U.S. Government Experience
From April 1986 to June 1987, I was employed by the Naval Investigative Service (NIS) now known as the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). I was trained in basic criminal, security, and counterintelligenc investigations. I participated in follow-up leads in the “Lone tree / Bracey” Investigation. I was trained in special protection techniques and focused on general crime and fraud investigations against the U.S Navy at the U.S. Seabee Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme , California .
I completed the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) 16 week basic agent course twice, once with the Naval Investigative Service in 1986 and once with the Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DSS. Each basic agent course included add-on courses with the respective agency and included such as counterintelligence, protective services, and investigative principals, techniques and the federal legal system . I held Special Agent C redentials as an NCIS agent from July 1986, until my transfer to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in June of 1987. I held Special Agent Credentials with DSS until December 2002.
At the five U.S. Embassies I have served at as a Regional Security Officer (RSO), (La Paz, Bolivia, Managua, Nicaragua, Moscow, Russia, Beirut, Lebanon, and Sana'a, Yemen), I interfaced on security issues with every represented agency at post that included the DEA, FBI, DoD and even NASA. Each post faced different and significant threats. These ranged from counter- narcotics in Bolivia , political upheaval in Nicaragua , counterintelligence in Moscow, and counter-terrorism in Beirut and Yemen . I made significant contributions in protecting, overseeing or acting in a liaison capacity at all of these posts. I have briefed security related topics to the senior representatives of all these agencies ranging from personal, physical or counterintelligence security measures. In conjunction with the Ambassador or Deputy Chief of Mission, I participated and convened Emergency Action Committees (EAC's) to discuss “Warden Messages”, (security warnings to the Americans), and to discuss significant security events effecting the safety and security of the U.S. Embassy. As a Regional Security Officer (RSO) at the five U.S. Embassies I have served at, it was my responsibilities to give CI defensive and general threat briefings to each new employee at post.
