CSI AVIATION CONGRATULATES ITS PRESIDENT AND COO FOR APPOINTMENT TO RANK OF MAJOR GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

CSI Aviation, an integrated, global aviation company, is proud to congratulate its president and chief operating officer, William T. “Rock” Collins, for his recent presidential appointment to the rank of major general in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Collins joined CSI Aviation, which currently employs a staff that is 36 percent military veterans, in 2013 from United Airlines where he was a senior Captain qualified in four different aircraft. Collins, previously holding the rank of Brigadier General in the Marine Corps Reserve, is currently serving as the commanding general of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing in New Orleans, LA and is also an F/A-18 Hornet pilot. Collins is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War, and campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. He holds a B.A. degree from St. Olaf College, and completed the Aviation Safety Senior Officer Course at the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, CA, among numerous other PME courses.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced on February 3, 2014, that President Barack Obama had made Collins’ nomination, official.

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