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provided my best technical expertise in saving American dollars.

I am Virginia Bender and I served in the Department of Defense at the Naval
Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut, for 24 years. I was hired under the

Employees with Disabilities program. While in the Contracts Department, I
improvised and improved the handling of daily computer and other duties.
My goal was to provide excellent customer service while saving taxpayer

dollars. In the midst of the Base Realignment and Closures, hiring and wage

freezes, and sequestration, I helped maintain a high level of professionalism.

I am James Claffey and I served in the Navy Department’s Ship Design
Agency . As an engineer, I worked in the Bureau of Ships, Naval Sea
Engineering Center, and Naval Sea Systems Command. During that time, I
helped design several nuclear attack submarines and several nuclear missile

submarines. I later switched to computer work and did ship design in that
area, determining the characteristics of proposed and new designs and
developing software to generate ship plans, including training other engineers

to use these programs. I helped train the Agency employees in the use of
computers and provided help for users with our computer systems. I acted as
Systems Manager of our computer cluster, and also as Database Manager of
our large database. Later I provided programming on administrative systems

such as maintaining records of our personnel and their positions, time in

grade, ratings, and other items. I helped keep our nation safe and secure.

I am Erin Counts, a V eteran, and I served in the Department of Defense. I
worked as an Electronic Cryptographic Specialist and Communication

Specialist. I provided Installation and Repair of all U.S. Army Cryptographic
assets throughout the Military District of W ashington, D.C., including all
North Atlantic Treaty Organization member Embassies. In addition, I worked

with the management of the W ashington, D.C.-Moscow hotline and treaty-
driven activities, including all Army Communications activities within the

Pentagon, for the security of our nation.

I am Jannet Cunningham and I worked at the Department of Defense, U.S.
Airforce Space Division in California. I also worked at the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA). I worked for the W orkforce, Audits and Legislative Affairs of

J71 in DLA Acquisition as a Procurement Analyst. As an expert in

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