Flight 3407 Crash: Who is Acting NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker?

By Alex Constantine

Before his appointment to NTSB acting chairman, Major General Mark Rosenker was director of the White House MILITARY Office under GW Bush, and "in this capacity, he had responsibility for policies, personnel and plans that involve Department of Defense assets in direct support of the President." The mention of his work for the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) is interesting in light of Flight 3407's intelligence connections - the chairman of the EIA is David McCurdy, formerly a conservative Democratic congressman from Iowa (key platforms: military preparedness, family values), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee - and an unabashed booster of the CIA who publicly praises Langley's jackalized covert ops. (Wikipedia: "McCurdy had been suggested as a possible Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama."):

bios/rosenker.htm

MARK V. ROSENKER
CHAIRMAN

Mark V. Rosenker of Virginia was sworn in as the 11th Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board on August 11, 2006. He had been serving as Acting Chairman since March 2005. His two-year term as Chairman runs until August 2008. In January 2006, after confirmation by the Senate, he began his second term as a Member, which will expire on December 31, 2010.

Chairman Rosenker became a member of the NTSB in March 2003, and was designated by President Bush as Vice Chairman that April.

Beginning JANUARY 20, 2001 until the announcement of his nomination to the Board, Mr. Rosenker served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the WHITE HOUSE MILITARY OFFICE. In this capacity, he had responsibility for policies, personnel and plans that involve Department of Defense assets in direct support of the President.

Prior to his White House appointment, Mr. Rosenker was Managing Director of the Washington, DC office for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) .... Before joining UNOS, Mr. Rosenker served 23 years as Vice President, Public Affairs for the *ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE*.
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MAJOR GENERAL MARK V. ROSENKER
http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10994

Retired Dec. 8, 2006.

Maj. Gen. Mark V. Rosenker is mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.

General Rosenker entered the Air Force in 1969 as a graduate of the University of Maryland ROTC program. He has worked at all levels of Air Force public affairs during his active duty and Reserve career. ...

ASSIGNMENTS

1. July 1969 - August 1971, Director of Radio and Television, Office of Public Affairs, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews AFB, Md.

2. August 1971 - June 1972, advertising and publicity officer, 3305th Recruiting Detachment, U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service, Washington, D.C.

3. June 1972 - July 1985, individual mobilization augmentee, Office of Public Affairs, 1776th Base Wing, Andrews AFB, Md.

4. July 1985 - April 1991, individual mobilization augmentee, Media Relations Branch, Office of Public Affairs, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott AFB, Ill.

5. April 1991 - September 1992, individual mobilization augmentee, Office of Public Affairs, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, Md.

6. September 1992 - April 1995, individual mobilization augmentee, Director of Public Affairs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Ill

7. April 1995 - September 1995, individual mobilization augmentee, Chief of Public Affairs Staff Group, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

8. September 1995 - October 2001, mobilization assistant to the Director of Public Affairs, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

9. October 2001 - January 2004, mobilization assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

10. January 2004 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga.