IX564 Alan Bullard Introduction
- 1. Alan Bullard
- 2. Born and Raised I was born and raised in a small town in eastern Oklahoma with a population of 140-150. I went to a school that only had 4 rooms for 8 grades until the 8th grade. I was transferred to a larger school that graduated with a class of 32 people.
- 3. Naval Career After graduating from high school I joined the Navy in the submarine service where I became a communications specialists. It was there where I learned electronics and received my BS in Electronics.
- 4. Naval/Civilian Career I stayed in the Navy for 24 years where I spent a lot of time as an instructor gaining the award Master Training Specialist (MTS). After retiring from the Navy I joined several defense contractors as a technician and trainer.
- 5. Current Job I currently work for the US Coast Guard as the Unit Training Officer. I train personnel in intelligence operations at the Maritime Intelligence Fusion Center (Atlantic).
- 6. Current job (cont.) My job is varied in nature. I train coasties as well as plan exercises for MIFC LANT. I live in Virginia Beach, VA with my wife (and high school sweetheart) Sandra. We have three children all living on their own.
- 7. Career Goals My career goal is to be a trainer with the government or a corporation. I enjoy my job training with the USCG, but I’m attempting to get a new job with FEMA as their trainer for region VI (Texas). It’s back in front of trainees and it gets me closer to home.
- 8. Favorite Communications Tool Because I’ve been in the military since I was 18 I have learned to ensure everything is record messages. My favorite tool for communications is e-mail. It is quick, reliable and gives me a record of all transactions and information.
- 9. Course Goals My goals for the course is to gain as much information about authoring tool as possible. This is all new to me. Most of my career has been training and the most technical application I’ve used has been PowerPoint and a whiteboard. This grad cert has taught me so much so far and I’m looking forward to more.
- 10. True or False I was a select crew that conducted research at the North Pole. As part of my security training I was responsible for ferreting out spies from foreign countries.