The mission of Aviation Training System is to develop a completely integrated training system across Marine aviation that links training cost with readiness in order to provide the Marine Air Ground Tast Force commander with combat-ready units.
Witnesses: Robert Gates, Sec. of Def., and Tina Jonas, Under Sec. of Defense-Comptroller; Michael Mullen, Chmn, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Preston Geren, Sec. of the Army; George Casey, Chief of Staff, Army; Donald Winter, Sec. of the Navy; Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Oper.; James Conway, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; William Fallon, U.S. Central Command; Eric Olson, Commander, U.S. Special Oper. Command; Michael Wynne, Sec. of the Air Force; Michael Moseley, U.S. Air Force; Victor Renuart, Jr., N. Amer. Aerospace Defense Command; James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. Southern Command; Timothy Keating, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Burwell Bell, III, U.N. Command and Commander, U.S. Forces Korea. Illus.