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Portfolio of Various Activities ~ Stephen Lee Morgan Argos Foundation, Inc. Aquaterra Foundation, Inc. Universities Space Network for Research Military and Emergency Management-related Updated as of January 2013

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Portfolio of Various Activities ~Stephen Lee Morgan Argos Foundation, Inc.

Aquaterra Foundation, Inc.• Universities Space Network for Research

Military and Emergency Management-relatedUpdated as of January 2013

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Argos Foundation, Inc.• Established as a not-for-

profit adjunct to the CLS Group in 2004– Incorporated in Florida– Total independence from CLS

from 2007

• Gained formal IRS Tax Exempt status in 2005– 501(c)3

• Renamed in 2011– Aquaterra Foundation, Inc.

• Disestablished in 2012

• Major projects and activities– Jean-Michel Cousteau’s

Global Ocean Network– Center for Space

Oceanography– USNR

• Consulting in USA• Consulting in Australia

– Aid Mission for Hurricane Katrina recovery

– Aid Mission for Gulf Oil Spill clean-up effort

Foundation’s purpose was to bring the benefits of satellite communications technologies to those who were not utilizing it fully.

Support (in-kind and cash) was gained from corporate and individual contributors, including the CLS Group of Companies and other partners.

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JMC Global Ocean NetworkEntered into formal MoU with Ocean Futures Society to establish GON:

– Two-year project developed detailed business plan to develop a full-scale oceanography curriculum (K-12, adult) and a fleet of Calypso–type vessels to support ocean education and research.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, Siobhan Mullen, and Stephen Morgan sign Memorandum of Understanding (2004), establishing GON as a division of AFI, and approving the Business Plan. Ms Mullen served as COO of the Foundation.

The Foundation’s staff (shown above with Mr Cousteau during a statewide tour to raise awareness for GON) including Larry

Harvey (center-left) and Maria Peterson (right). An attempt to re-start the GON Initiative in Florida was made in 2010.

Mr Morgan with Frank DiBello (l) and Winston Scott (r), the leadership of the

Florida Space Authority, strong supporters of the GON Initiative, 2005.

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Center for Space Oceanography• Satellite telemetry & remote

sensing initiative involved numerous service providers and end-users outside USA– Initiative started following World Food

Program fisheries conference in Trinidad• Focus on global IUU Fishing and pelagics• Not exclusively fishing-oriented, R&D also

– Kick-off conference held at KSC in Florida, 2006• Over one-dozen invited participants

Support (in-kind and cash) was gained from the following, plus individual contributors:

Mr Morgan operates vessel equipped with platform to test multiple satellite terminals

in maritime environment field-trials.

Technical briefing on field-trial results, at CSO conference held at Kennedy Space Center,

February 2006; group discussion of larger issues and plans for establishment of the Center.

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Univ Space Research Network• Most consulting work done following departure

from the CLS Group is thru USNR– Originally organized with support from several

universities and Gov’t agencies …… hence the namePresence established on Bolling AFB, D.C.

Consulting (market research, applications analysis, identifying partnerships) for Australian satellite telemetry

start-up Sirion. Here Sirion President Keith Goetsch (back to camera) is shown with State Sen Thad Altman and then

Lt Gov Toni Jennings of Florida, in a meeting in Florida organizing support for the company’s infrastructure.

USNRs presence aboard Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling – proximate to the National Defense University – was relocated to Virginia, as our Gov’t oriented consulting came to an end into 2012.

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Katrina Recovery and Gulf Oil-Spill Clean-up Support

• AFI organized teams which travelled to the Gulf states to support clean-up and recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Oil Spill.

Members of our team joined others in cleaning oil from Gulf Beaches.

Argos Foundation, Inc. team on-site in Mississippi, during Hurricane Katrina relief mission to aid in clean-up efforts, 2005.

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Morgan ~ military synopsis• USAF 1976-1980

– Telecommunications Operations Specialist• Grand Forks AFB, ND

• USN 1980-1998– Navy Finance Officer

• Commissioned in Supply Corps, NSCS Athens, GA 81-82

Navy Finance Officer NOBC 1050 - Comptroller

– Reserve Intel Officer• Intel Analyst & Security Dept Head 83-

89– deployments to Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, Panama,

supporting UNITAS/WATC Exercises

• Admin Dept Head 89-90– deployments to Germany supporting HUMINT

missions– Watch Officer, Pentagon Collections Advisory

Center (CAC)

• Active Duty, Space Command, Operation Desert Storm 1991

• thru Office of Naval Intelligence, detailed to White House ONDCP 93-94

– Organized nationwide Intel training summit at NMIC Suitland, MD

– Organized and taught Intel Analysis seminars for civilian Law Enforcement analysts

• Asst Dep Chief of Staff for Intelligence Production COMNAVRESINTCOM 95-97

– now part of the Navy’s Information Dominance Corps

Squadron Airman of the Year 1977, Base Airman of the Quarter 1Q78

Boarding P-3 for anti-submarine patrol off the coast of Chile, UNITAS Inter-American Naval Exercise 1987

Retirement from Naval Reserve 1998

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Certified in Homeland Security, Level-V (CHS-V) andCHS Emergency Medical Responder (CHSEMR).

Virginia Defense Force

• MEMSThe Military EmergencyManagement Specialistprogram is run by SGAUS. The Virginia MEMS Academy often conducts in-the-field training during MUTA/FTX activities at Ft Pickett, in central Virginia.

• Riverines

The VDF is a component of the Virginia National Guard, within the Virginia Department of Military Affairs (DMA).

Earned the MEMS Senior badge in 2009.

Earned the VDF Boatcrewmember badge in 2012.

• Certifications & Training

Earned EMT-Basic license in Virginia in 2009.

Earned CNA license in Virginia in 2012, following completion of American Red Cross Nurse Assistant training.

Earned VDF Operational Staff C3 ribbon in 2008.

Completed FEMA Professional Development Series in 2008.

Completed all coursework at FCC (2013) to advance into VDF-sponsored-internship for undergrad degree program. Gained minors in State & Local Emergency Management, Continuity of Ops.

Served as XO of Riverines in 2012, prior to unit’s disestablishment due to budget cuts.

Now S-6 Comms Officer for new Capital Area Command in Richmond.

VDF soldiers on Field Training Exercise (FTX) on Ft Pickett.

‘Riverine 1’ underway in-shore on Ft Pickett.

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MAJ(VA) Stephen Morgan, VDF Executive Officer, VDF Riverines 2011-12

Portrait-photo taken November 2012

Virginia Defense Force SACPAC vessel ‘Riverine 1’ shown underway during field trials. Vessel is 12m, w twin 150-hp outboard motors; equipped with radar, depth-finder, marine radio, internal storage bins, underway-lighting; trailerable; all-aluminum hull. Gained as surplus field-trial equipment from US Navy in 2008.

Leadership Roles in Virginia Defense Force since 2008 …Black Horse Brigade VDF Riverine Detachment Division Troop Command MEMS Academy (SGAUS)Logistics Officer (S-4) Executive Officer Comms Officer (S-6) / Safety Officer Academy Instructor for Virginia