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various assignments, I was an ammunitions inspector with expertise in nuclear
and nerve gas weapons, assisting our nation in avoiding impending disasters.

As an Army Level Career Program Manager, I served as a Personnel Manager
for over 700 civilian Americans, stationed worldwide, who benefitted because
of my extensive background in employee and retiree remunerations and

regulations.

I am Shannon Travers and I worked for the Department of Defense,

Department of the Army, at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland. For
28 years, I was a Firefighter/Emergency Medical technician for the APG
Directorate of Emergency Services, Fire Prevention and Protection Division.
I proudly protected our AOG soldier and civilian communities at the

Aberdeen and Edgewood Areas with top notch fire suppression and fire
prevention services.

My Federal career began in March 1983 and ended in December 2011. I
received the Department of Army Civilian Achievement Award twice, several
suggestion awards and many letters of appreciation. I think that my largest
contribution was the development, design and maintenance of our APG

Aberdeen and Edgewood Area Map Books for emergency responses and the
establishment of pre-fire plans for our high-hazard structures. I continued to
work on those initiatives until the day of my retirement.

I am Charles Ware and I served in the Department of Defense, Army
Materiel Command, Harry Diamond Laboratories. I was a Nuclear Reactor

Operator engaged in testing electronic components and circuits for radiation
hardening. At the Department of the Navy, Naval Sea Systems Command
(NAVSEA), I worked in the Submarine Safety Program, established following

the loss of the USS Thresher, to prevent submarine losses resulting from
critical systems failure causing possible loss of a submarine. I was involved
in verifying systems’ operating and repair procedures to be germane to an
individual submarine hull.

I am James D. Wood, Professional Engineer (P.E.), and I am the current
President of the Bel Air NARFE Chapter. My Federal career was spent in the

Department of Defense as an engineer working for the U.S. Army Center for
Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM) (formerly the U.S.
Army Environmental Hygiene Agency (AEHA) at Aberdeen Proving Ground,

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