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I am Howard Dew, a United States Army and Army Reserves Veteran, and I
served at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s)
Greenbelt Space Flight Center (GSFC). I worked as an Electrical Engineer
and Aerospace Technologist. I served overseas in the Army Signal Corps for
four years as a Communications Officer during the Vietnam era. I then stayed
in the Army Reserve for 10 years assigned to Fort Meade. My position at
GSFC was as a satellite ground systems engineer for 31 years. My combined
military and federal service spanned 35 years. In the Army, I was the Officer
In Charge of the U.S. European Command Headquarters Telecommunications
Center in Stuttgart, Germany, and then became Operations Officer for the
252nd Signal Company in Neu Ulm, Germany. At NASA, I supported over
20 spacecraft for launch preparation, post launch telemetry data capture and
storage, spacecraft command processing and science data processing. I also
created the Development Test and Training Facility at GSFC for antenna
signal processing upgrades to the Space Network’s White Sands Complex
located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I retired from NASA the year of the last
Space Shuttle mission, which I supported. For both Army and NASA
assignments, I controlled multi-million dollar assets and oversaw contractors
and civil servants while doing so. Basically I have served this country my
entire professional career first as an active duty officer, then as a reserve
officer and then as a public servant. I am proud of my contribution to this
Nation.
I am Sajjad Durrani and I served at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) from 1974 to 1992. As an Engineer, prior to joining
federal service, I had taught at universities in Pakistan and the United States,
and worked in private industry for more than 20 years. At NASA, I split my
time between Goddard Space Flight Center and Headquarters. At Goddard, I
helped develop the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), which reduced
the cost of data collection from several Earth Observation Satellites. At
Headquarters, I supported research projects at several NASA Centers, which
helped the communications industry in providing services at reduced cost to
consumers. I currently serve as Co-chair for the Resolutions Committee for
the Maryland Federation of the National Active and Retired Federal
Employees Association (NARFE).
I am Mary K. Shifflett and I served in the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center for 42 years. Most of my career
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