Amy Wong:  

ps and did another 5 years at 3rd ANGLICO in Long Beach as their NBC Chief and PMI. I worked as a Field Training Officer in the Harbor, where I also became a Drug Recognition Expert, and eventually a DRE instructor. I caught the teaching bug and transferred back to the Academy, this time as a Firearm and Chemical Agent Instructor. I enjoyed teaching the finer art of marksmanship to recruits, but found my home on the range...the rifle range! I spent a significant portion of my tour as an Urban Police Rifle and Tactical Shotgun instructor after the North Hollywood Shootout, and discovered a love of the shooting sports. Since shooting anything less than a 1/2 mile away is like cheating, I specialized in large bore service rifle at the 600 yd distance range. I made Sergeant and worked in various divisions around the San Fernando Valley. After 911, I tuned back into my Chemical Agents background and have been instructing officers in the First Responder Operators Course, teaching Chemical Agents and improvised explosive devices to in-service officers. I am currently transitioning into teaching the advanced Incident Command System to the command staff of the Department and City Fire, and am currently working as a Staff Researcher. I hope someday to expand my training and experience into an instructing field, to the betterment of law enforcement community, for the Department of Homeland Security. At least it sounds good on my resume! Military I had a great time in the Drum Corps after Boot Camp. Mr. Merkovsky would have been proud. I had the privilege of travelling to interesting places marching in field shows with the Color Guard of the Marine Corps and Silent Drill Platoon. My favorite? Australia...Second to Guitmo Bay (BEFORE Abugrabe of course) lots of memories. After I got off probation in the Police Dept, I missed the Corps and years later went back in as an NBC Specialist. For those not into the acronyms, it's a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Warfare Defense Specialst. I spent a lot of time in the Gas chamber, dressed down in Chem suits and gas masks, making LOTS of people miserable! I did a lot of cool stuff, and had some awesome training in places like the Army Chemical School's live nerve agent chamber, and Radiological Operations Training at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School. I branched out a little, training at Quantico VA, as a Rifle and Handgun Primary Marksmanship Insructor (PMI). This lead later into a lucrative transition into the Civilian Marksmanship Program as a rifle expert. I've been competing in Large Bore Service Rifle Competitions for the LAPD Rifle Team.