Harold Powell:  

I have lived in Woodbridge Virginia, a community about twenty-five miles south of Washington D.C. since 1978. However, now that I work for the Department of State, I spend alot of time in outside Virginia. I served in the U. S. Marine Corps for twenty-two years and retired in 1986. Since that time, I have worked as a Government Contractor, Consultant, and in Government employee. I currently work for the U. S. Department of State in the International Programs Division. I have been with the State Department since 1995 and have worked primarily in Washington DC, but have been temporarily assigned to Embassies and Consulates in Kingston Jamaica, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Panama City, Panama, and Honduras. I love to travel and see the world so my occupation helps fill one of my passions in life. The first week of May 2009 I traveled to Slovenia and Bosnia and monitored demilitarization and demining operations in the area of Sarajevo. Hobbies include Golf, Softball, Hunting and shooting sports, and cars. I golf terrible, play softball like an old man, but I still have steady hands and sharp eyes and have been the Virginia State Senior Duelist Champion in Cowboy Action Shooting (SAS) for the last two years. In 2006 I shot in the Indiana S...Expand for more