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I am William J. Stoner, Sr. a Veteran and my career with the Department of
Defense spanned 50 years, from 1962 to 2012, including four years with the

U.S. Air Force (USAF) Security Service, 33 years with the National Security
Agency (NSA) and 13 years as a contractor at NSA. In the Air Force, I spent
time in Texas and Turkey, reporting on USAF communications security issues.
My NSA career included two 3-year tours in the United Kingdom during the

1970s, a 3-year tour of duty in Japan, in the early 1980s, and two years in
Okinawa, Japan, in the mid 1990s, supporting U.S. military commands with
National-level intelligence information.

A few of the highlights of my career included supporting U.S. Army
commands in Japan, accompanying them to various military locations in Japan

and in the U.S., where they performed bilateral exercises with their Japanese
Self-Defense Force counterparts. My role was to provide simulated National-
level intelligence information to U.S. Forces during the exercises. I also
accompanied Japan-based U.S. Marine Corps personnel to provide simulated

National-level intelligence support to them during exercises aboard the U.S.
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7 Fleet Command ship, the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).
I held a variety of jobs at NSA from Intelligence Reporter to Staff Officer to

Division Chief to upgrading communications equipment for our U.S. military.
It was an honor to serve.

I am Richard G. Thissen, the Immediate Past President of the National
Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE). We are the
largest federal employee and retiree organization in the United States and U.S.

Territories, dedicated to protecting the earned rights and benefits of America’s
active and retired federal workers. As a federal employee, I served as a
civilian in the Department of the Army, in the United States and overseas.

Among my 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

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