JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. -- Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jermain C. Williamson is a marine deck officer in the Army. He serves as the chief of the Maritime Training Division, Maritime Intermodal ...

In his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget proposal for the Department of Homeland Security, President Obama called for a 50 percent cut in funding for the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program.

“As of right now, she remains on active duty,” he said. Coppock was serving as officer of the deck, or OOD, at the time of the collision, and was accused of failing to follow the commanding ...