{"id":15101,"date":"2020-03-23T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=15101"},"modified":"2020-03-23T22:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:09:01","slug":"federal-air-marshals-flying-despite-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/federal-air-marshals-flying-despite-covid-19-pandemic\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Federal Air Marshals Flying Despite COVID-19 Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Air-Marshall-Association.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Air-Marshall-Association.png 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Air-Marshall-Association-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Air Marshal Association commends the exemplary\nservice of Federal Air Marshals during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.\nTerrorism remains a constant threat, and our enemies watch and wait to exploit\nweaknesses in our society. Federal Air Marshals have redoubled their vigilance\nin this time of crisis, unrest, and social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope Congress and the American public recognizes the\ndetermination and integrity of our Federal Air Marshals. Despite low job\nmorale, ongoing pay issues, long shifts without rest, and lack of critical\nhealth services, our Federal Air Marshals have demonstrated that they are\nAmerica\u2019s most flexible, capable, and patriotic officers,\u201d said Air Marshal\nAssociation President John Casaretti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Air Marshals endure repeated quarantine, and are\ndeploying continuously to the world\u2019s contaminated hotspots. They resolutely\naccept that they will be exposed to infection while traveling to and from\nCOVID-19 impacted countries as they complete critical missions in support of\nAmerica\u2019s security objectives. During this entire crisis, Federal Air Marshals\nhave furthered important anti-terrorism casework both in the air, and on the\nground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans traveling during the pandemic can be confident\nthat Federal Air Marshals remain committed to keeping US transportation systems\nsafe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Marshal Association commends the exemplary service of Federal Air Marshals during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Terrorism remains a constant threat, and our enemies watch and wait to exploit weaknesses in our society. Federal Air Marshals have redoubled their vigilance in this time of crisis, unrest, and social distancing. \u201cWe hope Congress and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15103,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101\/revisions\/15103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}