Andrew Strus:
CLASS OF 1965
St. Mary Assumption High SchoolClass of 1965
Elizabeth, NJ
Andrew's Story
After graduation I was in FDU when I was drafted (Vietnam War) into the the Army (Military Police) in June 1966-69. No war zone but went to Panama CZ during the overthrow of the government. When I returned to civilian life I worked as a Private Detective and Allstate Ins as a Casualty Adjuster until Feb. 1971 when I joined the federal government in Virginia as a Special Agent for the US Treasury Dept, ATF. I retired as a Senior Special Agent (SSA) in 1998 (NYC metro-area) and then went to work at Passaic General Hospital, Passaic, NJ and St. Luke-Roosevelt Hospital NYC as Director of Security. In Feb. 2000 I was asked by the US Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) to take over the NYC office as the Special Agent in Charge (Criminal Investigations) and was the point man for the U. S. Army and Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon during 9/11 witnessing horrific scenes. In '03 I graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy. I retired from the military as a Senior Chief Warrant Officer Four (CW4) in Dec. 2005, I received the Meritorious Service Me...Expand for more
dal for 9/11. . I was (Retired) the Principal Officer in the North East for First Call Security Consultants, San Francisco, CA. In Mar 2008 I taught a Criminal Justice Program at Lincoln Technical Institute until Jan. 2009. In April of 2011 I was commissioned by the Governor of New Jersey as a N.J. State Detective with state-wide authority. I was (Retired) accredited by the Federal Air Marshal Service as an Armed Security Officer authorized to fly on General Aviation aircraft (Private Jets) into Ronald Reagan International Airport, Washington, D.C. In 1996 I was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Metuchen until 2016 when I retired from active ministry. Now I help with my two miracle grand children who spent their first 177 days in NICU at Children's Hosp. of Phila. (CHOP) after several open heart operations. Eight years later they are regular "rug rats" driving us crazy but we love them . I am happily married for 48 years (Nov '18) to the lovely Diane (Thomas) Strus. You could call her "Saint Diane" for all she has had to endure with me.
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