For Immediate Release
April 10, 2009

ANNAPOLIS, MD — ViaGlobal Group is proud to welcome Mr. Norman Hooten aboard as the Deputy Director of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center and member of the Executive Strategy Board.

Mr. Hooten will now be assisting in the leadership of a global center of excellence for counter-terrorism training in Amman, Jordan, specializing in the security, education, training, and employment of global security forces.

Prior to joining ViaGlobal Group, Mr. Hooten served as the National Supervisory Training Coordinator for advance tactical teams of the Federal Air Marshal Service. With more than twenty years of experience in training Military Special Operations and Law Enforcement personnel, Mr. Hooten has served as a training and tactics consultant for several other agencies and corporations.

Mr. Hooten’s 14 years of experience in counter-terrorist operations while assigned to the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (1st SFOD-D) provide him with an extensive depth and breadth of experience. He served as 1st SFOD-D Troop Sergeant Major, Senior Marksmanship Instructor, Lead Martial Arts Instructor, Assault Team Leader, Military Freefall Jumpmaster, and Master Breacher. Norm also served as a team leader with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu Somalia in 1993 and was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. His expertise while employed by the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) was instrumental in the rapid expansion and transformation of the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. He personally supervised training for more than 1,500 Federal Air Marshals (FAMs). He developed FAM tactics for use on a wide variety of aircraft configured for both domestic and international flight operations.

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