GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: Within the next hour the bodies of five sailors killed on the U.S.S. Cole are expected to arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. CNN's Martin Savidge is there -- Martin.</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Gene, the C-17 military transport carrying the bodies of the navy personnel from the U.S.S. Cole is expected to touchdown here within the hour. There has been a change of policy here at the Dover Air Force Base, no longer is the media allowed to go on the base to cover the arrival ceremony. Instead, the end of the runway here is the vantage point we have. But we can tell you specifically what is going to take place. Once the plane lands, it will taxi over to the passenger terminal. There, it will be met by a Navy honor guard, as well as dignitaries from the Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy. As it slowly taxis, it will lower its ramp in the back. Once the plane comes to a halt, the officials will go onboard accompanied by two chaplains, one for the Navy, one from the Air Force. They will say a blessing over the caskets. After that, Navy pallbearers -- this is all a Navy event -- will go onboard the aircraft and slowly, carefully, begin removing the flag-draped caskets one by one to awaiting hearses. All the while, the Navy band will be playing the Navy hymn in the background. Once the hearses are loaded, they will drive off immediately to the mortuary area of this particular base. This is the East Coast Port Mortuary, which is why so many of America's casualties come in here. And there the process will begin of preparing the bodies for burial. We are told that is a process that could take several days. We're also told that members of the FBI will be on hand during that process as they, too, try to gather information and insight into the investigation as to what caused the tragedy and who is responsible for the U.S.S. Cole -- Gene.</s>RANDALL: Thanks Martin.
Five Bodies From U.S.S. Cole to Arrive at Dover Air Force Base