Secretary Blinken’s Visit to the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC)

Today, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited the Department of State’s Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) in Blackstone, Virginia, where he met with staff and observed some of the specialized security training that is provided to Department personnel and other U.S. government agencies.

FASTC, which is staffed and run by the Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), is the largest provider of foreign affairs security training in the United States. The facility covers more than 1,350 acres and consolidates 11 previous training sites into one state-of-the-art facility. DSS staff train roughly 10,000 students annually – including DSS special agents, […]

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