Hampton Bays Soldier Named National Guard Criminal Analyst of the Year

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Sgt. 1st Class Robert Bacon, left, is joined by his father, Frederick Bacon, center receives the National Counterdrug Criminal Analyst of the Year award from Asst. Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton.

NEW YORK (12/06/2012)(readMedia)-- New York National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Robert Bacon from Hampton Bays, N.Y. was recently selected as the National Guard Bureau's Counterdrug Program National Criminal Analyst of the Year in a ceremony here Oct. 24 at the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul N. Stockton (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs presented Bacon the award in the presence of his father, Frederick Bacon and professional peers and partners from the Counterdrug Task Force.

Bacon works with the New York National Guard Counterdrug Task Force as a finance analyst and has been assigned to the program since 2007.

His dedication and expertise of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Financial Investigation Team (FIT) was credited in the success of a 2012 seizure of millions of dollars of illicit funds following the identification of an out-of-state banking institution holding multiple suspicious accounts of a suspected drug trafficking organization.

Bacon "provided instrumental assistance in identifying financial accounts and subjects of the accounts," said Drug Enforcement Agency group supervisor William Callahan.

Additionally, Bacon helped to create a Counter Threat Finance case archive. The archive of relevant examples enables him to share lessons learned, setting the stage for more efficient operations. Because of his recent success and foreign language skills, the Financial Investigation Team continues to request Bacon's individual support for international investigations.

Photo cutline: Sgt. 1st Class Robert Bacon, left, is joined by his father, Frederick Bacon, center to receive the National Counterdrug Program Criminal Analyst of the Year award from Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul N. Stockton (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs) at the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency services (DHSES) in New York City Oct. 24. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Wolfe, New York National Guard Counterdrug Task Force.

Sgt. 1st Class Robert Bacon, left, is joined by his father, Frederick Bacon, center receives the National Counterdrug Criminal Analyst of the Year award from Asst. Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton.