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This issue of "The Channel" will include articles concerning the Washington, DC Metro Chapter Holiday Celebration, Retirements of Mary Buckley and Richard Woodfork, 2007 NABNA Training Conference, sponsorship opportunities, NABNA Membership Dues, Carroll R. Gibson Scholarship and more.....

NABNA Executive Board

                         *Mary E. Buckley

On December 7, 2006, the NABNA Washington, DC Chapter, family, colleagues and friends celebrated the retirement of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Supervisory Special Agent Mary E. Buckley.  Buckley provided dedicated service to DEA from March 1974 to December 2006.

Congratulations are also extended to DEA New Orleans Supervisory Special Agent Richard M. Woodfork (photograph unavailable) for his 32 years of dedicated law enforcement service.

Congratulations to Mary Buckley and Richard Woodfork and Best wishes in their retirements.

*Logon to http://www.nabna.org for photographs of the Mary Buckley retirement celebration 

 

    Washington, DC Metro Chapter

             Holiday Celebration

On December 8, 2006, the Washington, DC Metro NABNA Chapter hosted a spectacular "Holiday Celebration" at the Alexandria, VA FOP. Several of our NABNA retirees were on hand to celebrate with the DC Chapter.

The Washington, DC Chapter would like to thank NABNA members and guests for your support.

*Logon to http://www.nabna.org for photographs

            NABNA Co- Founder

           Gerald D. Chapman Named

                   TSA Area Director

                 Gerald D. Chapman (Center)

The Transportation Security Administration named Mark K. Haught, Gerald D. Chapman and David Beecroft as its three area directors to oversee transportation security at airports and in other modes of transportation for the Eastern, Central and Western Areas, respectively.

Area director positions were established to give greater flexibility and coordination in providing TSA support to all federal security directors (FSDs) in the field.  Area directors work directly with headquarters staff in a team approach to resolve issues and respond to incidents affecting the transportation systems in their respective areas.  They not only oversee FSDs but also ensure that security procedures and responses are carried out in an effective manner for the viability of the national transportation system.

Chapman will assume responsibility for the Central Area.  He was appointed the FSD of Columbia Metropolitan Airport in Columbia, S.C. in 2002. Before joining TSA, he was the corporate safety and security manager at E*TRADE Group, Inc., and east regional security manager of Florida Power & Light Group. Prior to his security posts in the private industry he served at the Drug Enforcement Administration for more than 28 years.  His last assignment at the DEA was as the assistant special agent in charge of the New York field division.  Chapman holds Bachelor of Science degrees in chemistry and mathematics from Alabama State University and a master's degree in criminal justice administration from Atlanta University.