DEA
DEA Training Academy From 1985 to 1999, DEA satisfied the need to educate Basic Agents by sharing training facilities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the FBI Academy, located on the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia. As both the DEAs and the FBIs training missions expanded, it became clear that the DEA needed its own dedicated training facility. On March 31, 1997, a construction contract for the DEA Training Academy was awarded to the Turner Construction Company. ... The DEA Training Academy is a 185,000 square foot building containing: • 125 double-occupancy rooms (250-bed dormitory) • 3 tiered classrooms, each seating 50 students • 2 management classrooms, each accommodating 50 students • An international translation-capable classroom, seating 50 students • 3 computer classrooms with workstations to accommodate 92 students • Practical areas for fingerprinting, interviewing, and wiretap training • 7 break-out training rooms • Student support services, including a gift shop, nurses station, mail room, laundry, dry cleaners, banking facilities, and a 250-seat cafeteria. ... Through a podium located in the classroom, the instructor has access to the DEA Firebird computer system, audio and videotapes, 35 mm slides, and a document camera that can show overheads or evidence samples. ... Three computer classrooms are devoted to training students in DEA Automated Information Systems, as well as general computer skills. ... The DEA Training Academy is used for Basic Agent training, Basic Diversion Investigator training, Basic Intelligence Research Specialist training, Basic Forensic Science training, professional and executive development training, certification training, and specialized training. ... While trainees reside and attend class at the DEA Training Academy, firearms training, physical fitness and defensive tactics training, defensive driving training, and all practical application exercises continue to be held at the FBI Academy. The facilities required for these types of training are used jointly by both the DEA and FBI. The DEA and FBI use shared facilities at Quantico for physical fitness training, firearms, and tactical vehicle training. Domestic Training Basic Agent Training Over the past five years, the Office of Training has graduated over 1,800 DEA Special Agents from our Basic Agent Training program.