Now about 1, 000 strong, and less than two years old, it is finishing beta testing on its Level 1 certification program as I type.

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The impact of this type of program goes beyond those who are participating as fellows.

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The Federal Air Marshal Service officially began in 1968 as the Federal Aviation Administration's Sky Marshal Program, and in the 1970s, extortion-type hijackings in the Middle East led to the deployment of some air marshals overseas.

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