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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,

Maryland. The CHPPM functioned as the “technical arm” of the Army
Surgeon General’s Office. During my tenure with AEHA/CHPPM, I had the
opportunity to serve as the AEHA Task Force Leader in supporting the

Pershing Project Manager on the environmental permitting requirements for
the “Pershing Missile Motor Elimination Program” in support of the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States
and the former Soviet Union. The treaty resulted in the destruction of

thousands of nuclear missiles and significantly eased tensions between the
U.S. and the former Soviet Union. While serving as the CHPPM Air Quality
Program Manager, I had responsibility for managing air quality projects that

assessed and/or mitigated potential health risks to soldiers, family members,
and civilians at Army installations worldwide; and for providing quick-
response air sampling support to forces deployed in support of contingency
operations. In February 1999, I was honored to be selected by the National

Society of Professional Engineers as its “Federal Engineer of the Year.” Upon
my retirement after 34 years of Federal Service, I was awarded the

Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Award.

I am Thomas Xenakis and I served in the Department of Defense, Defense
Security Service. As a Counterintelligence Agent, I oversaw key

manufacturing assets from the Defense Industrial Base and was assigned to
the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to support the Intermediate Nuclear
Forces Strategic Arms and Chemical Weapons Convention Treaties. I helped

prepare our government contractors and government laboratories for the
Treaty inspections, including escorting Russian Inspectors at the sites.
Critical to my task was preparing the sites and preventing loss of U.S.

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