Volpe Honors Service and Commitment of Veterans
In tribute to current staff members that are veterans of the U.S. armed services, the Volpe Center is hosting a special exhibit during the month of November. The exhibit features over 60 members of the Volpe Center community and recognizes their commitment to serve our country in peacetime or war. Some of the Volpe veterans profiled in the display include:
Robert Hoaglund, Freight Logistics and Transportation Systems
Robert has been serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces since 1979 and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Rhode Island National Guard and a Master parachutist and military diver. He has performed worldwide Special Operations missions in Belgium, Germany, Norway, Bulgaria, Republic of the Maldives, and Afghanistan and has earned the Bronze Star Medal.
Seamus McGovern, Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance & Traffic Management Systems
Seamus is currently commissioned in the U.S. Navy Reserve as an Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer. Prior duty includes active and reserve time in the Army National Guard as a MEDEVAC, Attack, and MaintenanceTest Pilot. A short course graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and the National Test Pilot School and member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers, Seamus has over 3,300 pilot flight hours in 25 different types of single and multiengine airplanes, helicopters, biplanes, jets, gliders, and aerobatic aircraft.
Carrie Brown, Safety Management Systems
Carrie graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Academy in 1991. Before joining the Volpe Center in the mid 1990s, she served as Communications Officer on the USCG Cutter Reliance in Portsmouth, NH, a staff officer at USCG Headquarters in Washington, DC, and as a Search and Rescue Controller at Woods Hole, MA.
Michael Egan, Physical Infrastructure Systems
Michael was an air traffic control officer in the U.S. Air Force responsible for air traffic control (ATC) facilities and personnel as well as base operations and airfield management functions. He also had assignments as the test director for new ATC systems and the chief of ATC systems acquisition.
Richard Nguyen, Safety Management Systems
Richard joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves after graduation from Norwich University and served for six years in an infantry unit located in New Hampshire. In 2003, his unit was mobilized and deployed to Camp Lejune, NC and then to Okinawa. During his Marine Corps duty, Richard conducted infantry, anti-terrorism, urban operation, and marksmanship training.