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I am Patricia L. Nix a Veteran and I served in both the U.S. Army and U.S.
Air Force Reserves for 22 years. I started my career as a Clerk Typist at Fort

Huachuca, Arizona. My husband was a career Army soldier and we were
transferred to Pittsburgh, Pa. It was while I was working as a Personnel
Clerk at the U.S. Air Force Reserve Base at the Greater Pittsburgh

International Airport that I had the pleasure to meet President Jimmy Carter.
I also worked as a Secretary in Moenchengladbach, Germany, and Fort
Ritchie, Md.

In all my positions, it was a pleasure to serve the American people. Currently,
I am President of NARFE Hagerstown Chapter 306.

I am Raymond Orland and I served in the Department of Defense with the
U.S. Navy. I started my federal service in the apprentice program at the
Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 1964. In 1978, I left the shipyard and took a

position in the material department at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding
Conversion and Repair (SUPSHIP), Newport News, Va. My main function
was monitoring and recording the materials for the 688 class submarines. In

1986, I transferred to SUPSHIP, Portsmouth, Va.

One of my most rewarding jobs was administering the contract for the

overhaul of an AEGIS cruiser. This job finished on time and with no major
discrepancies. During my 37-year career I had a very close working
relationship with many of naval personnel.

I am Larry Palecek and I retired in 2004, after 32 years with the Federal
Government, working in the intelligence arena on communications security

and program management. The agencies I worked for included the U.S.
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Army 7 Signal Command at the Pentagon, General Services Administration,
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Defense Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. Air Force 11 Wing, Bolling Air
Force Base, which assigned me to the National Drug Intelligence Center

(NDIC), Johnstown, Pa., in 1994.

My government career was a blend of maintaining, designing, creating,
upgrading communication systems, and salesmanship, meeting with heads of

agencies to sell sensitive data systems. I consider my assignment to the
National Drug Intelligence Agency as my greatest contribution to our country
and the “war on drugs.” I was a supervisory computer scientist charged with

implementing secure communication systems with other government

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