Sammies nominees highlight superior public service
The Partnership for Public Service recently announced the finalists for the 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
Kirk Yeager
National Security and International Affairs Winner
Chief Explosives Scientist
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quantico, Virginia
Kirk Yeager received the 2016 National Security and International Affairs Medal Sept. 20, at the 2016 Service to America Medals ceremony. Read the full story here.
Yeager is the FBI’s go-to expert on explosives of all kinds. He has dealt with Al Qaeda bomb threats in the Middle East, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, and the “underwear bomber” in 2009. He has also worked to advance explosive detection technology.
“Kirk Yeager is instrumental to the FBI’s national security and counterterrorism efforts,” Amy Hess, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Science and Technology Division, said. “His research, teaching and technical contributions to the field of explosives have helped the FBI more effectively respond to threats in many major cases.”
Listen to an interview with Kirk Yeager on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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