First Sergeant Marina Izmailov and her dog Case, of the IDF Oketz canine unit, will appear together in the President’s residence to receive a citation of excellence from Israeli President Shimon Peres on Israel’s 62nd Independence Day - April 19th 2010.
1st Sgt.Izmailov will appear along with her dog Case, who is trained to find hidden explosives. Case will also go on stage to receive his citation.
Retired Major General Robert Harding, Obama's nominee to oversee security at U.S. airports said on Tuesday he wants to shift screening closer to the Israeli model of Airport Security to include more behavior detection in a bid to thwart terrorism plots.
Retired Major General Robert Harding was nominated earlier this month to head the Transportation Security Administration after serving more than three decades in the military, including a stint as deputy to the Army's chief of intelligence and director for operations in the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Aviation security has received heightened attention in recent months after a Nigerian terrorist tried to blow up a U.S. commercial airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit last Christmas with a bomb hidden in his crotch.
Harding said that while the Israeli security system was smaller, it offered a blueprint for trying to thwart terrorism plots in the aviation system, which has remained a target for militant groups like al Qaeda.
"We should move even closer to an Israeli model where there's more engagement with passengers," Harding told the Senate Commerce Committee that is considering his nomination. "I think that increases the layers and pushes the layers out."
He said the TSA had about 2,000 behavioral detection officers and that expanded training was needed.
Battle tested in Israel, the IDF Mini-Spike Anti-Personnel Guided Weapon missile system is the smallest member of Rafael's electro-optically guided missiles.
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