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TWDStatementonWashingtonNavyYardShootingsfromLarryBesterman,President&CEO, TWD&Associates,Inc.
Arlington,VASeptember17,2013WehavereceivedconfirmationthataTWDemployee,JohnJ.J. Johnson,andaTWDsubcontractor,FrankKohler,wereamongthosekilledintheNavyYardshootings. J.J.joinedTWDsevenyearsago,supportingtheU.S.NavysProgramExecutiveOffice(PEO)Littoraland MineWarfare(nowPEOLittoralCombatShips)whereheperformedenvironmentalassessmentsof minehuntingsystems.Mostrecently,hesupportedtheNAVSEAsCommandInformationOfficer, providingsystemaccessrequestsandotherlogisticalfunctions.Heissurvivedbyawifeandfour children. FrankworkedforoursubcontractorInformationConceptsinManagement,LLCandhadbeenonthe NAVSEAprojectjustundertwoyears.HesupportedtheNMCIproject,ensuringthattheenterprisehas thecomputingresourcesitneedsandassistingthecommandinplanningitsfuturedesktopcomputing requirements. Ourthoughtsandprayersarewiththefamiliesofourcoworkersandfriendsandeveryoneaffectedby yesterday'shorrificevents.Thesewerededicatedemployeeswhocaredabouttheirworkandtheir colleagues.Thesenselessviolencethatclaimedtheirlivescannoterasethememoryoftheirfriendship andcontributions. ###