PORT OF TACOMA NAMES FORMER MARINE ANTAL AS DIRECTOR OF SECURITY
James G. Antal has joined the port of Tacoma as director of port security. In this position, he is responsible for protection of personnel, preservation of assets and strategic direction for port security.
As a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, Antal managed personnel training, intelligence, physical security and classified information security at assignments in Italy, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Syria, Egypt and Mozambique. He retired from active service in 1988 with the rank of Major.
Antal was most recently division manager for the protective forces division with Oak Ridge, Tenn.-based Security Consultants Group, Inc.
As a security consultant and manager in Europe and North Africa, Antal worked with embassies of the United States, Israel and India, as well as numerous commercial and governmental clients, including a commercial marine terminal at the port of Tunis, Tunisia.