Forces are conducting combat training exercises in international waters off the northern and eastern coast…

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1. U.S. FORCES ARE CONDUCTING COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISES
   IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OFF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN
   COAST OF CYPRUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. COMBAT EXERCISE
   ACTIVITIES MAY POSE A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION. ALL
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO NAVIGATE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
2. REQUEST SURFACE VESSELS WITH DESTINATIONS AT PORTS IN
   SOUTHWESTERN TURKEY, NORTH AND EASTERN CYPRUS OR SYRIA
   REMAIN CLEAR OF THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATED OPERATING AREAS:
   A. OPAREA ONE: 36-30N 034-40E, 36-12N 035-30E,
      35-50N 035-30E, 35-50N 034-54E, 36-00N 034-36E,
      35-45N 034-00E, 35-55N 034-00E.
   B. OPAREA TWO: 35-25N 034-40E, 35-25N 035-30E,
      34-40N 035-35E, 34-10N 035-10E, 34-10N 033-55E,
      34-25N 033-55E, 34-55N 034-25E, 35-15N 034-25E.
3. ALL PORTS IN THIS AREA REMAIN OPEN. VESSELS WILL
   BE ABLE TO REACH PORTS IN SOUTHWESTERN TURKEY, NORTH AND
   EASTERN CYPRUS OR SYRIA  BY TRANSITING WITHIN 12NM OF
   THE COAST OR IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OUTSIDE THE OPAREAS
   IDENTIFIED BY THE COORDINATES ABOVE.
4. DURING THESE COMBAT TRAINING EXERCISES U.S. FORCES
   WILL BE OPERATING AT A HEIGHTENED STATE OF READINESS AND
   TAKING ADDITIONAL DEFENSIVE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TERRORIST
   AND OTHER POTENTIAL THREATS. SURFACE VESSELS APPROACHING
   U.S. FORCES ARE REQUESTED TO MAINTAIN RADIO CONTACT WITH
   U.S. FORCES ON BRIDGE-TO-BRIDGE CHANNEL 16.
5. U.S. FORCES WILL EXERCISE APPROPRIATE MEASURES IN
   SELF-DEFENSE IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SURFACE
   VESSELS APPROACHING U.S. FORCES SHOULD MAKE THEIR INTENTIONS
   CLEAR AND AVOID UNNECESSARY INITIATION OF SUCH DEFENSIVE
   MEASURES BY INITIATING RADIO CONTACT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
6. NOTHING IN THIS WARNING IS INTENDED TO IMPEDE OR OTHERWISE
   INTERFERE WITH THE FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION OF ANY VESSEL,
   OR TO LIMIT OR EXPAND THE INHERENT SELF-DEFENSE
   RIGHTS OF U.S. FORCES. THIS WARNING IS PUBLISHED SOLELY
   TO ADVISE OF THE HEIGHTENED STATE OF READINESS OF U.S.
   FORCES AND TO REQUEST THAT RADIO CONTACT BE MAINTAINED
   AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
7. CANCEL HYDROPAC 357/03.