A CPIC is normally responsible for delivering press releases and casualty reports, conducting news conferences, arranging interviews, and escorting media to newsworthy events.
The CPIC was established at the Kuwait Hilton in early February, 2003 by the 22nd MPAD, an active Army unit stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC.
Before the CPIC ceased operations in Kuwait in early May, 2003, credentials were issued to more than 6,500 journalists, permitting them various levels of access to coalition forces.
[2] After the 2003 invasion, the CPIC was established on the second floor of the Iraqi Convention Center in Baghdad's Green Zone by the 372nd MPAD, an Army Reserve Unit from Nashville, TN.
Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq, An Oral History, by Bill Katovsky, Timothy Carlson https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79598&page=1