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| CTU training to be offered at MD HS |
| 2007-09-23 |
| A Joppatowne High School teacher informed Aberdeen Proving Ground leaders and Harford County schools’ faculty members about a new Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness curriculum that will be offered to 10th-grade students this fall during a school partnership meeting Aug. 7. The leaders who attended the partnership included Col. Jeffrey Weissman, APG Garrison and deputy installation commander; Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Pedro Rodriguez and Col. Bobby Towery, commander of the 61st Ordnance Brigade and the U.S. Army Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School. “We are very excited about the program that is starting this fall,” Beaulieu said. Beaulieu said that the HSEP committee would like APG military and civilian employees to review the curriculum and make sure “it is up to professional standards.” They would also like APG employees to visit the classroom and speak to the students about homeland security. During the first course, Foundations in HSEP, students will learn an overview of the subjects including homeland security and emergency preparedness agencies, guidelines and concepts, according to program literature. After completing the foundational course, students have the opportunity of choosing from three different “strands” or paths: Homeland Security Sciences, Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice and Information/Communications Technology. John Wallace, a science teacher at Edgewood High School, helped in the development of the curriculum. Wallace, a former Navy commander, retired from APG’s Chemical Biological Defense Command (now the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center) as a command naval liaison. Towery expressed interest in getting involved after hearing about the HSEP program. “I believe that military and the civilians that work on APG have a lot to offer this exciting program!” Towery said. “We have subject matter experts on Explosive ordnance disposal, security operations both physical and intelligence and incident management and response. “We have the ability to coordinate training demonstrations or actual classes on EOD forensics and the process for obtaining security clearances,” Towery said. “We believe that we could help coordinate and facilitate just about anything that the program would need from the Department of Defense. We are committed to seeing this program excel.” |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |