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Ep. #032 - Please welcome Deputy Chief Catrina Bonus; Catrina has served with the Secret Service for close to 25 years.  She began her career as an officer assigned to the White House Branch and throughout her career, she has risen steadily through the ranks with leadership assignments at all branches of the Uniformed Division including the White House, Foreign Missions, Naval Observatory, Special...

Episode #031 – Please welcome Assistant Director Kimberly Cheatle, Office of Protective Operations. AD Cheatle oversees a special projects team that responds to operational, technical, and administrative issues at all levels of the organization; and directs staffing and logistical operations for the directorate and ten operational divisions to ensure divisions and events are properly resourced. Al...

Episode #030 - Please welcome The Rev. Mark F. Arbeen, Chaplain Program Manager, Office of Equity and Employee Support Services. Chaplain Arbeen joined the USSS in 2011 as a Contract Specialist in the Procurement Division. In 2012, he transferred to the Technical Security Division as the Program Control and Integration Officer. While working for TSD, Chaplain Arbeen was preparing to serve as a Dea...

Episode #029 Please welcome Lieutenant Maria Ruano of the Uniformed Division. Lt. Ruano has served with the USSS for more than 14 years. She started her career at the White House Branch before transferring to the Naval Observatory Branch and then on to the Counter Surveillance Unit for the Vice Presidential Protective Detail (VPPD). Lt. Ruano was promoted to Sergeant in 2014 and then assigned to t...

Episode #028 - Please welcome two-time guest, Investigative Analyst Ryan Heethius of the Paris Field Office who speaks on his roles and responsibilities as a foreign field office IA for the Secret Service. He also speaks on an investigation he took part in back in the states called Champagne Charlie. IA Ryan Heethius is under the Investigative Support Division (ISD) for the Office of Investigation...

Episode #027 – Please welcome Retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robert Pacsi. ASAIC Pacsi recently served as the Security Coordinator for the Democratic National Convention and has been with the Secret Service for more than 22 years.  He started his career in the Indianapolis Field Office and completed an additional investigative assignment in the Houston Filed Office before transferring t...

Special Ep. #002: Please welcome the U.S. Secret Service’s Special Agent Michael Moran and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Supervisory Special Agent Jonathan Holmes who speak on Ransomware and its significance in today’s world. As two professionals in the Cybercrime field, they discuss how Ransomware can affect anyone who has a computer with an internet connection. Listeners will learn the b...

Episode #026 Please welcome Assistant Special Agent in Charge Ryan Moore. ASAIC Moore has served with the Secret Service for more than 18 years.  He started his career in the Chicago Field Office as a member of the Electronic Crimes Squad.  Since his time in the Chicago Field Office, Ryan has served in a variety of supervisory roles to include the Criminal Investigative Division’s CERT liaison pro...

Episode #025 - Please welcome Secret Service Uniform Division, Lieutenant Jeffrey Walker. Lieutenant Walker has been a member of the Uniformed Division for 17 and ½ years. He is currently assigned to the Outreach Branch, where he supervises the staff and manages the branch’s marketing, advertising, and recruiting efforts. As a Secret Service Recruiter, he works to bring in the best of the best for...

Episode #024 – Please welcome Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) Michael J. Swangler, of the Carter Protective Division (CPD). SAIC Swangler became a Special Agent with the Secret Service in 1997. He served in the Investigations (INV) Directorate in the Richmond, Virginia field office (RIC), then under the Criminal Investigations Division (CID), and also the Newark and Trenton, New Jersey field office...

Episode #023 – Please welcome Uniformed Division Chief Tom Sullivan to the first episode of season 3! Sworn in as a Federal Police Officer with the Secret Service Uniformed Division in January 1988; he has over 29 years of diverse public safety experience, including police officer and Fire; Rescue Emergency positions in the US Air Force. In January 2004, he made the rank of Captain and was assigne...

Episode #021 - Please welcome Secret Service Officer-Technician Alta Lauren Gunawan, she has been with the United States Secret Service for 3 years. Her career has been at the White House Branch working on the patrol unit which consists of around the clock surveillance and protection of the White House zone. In March of 2019 she was one of 6 people selected to participate in the training for an el...

The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. The bombing happened at 9:02 a.m. and killed at least 168 people, injured more than 680 others, and destroyed one-third of the building. Among those who were killed, the Secret Service lost that day: Special Agent Cynthia Brown, Spe...

Episode # 20 - Please welcome Priscilla Salyers, our Administrative Officer in the Oklahoma City Field Office. Priscilla has 32 years of service and is a survivor of the Oklahoma City April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Priscilla tells her remarkable survival story almost 25 years after that tragic day. For more information please contact your local Secret Service fiel...

Ep. #019 - This month we speak to Senior Special Agent William “Willie” Wind about his liaison work with Native American law enforcement and tribal gaming entities in Oklahoma and his Financial and Electronic Crimes Task Force work. He began his Secret Service career in 1997 as a Special Agent in the Tulsa (OK) Resident Agency. He worked there until 2001 when he was reassigned to the Forensic Serv...

Episode #018 - Back in May 2017, the Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and the Miami Dade Police Department were notified by Target Special Investigators regarding several suspects impersonating Target headquarters’ employees who called stores around the U.S. to get employees to load money on Target gift cards to purchase and sell items at a later date. Our guest this month work fo...

Episode #017 Please welcome Secret Service Sergeant-Technician Darrione Nall who is one of our officers in the Uniformed Division. Sergeant Nall is part of a special group of officers on the Emergency Response Team (ERT). ERT is specialized in tactical weapons and training, and they also have a Tactical Canine Unit. They provide perimeter security, conduct sweeps, respond to any breaches, and assi...

Episode #016 - Please welcome International Programs Division's Special Agent Casey Stumpf. The International Programs Division was created in February 2009 to provide administrative and operational support to the foreign offices. IPD acts as a liaison between the foreign offices, USSS Headquarters, the Department of State, and other federal law enforcement agencies. For more information please co...

Standing Post brings you part two of our interview with two of the first five female Special Agents in the U.S. Secret Service, Kathryn Childers, and Sue Ann Baker. These two women were sworn in on December 15, 1971, along with Laurie Anderson, Holly Hufschmidt and Phyllis Shantz. These ladies paved the way for women today to achieve a federal law enforcement career with the Secret Service. We hop...

Standing Post brings you two of the first five female Special Agents in the U.S. Secret Service, Kathryn Childers, and Sue Ann Baker. These two women were sworn in on December 15, 1971, along with Laurie Anderson, Holly Hufschmidt and Phyllis Shantz. These ladies paved the way for women today to achieve a federal law enforcement career with the Secret Service. We hope you enjoy the show. For more...

Episode #013 - Please welcome Medal of Honor Recipient Special Agent Ronald J Shurer II. SA Shurer is a current member of the Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) and is a former United States Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant and Medic. As a senior medical sergeant during the Battle of Shok Valley in April 2008, he and his team were attacked by an enemy force of more than 200 fighters. Shur...

Episode #012 - Please welcome the 26th Director of the United States Secret Service, James M. Murray. In this episode, he discusses his past history with the organization and provides a small insight into the future of the organization, while telling a few stories along the way. Director Murray is the 26th Director of the U.S. Secret Service, sworn into office on May 1, 2019. As Director, Mr. Murr...

Episode #011 - Please welcome Investigative Analyst Ryan Heethius of the Paris Field Office. IA Heethius is under the Investigative Support Division (ISD) for the Office of Investigations. Ryan has worked in many different cases to include, counterfeit operations, money laundering, homicide, and cybercrime. The role of an Investigative Analysts are multi-faceted, consisting of broad-based criminol...

Episode #010 - Please welcome Special Agent Mark Grantz from the Washington Field Office. SA Grantz supervises WFO's Electronic Crimes Task Force for the Washington, DC area and has served in the Secret Service for almost 20 years. For more information, please contact your local Secret Service field office at www.secretservice.gov Special Thanks to SA Mark Grantz for his time and support. Special...

Episode #009 - Please welcome Lieutenant Steven Stasiuk of the Secret Service Uniformed Division. Lt. Stasiuk is a 22-year veteran of the Uniformed Division who currently works for the Foreign Missions Branch in Washington D.C. Standing Post invited him on the show to discuss the Uniformed Division's mission and culture. Special Thanks to Steven Stasiuk for his time and support.  Special thanks to...