Speech #1090067727

In the weeks and months following the devastating attacks on September 11. 2001. the training environment at FLETC was reoriented to address the American peoples demands for greater inflight security. The number of students being trained at FLETCArtesia swelled from an average of 150 per day to 700 per day as part of this mobilization. Air marshals continue to be trained by FLETC and the Federal Flight Deck Officer training module was transferred to Artesia in the fall of 2003. The Border Patrol has also consolidated its training activities in New Mexico. It is therefore no stretch of the imagination to say that FLETCArtesia is at the forefront in protecting our Nations skies and borders. Mr.