Chad and his colleagues in the Diplomatic Security Service​ work together to ensure that the U.S. Department of State​ can carry out its foreign policy missions safely and securely. In the United States, Diplomatic Security personnel protect State Department facilities as well as the Secretary of State and high-ranking foreign dignitaries and officials visiting the country. Diplomatic Security also plays a vital role in protecting U.S. diplomatic missions and their personnel overseas, securing critical information systems, investigating passport and visa fraud, and fighting terrorism. #AmericanHeroesWeek

A Bureau of Diplomatic Security Special Agent (right) provides security for U.S. diplomatic personnel on the outskirts of #Kabul, Afghanistan. As the U.S. Department of State marks American Heroes Week, we recognize Diplomatic Security Service uniformed officers who help protect State Department employees around the world. #AmericanHeroesWeek

Jasmine Gibson served in the consular section at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, #Liberia from December 2013-2015. During the #Ebola outbreak, she led the Embassy’s consular section as they remained open to provide services for American citizens living and working in Liberia, conducted visitor visa interviews for Liberians and third country nationals seeking to travel to the United States, and managed the dissemination of emergency messages and pertinent travel related information to Liberians and Americans across the country. “When I reflect on my time in Liberia during the Ebola crisis, I am grateful for the strong leadership and camaraderie exhibited across all sections of the Embassy and United States government.” #AmericanHeroesWeek

Al Gembara is one of @USAID’s humanitarian advisors to the military. In five to ten percent of disaster responses, the @DeptofDefense supports @USAID with unique capabilities like logistics. In these cases, like the responses to Hurricane Matthew and 2015 Nepal earthquake, Al works with members of the military to help get aid to people in need. #AmericanHeroesWeek

Emily Gish from the @USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance is #FightingFamine. Here, Emily visits a mother-child health center in #Somalia. #AmericanHeroesWeek

As a child living in war-torn #Bosnia and #Herzegovina, Srdan Sadikovic received @USAID -funded food aid, while he and his family were besieged in #Sarajevo. Through a U.S. #refugee resettlement program, he and his family immigrated to the United States in 1995. Now as a Presidential Management Fellow with the Office of Food for Peace at USAID, Srdan serves in #Turkey, where he manages food assistance programs in Northwest #Syria. #AmericanHeroesWeek

Around the world, the @StateDept and @USAID are leading efforts to fight disease, feed the hungry, and reduce instability, all of which makes us safer here at home. As we bring attention to the work that so many Americans are doing to help others around the world during #AmericanHeroesWeek, today we are spotlighting Tim Callaghan. Tim, the Senior Regional Advisor for
Latin America and the Caribbean for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, has served as team leader for many of USAID’s disaster responses including Hurricane Matthew and the Ebola outbreak. Here, Tim provides water containers and kitchen sets to a mother and daughter who were affected by the #Ecuador earthquake.

Around the world, the @StateDept and @USAID are leading efforts to fight disease, feed the hungry, and reduce instability, all of which makes us safer here at home. As we bring attention to the work that so many Americans are doing to help others around the world during #AmericanHeroesWeek, today we are spotlighting Tim Callaghan. Tim, the Senior Regional Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, has served as team leader for many of USAID’s disaster responses including Hurricane Matthew and the Ebola outbreak. Here, Tim provides water containers and kitchen sets to a mother and daughter who were affected by the Ecuador earthquake.