Command Post Exercise (CPX) 8 will conclude on 1 May. This will be the final CPX to be directed by Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein prior to his retirement from active duty. The Field Marshal will be available to Correspondents at a Press Conference to be held at SHAPE at 1100 hours on Friday 2 May.

Parking space will be reserved for correspondence in the parking area at the front of SHAPE. A special bus will depart the Place de l'Etcile at Avenue Carnot, at 1015 hours for the conference and will return to Paris immediately after the conference.