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recommend radiation protection standards), and I brought Naval Officers into
those debates. So, the U.S. Navy was prepared when the Congress entered

these recommendations into the Code of Federal Regulations. Our small group
leveraged our work by joint programs with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of

Energy Laboratories, and several universities, including the U.S. Naval
Academy. Midshipmen at the top of their class and Trident Scholars
performed valuable work at no added cost to the Navy. Naval officers in

graduate studies performed theses that advanced the Navy’s radiation
dosimetry program.

I am Carol S. Rogers and I served in the Department of the Navy for 34

years. For the first five years I worked in an enlisted military personnel office
at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. For the last 26 years of service, I
procured airplanes, avionics equipment, radars and missile launch sets for the

Naval Air Systems Command. I provided the essential services for our
military’s readiness. Our civilian manpower supported and raised the
effectiveness of our military men and women.

I am Mary Scruggs and I served the Department of the Navy, the Department
of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration, for a
total of 36 years of Federal Service. I was a Social Insurance Representative

for the Social Security Administration. I worked in a field office, where I dealt
exclusively with the public and determined eligibility for entitlement to
benefits. I received many awards for my dedication and excellent

performance.

I am Howard Smentkowski and I served in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
I began as a photo interpreter and ended my career in a supervisory position.

In 1973, I received a “Letter of Appreciation,” from Robert R. Davis, Chief,
Imagery Interpretation Division, Directorate for Intelligence, which echoed
the thanks of Vice Admiral V.P. dePoix, USN, Director Defense Intelligence

Agency, and Rear Admiral Donald B. Whitmire, USN, Assistant Deputy
Director for Intelligence, for identifying and contributing information, which
rendered an artist’s concept of a Soviet aircraft carrier in the waters near Cuba.
My work was instrumental in keeping our country safe during a very unstable

time.

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