iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis research project is dedicated to my wife, Katie, and our two children, Angieand Luke. Thank you for allowing me the time to conduct all of my research and fortolerating my incessant concentration on this project.Thanks are also in order for my Committee Chair, Dr. Dee Andrews, and myCommittee Member, Dr. Alexander Wells. Thank you for all of your assistance andadvice along the way.
Finally, I‟d like to thank all of
the people that helped me with my research. Thisincludes my various co-workers and supervisors, namely Mr. Lee Hetteroth, SSgt JohnLeach, TSgt Chris Owen,
Lt Col Lee Landis, and Col Randy Davis. I‟d also like to thank
Mr. Mark Miller and Mr. Jeff Hamiel at Minneapolis International Airport, Mr. Jeff Miller and Mr. Erik Lind at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Mr. EricSilverman at Philadelphia International Airport, and AC2 Poku at Naval Air StationPatuxent River. Thank you for the time and effort you put toward contributing to thisproject.