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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 Debra K. Roy and I served 26 years as a translator and report writer for
the Department of Defense. I achieved level three proficiency in French,
German and Spanish. I was regularly chosen to attend the annual American

Translator Association (ATA) conventions and was accredited by the ATA.
After holding workshops for my coworkers on the tips and techniques I
learned at the ATA conventions, I received a citation from my agency's

linguistic association, recognizing my “efforts to promote a greater degree of
excellence in professional linguistic activity.”

I regularly mentored junior linguists and report writers. I wrote a working aid

that is still in use on how to translate German particles. I held titles in two
technical tracks: translation and report writing. After achieving level four
proficiency in my languages, I became a member of my agency's technical
track language board. There I reviewed the work of colleagues to determine

their proficiency and recommend them for titles. As a result of my service on
that board, I received an award “for outstanding technical health

contributions.” I received a Star award for pioneering the use of a voice
active computer for translation and report writing.

I joined a group of health-conscious coworkers and was instrumental in

eliminating smoking in the workplace years before most government offices
became smoke free. That group of coworkers eventually grew into the
Maryland Group Against Smokers' Pollution (GASP), which is still a leader in
tobacco control issues.

For seven years I worked as a staff translator. I translated correspondence for
the Director's Office, technical documents for the technical staff and the laws

and regulations of various countries. Throughout my career, my work was
distributed to a wide range of government agencies and used by decision
makers at the highest level, including the White House, to make or change

policy.

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