Senators Inhofe (Chairman), McCain, Coats, Roberts, Robb, Glenn and Cleland

WITNESSES


UNITED STATES SENATE
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES


There will be a meeting of the

SUBCOMMITTEE ON READINESS

Room SR-301
RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Tuesday, February 24, 1998 -- 3:00 p.m.

OPEN



To receive testimony on the status of the operational readiness of the U.S. Military Forces including the availability of resources and training opportunities necessary to meet our National Security requirements.

Witnesses:

Panel I:

Vice Admiral Herbert A. Browne, Jr., II, USN
Commander
III Fleet

Major General Marvin R. Esmond, USAF
Commander
Air Force Air Warfare Center
Nellis AFB

Major General Ronald G. Richard, USMC
Commanding General
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center


Brigadier General Dean W. Cash, USA
Commanding General
National Training Center and Fort Irwin

Panel II:

Colonel Thomas Matthews, USA
Commander
Aviation Brigade
101st Airborne Division

Captain Thomas Kilchine, USN
Commander
Carrier Air Group 14

Colonel Stephen Bozarth, USAF
Commander
388th Fighter Wing Operations Group

Colonel Emerson N. Gardner, USMC
Commander 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit

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