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 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2471 (6) In preparing the assessment, the Secretary shall receive and consider the views of the Cost Analysis Improvement Group in the Office of the Secretary of Defense on the tactical aviation programs covered by the assessment. (d) DSB TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT. — The technical assessments to be undertaken by the Defense Science Board for purposes of subsection (a)(3) are the following: (1) An assessment of the ways that current aircreift, upgrades to current aircraft, and new desi^ aircraft can be modified or otherwise adapted so that a single aircraft type can be used by both the Air Force and the Navy in parallel missions. (2) An assessment of the technical risks associated with the three tactical aircraft specified in subsection (b). SEC. 903. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ARMY AND THE MARINE CORPS. (a) FINDINGS. — With respect to the roles and missions of the Army and Marine Corps, the Congress makes the following findings: (1) The Army and the Marine Corps both provide military capabilities that are necessary for carrying out the national military strategy of the United States. (2) Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm demonstrated the complementary nature of those capabilities and the substantial degree to which the Army and the Marine Corps can effectively coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other. (3) The availability of ftiture Federal budget resources for the Army and the Marine Corps is likely to be significantly more limited than the Federal budget resources currently available for the Army and the Marine Corps. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—I t is the sense of Congress that the Army and the Marine Corps should intensify efforts— (1) to eliminate unnecessary duplication; and (2) to improve interservice coordination and to specialize in specific functional areas. (c) EXAMINATION BY CJCS. —(1) The Congress encourages the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to examine whether— (A) the Army should provide the Marine Corps with armor and heavy fire support needed for mid-intensity and highintensity combat; or (B) the Marine Corps should be equipped with the armor, heavy artillery, and other weapons and sustainability needed to engage in mid-intensity and high-intensity combat independent of the other military services. (2) In conducting the examination, the Chairman should consider the following actions: (A) Designating Army artillery battalions equipped with the Multiple Launch Rocket System to support Marine amphibious forces afioat. (B) Designating Army tank battalions to support Marine amphibious forces afloat. (C) Equipping maritime prepositioning ships with Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launchers and Ml tanks to be manned by Army units in support of Marine forces. (D) Transferring management of all prepositioning shipping on behalf of all of the Armed Forces to the Marine Corps.

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