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June 12, 2008
Contact:
Susan Pitcher
Executive Assistant
Wackenhut Services, Inc.
(561) 472-3619
spitcher@wsihq.com
WACKENHUT SERVICES CAPTURES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECURITY PROTECTION OFFICER TRAINING CHAMPIONSHIP
WSI Teams Take Three of Top Four Spots in Annual DOE Competition
AIKEN, S.C. - Wackenhut Services Incorporated–Savannah River Site (WSI-SRS) recently won the top award at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Security Protection Officer Training Competition (SPOTC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. WSI teams from Oak Ridge and the Nevada Test Site placed second and fourth, respectively, in the eight-team competition, which included the largest sites in DOE.
SPOTC is a tactical, skills-oriented firearms competition held at the National Training Center’s Safeguards and Security Central Training Academy. The four-day event was open to teams of protective force officers from the DOE community across the nation.
“We are proud of our team for once again validating Wackenhut Service's security capabilities at this very challenging event,” said James H. “Bud” Isom, the WSI-SRS General Manager. “This competition requires that teams be physically fit, exhibit sound tactics and demonstrate shooting proficiency in a variety of events.”
WSI teams have earned the Secretary’s Trophy five-out-of-the-last-six years. WSI-SRS has won the event eight times (1984, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008) and WSI-Oak Ridge, which began competing in 2000, won the trophy in 2003.
“I want to congratulate the WSI teams from all of our sites on their performances and also commend the men and women who train them,” WSI President and CEO Dave Foley said.
The WSI-SRS SPOTC Team was selected from a pool of volunteers and included Team Leader Casey Petosky, Tommy Goodson, Joshua Zeigler, Anthony Tisbert, Nicholas Mothershed, Jonathan Perry and Gideon Hornung. Mike Howard, a Wackenhut Training Instructor, was the team coach, and Noel Hilton was the SPOTC fitness coach.
WSI www.wsihq.com is the United State’s government’s largest contractor for professional security services, with 8,000+ employees protecting key sites in the U.S. and abroad. The Company is based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
SPOTC featured approximately 20 teams competing in several categories. For more information, visit www.spotc.doe.gov
About WSI
WSI is the United State’s government’s largest contractor for professional security services, with 8,000+ employees protecting key sites in the U.S. and abroad. For additional information about WSI and this issue please refer to wsihq.com's home page.
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