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No. 005-96 January 17, 1996
No. 005-P:01/17/96:The following media events are scheduled

The following media events are scheduled to take place tomorrow in the Pentagon Briefing Studio, Room 2E781:

8:15 a.m. -- A senior military official, accompanied by a senior officer from the Central Intelligence Agency, will brief on background on intelligence support to Operation Joint Endeavor.

10 a.m. -- Col. John Baker, director of Air Force Operations will conduct an on-the-record briefing on improvements made to the NATO Combined Air Operations Center at Vincena, Italy, and how these improvements allow it to provide real-time information to troops on the ground in Bosnia.

1 p.m. -- Col. Earl Simms, adjutant general of the Army/executive director Military Postal Service will brief the Operation Joint Endeavor mail plan. Included in the brief will be the Army's "Any Service Member" addresses that may be used by the public to send letters to soldiers in Bosnia. Army Public Affairs point of contact is Maj. Stan Heath, (703) 697-7589 The regularly scheduled Thursday DoD Press Briefing with the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Kenneth Bacon, will immediately follow this presentation.