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File: doc06_06.txtIMMEDIATE PAGE ~6 OF 1~ RUEKJCS )S54 ~1622I )a/~93SZ (A ACCIDENTS/INCIDENTS WILL SE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO USCINCCENT PAO AND JIB BY FASTEST MEANS. (5' VERBATIM RECORDS OF RELEASES, NEWS CONFERENCES AND RESPONSES TO OUERIES WILL eE MAINTAINED, AND SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO USCINCCENT AND OASD-PA VIA FASTEST MEANS POSSIBLE. ALL NEWS CONFERENCES WILL BE RECORDED. 5. (U) ACCREDITATION. ALL NMRS WILL SE REOUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE ASSOCIATION WITH A RECOGNIZED MEDIA ORGANIZATION BY SOME FORM OF PICTURE IDENTIFICATION TO GAIN MILITARY SUPPORTED ACCESS TO THE AREA OF OPERATIONS. IF FORMAL ACCREDITATION BECOMES NECESSARY, USCINCCENT PAO, IN COORDINATION WITH OASD- (PA) AND DOS, WILL ESTABLISH ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES AND ADVISE ALL APPROPRIATE PA PERSONNEL. WHILE ACCREDITATION WILL NOT PROVIDE NMRS WITH ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, IT WILL FACILITATE THEIR ACCESS TO RELEASABLE INFORMATION. A. NMRS WILL BE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC GROUND RULES IN EFFECT AND MUST AGREE TO ASIDE BY THEM IN RETURN FOR MILITARY SUPPORT AND INFORMATION. S. NMRS WHO DO NOT HAVE APPROPRIATE IDENTIFICATION WILL BE SENT TO THE NEAREST US EMeASSY TO OBTAIN A LETTER OF IDENTIFICATION. C. ACCREDITATION MAY SE WITHDRAWN BY OASD- (PA) , USCINCCENT, THE ON-SCENE COMMANDER OR THE PAD IN CHARGE OF THE JIB FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: PERSONAL MISCONDUCT. VIOLATION OF THE GROUND RULES, OR FAILURE TO MEET FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO THE USG. ~. (U) FIELD PRESS CENSORSHIP. NOT APPLICABLE. 7. (U) ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES. A. FACILITIES. FACILITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VISITING NMRS lAW REF F. ALSO SEE PARAGRAPH 3. A. (I) (A) THROUGH (F) B. INOCULATIONS. NMRS ACCOMPANYING FORCES TO THE AREA OF OPERATIONS AS PART OF THE DOD NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA POOL WILL BE REOUlPED TO HAVE THE SAME INOCULATIONS AS MILITARY PERSONNEL PARTICIPATING IN THE OPERATION. NMRS ALREADY IN COUNTRY OR ARRIVING IN COUNTRY BY COMMERCIAL MEANS SHOULD ALREADY BE INOCULATED lAW THE LAWS OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT. C. EXPENSES. WHEN NO COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES ARE AVAILABLE, MESSING AND BILLETING WILL SE PROVIDED TO NMRS ON A REIMBURSABLE BASIS. D. SIMULATED RANK. NMRS WILL SE AFFORDED THE PRIVILEGES OF AN OFFICER IN THE RANK OF 0-a FOR MESSING, BILLETING, AND TRANSPORTATION. E. DAILY BRIEFINGS. A REOUIREMENT FOP DAILY BRIEFINGS FOR NMRS WILL BE DETERMINED BY USCINCCENT IN CONSULTATION WITH OASD-PA. F. COMMUNICATIONS. IF COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE USE OF US MILITARY FACILITIES (TO INCLUDE TELEPHONE, TELETYPE AND COURIER SERVICE) WILL BE USED TO FILE STORIES ON AN EXPEDITED BASIS BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF CRITICAL OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS. MEDIA TRAFFIC WILL BE PROCESSED AS OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE. G. COURIER FLIGHTS. IF COURIER FLIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE, SUCH FLIGHTS WILL BE USED FOR TRANSPORTING FILM AND VIDEO TAPE TO/FROM USCINCCENT PAD JIB AND OTHER LOCATIONS AS REDUIRED H. TRANSPORTATION. AUTHORIZED NMRS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH MILITARY TRAVEL INTO AND WITHIN THE AREA OF OPERATIONS WHEN SUCH TRAVEL IS IN CONNECTION WITH ASSIGNMENTS TO COVER THE OPERATION AND WHEN COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION INTO THE AREA 15 RESTRICTED OR UNAVAILABLE. THIS REOUlPEMENT IS A HIGH PRIORITY DOD REOLIREMENT AND SHOULD BE PROVIDED UNLESS GRANTING IT WOULD COMPROMISE CRITICALLY NEEDED OPERATIONAL TRANSPORTATION. I. TRAVEL ORDERS. CORRESPONDENTS WILL BE ISSUED TRAVEL ORDERS. IF REOUlPED. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE TRAVEL ORDERS FOR NMRS FOR A SPECIFIC PHASE OF THIS OPERATION MAY SE DELEGATED UPON REDUEST FROM COMPONENT COMMANDS. J. EOUIPMENT. DOD NATIONAL MEDIA POOL AND USCINCCENT REGIONAL MEDIA POOL MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE TYPE OF EOUIPMENT CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITUATION (E. G. , HELMETS. CHEMICAL PROTECTION GEAR. CANTEENS, BODY ARMOR. ETC. K. MEDICAL SUPPORT. MEDICAL SUPPORT WILL BE PROVIDED AS REOUl RED. S. (U) SECURITY OF OPERATIONS ANC PERSONNEL. A. OPERATIONS
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