SALEH HASSAN
Translator  Interpreter  Cultural Advisor
9123 Silver Pointe Way
Fairfax Station, VA 22039-3070
Tel (703) 690-1522 Fax (703) 690-9645

email: sal@sal-usa.com
saleh@washnews.com
Over 25 years of accumulated experience in diverse areas of journalism: AM/SW announcing, news casting, and audio/visual production, live reporting, radio and television show hosting.  Trained new broadcasters for various on-air shifts and programming genres. Experience in writing, translating and editing news broadcasts for various language services.  Conducted exclusive interviews with prominent American, international and Arab officials.

  Completion of time-sensitive, short notice translation of “Operation Desert Shift” agreement between the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) with all technical terms used in the Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC).

  Translated thousands of documents for the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), The Friendly Forces Coordination Cell (F2C2), Joint Task Force, South West Asia (JTF-SWA), US Army Central Command, US Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI), 320th Air Base Group (ABG), 4409th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 320th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), 4409th Staff Judge Advocate Office, Task Force 2-43 Air Defense Artillery, DISA CENTCOM/ SOCOM, ARCENT G5, 4409th Civil engineer Squadron and Saudi Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MoDA). Coordination of daily meetings between highest KSA military rank personnel and their US Armed Forces counterparts.  Coordination of US Operation “Enduring Freedom,” “Operation Caravan,” “Operation Turbo cads 01 and Turbo Cads 02” .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000- 2002     USCENTCOM (F2C2)
HN LIAISON/LINGUIST/SENIOR POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ADVISOR 

Serving as Political / Cultural Advisor and Liaison between the USCENTCOM Friendly Forces Coordination Cell and MoDA Counterparts. Coordinating daily communications and meetings between USCENTCOM Friendly Forces Coordination Cell (F2C2) Officers and their MoDA counterparts. Negotiating critical matters with the host nation’s personnel and clearing items held by KSA customs at Prince Sultan Airbase (PSAB) and Dammam Seaport. Translating critical documents for the United States Armed Forces in the Area of Responsibility (AOR). Facilitating emergency leaves from King Khaled International Airport (KKIA).

1997-2000       ALLWORLD LANGUAGE CONSULTANTS
ALC OVERALL CONTRACT MANAGER FOR AFOSI   ESKAN VILLAGE, RIYADH, KSA AND ACC LINGUISTS IN THE AOR
      
Trained and Managed 23 linguists working for AFOSI and ESFS in KSA (Eskan Village and PSAB), Kuwait (Al-Jaber and Al-Salim AB), UAE (Al-Dhafrah) and Oman (Seeb). Direct representative of ALC, Inc before the US government in the AOR. Assigning working schedule for all linguists in the AOR. Visiting all locations to maintain Quality Assurance. Translating critical documents for the United States Armed Forces in the AOR. Facilitating emergency leaves from KKIA. Arranging DV visits to Riyadh AB while serving as liaison between the USAF officials and their MoDA counterparts.

Awards and Appreciation
     320th AEG Performer of the Week Award (1998)
     USAF Exemplary Civilian Service Medal (2001)
50 Certificates and letters of appreciation for outstanding performance from US and MoDA Commanders.
Over 40 coins from many groups of the United States Armed Forces including 2 from The Secretary of Defence William Cohen.