This Manual represents the collaborative efforts of subject matter experts from Deputy Commandant for Aviation; Marine Aviation Weapons Tactics Squadron One; Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron One; Naval Air Systems Command; the Total Force; and Training and Education Command, Policy and Standards Division, Aviation Standards Branch.

b. This first-ever T&R manual for CH-53K aircrews provides training progression as follows:

(1) Chapter one outlines unit T&R requirements.

(2) Chapter two, pilot, includes 1000 through 6000 phases of training (core introduction, core, mission , core plus, mission plus, instructor, and designations).

(3) Chapter three, crew chief, and Chapter four, aerial gunner/ observer, mirrors the construct of Chapter two.