to limited seats. DIRECTIONS TO CAPO TEULADA: From Cagliari, drive south then west on State Road 195 through the towns of Pula and Teulada. The parking lot at the entrance of the military range is on the left, approximately two kilometres past Teulada, with a yellow wall. PROGRAMME: 09:00 Media arrive at Military Airbase, Cagliari, Elmas, for registration. 09:30 Departure by military coach to the training area in Capo Teulada. 11:00 Arrive Capo Teulada and move to range location by tactical vehicles. 11:15 Transit to exercise area via military-provided vehicle. 12:00 Administrative offload of vehicles, personnel and equipment. 13:00 Return to base entrance via military-provided vehicle. 13:45 Media departs. DG04 is the largest amphibious exercise for NATO this year, and whilst not all participating forces are assigned to the NRF, the exercise will serve as the venue for demonstrating the Initial Operational Capability of the NATO Response Force (NRF). It is a live-firing training exercise comprised of elements of the NRF 3 forces along with Maritime and Amphibious forces affiliated with STRIKFORNATO. The exercise involves approximately 9,500 personnel, 47 ships and 46 aircraft from 11 NATO nations. Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States are providing high-readiness forces to the exercise, able to conduct peace support, crisis response or defence operations. Live exercises like DG04, provide opportunities to maintain NATO troops’ readiness to respond immediately to any crisis. DG04 is designed to improve NATO’s capability to conduct multinational amphibious and maritime power projection/crisis-response operations, therefore improving inter-operability for amphibious, land, sea and air activities. Tel: +39 070 211 0382 +39 070 211 0374 Allied Public Information Centre AEROPORTO MILITARE ELMAS Via Aeroporto Elmas 09034 Cagliari (CA) Fax: +39 070 240 041 e-mail dg04_apic1@tiscali.it