Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 5: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400 Although the re-deployment to Iraq of Marine forces scheduled to conduct the Sea Viking experiments changed the immediate Sea Viking goals, this presented another opportunity for the s&t community to provide direct support to deploying forces while still maintaining the transformational momentum of the Sea Viking program. One of the central technology areas being pursued by Sea Viking involves on-the move command and control of dispersed forces operating on an extended battlefield. Sea Viking experiments planned to use a surrogate command and control system called the Experimental Tactical Communications System (etos). Etcs is based on the commercial iridium satellite telephone network. S&t development has modified this commercial system to achieve a tactical networked architecture that supports voice and data communications extending to any user, worldwide. A por tion of this architecture will provide portable unit, individual vehicle, or individual marine position location information that is interoperable with current command and control systems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 4: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; To Authorized Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense, for Military Construction Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to report to you on Army transformation. It is my privilege to rep resent the Army leadership, the military and civilian members of the Army acquisi tion workforce, and the soldiers who rely on us to provide them with world-class weapon systems and equipment so they can successfully accomplish any mission at anytime, anywhere in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 6: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; Personnel; March 2, 4, 31, 2004 Mr. Chairman and members of this distinguished subcommittee, thank you for the Opportunity to be here today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 2: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session; Seapower, March 3 and 10, 2004 The View was, particularly after September 11, that there was a need for the Navy to look at its presence with a purpose in a global sense. We needed to dramatically change the striking power that we brought to sea when we were there, because of these compelling issues you get into in terms of timing, trying to make a difference, trying to be decisive on scene, trying to shape the battle space quickly. Because this is one of the things we're being driven into is this: can we do things more quickly before things get out of con trol? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 3: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services United States Senate One Hundred Eighth Congress Second Session Our commitment to improve current and future readiness is steadfast, even when this entails making tough choices, such as canceling the Comanche aircraft program. Now, we can talk about it in the questions and answers, but we need the committee's sup port to retain the Comanche resources to fix Army aviation. The 2005 President's budget will enable our Army to provide our combatant commanders with the requisite land-power capabilities for the global war on terrorism, homeland defense, and other worldwide commitments. It covers our baseline operations, the 15 critical systems in our recapitalization program, and our trans formation program. It does not address the ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the recovery from those missions. Your support of this budget and war-related costs of our ongoing operations is critical if our units are to continue their remarkable performance and remain ready for future contingencies. We appreciate your dedication to your military and to America's sons and daughters, who are Operating selflessly around the world defending this great country. Thank you, Senator, for the opportunity. I look forward to taking your questions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005, Vol. 7: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session on S. 2400; Strategic Forces; February 25; March 24, 25; April 7, 2004 Committee staff members present: Leah C. Brewer, nominations and hearings clerk; and Alison E. Brill, receptionist. Majority staff members present: L. David Cherington, counsel; and Scott W. Stucky, general counsel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.