law enforcement officers. In 2011 Amtrak temporarily banned VIPR teams from its property after screenings at the Savannah, Georgia station that Amtrak Police chief John O'Conner called illegal and violations of Amtrak policy. Organization Executive Assistant Administrator of Law Enforcement/Director of FAMS Deputy Executive Assistant Administrator of Law Enforcement/Deputy Director of FAMS Assistant Administrator, Field Operations Assistant Administrator, Flight Operations Assistant Administrator, Operations Management Rank structure The Federal Air Marshal Service uses the following rank nomenclature, introduced in 2011. Director Deputy Director Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (SAC) Deputy Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (DSAC) Assistant Supervisory Air Marshal in Charge (ASAC) Supervisory Federal Air Marshal (SFAM) Senior Federal Air Marshal Federal Air Marshal (FAM) Previously, the supervisory ranks had different naming. A SAC was known as a Special Agent in Charge as were the Assistant and Deputy SACs and a Supervisory Federal Air Marshal was known as an Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge or ATSAC. The rank change was introduced in 2011 to reduce an “us versus them” perception between supervisory and non-supervisory air marshals. Field offices The Federal Air Marshal Service has field offices located in or near the following cities: Atlanta Baltimore Boston Charlotte Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Houston Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis Newark New York Orlando Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle Washington, D.C. Starting in 2014 and ending in 2016, the following field offices were closed: Cincinnati Cleveland Phoenix Pittsburgh San Diego Tampa Training Federal Air Marshals go through an intense, two-phase training program. The first phase of the program is a eight-week basic law enforcement course. This training is completed at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico; air marshals also receive follow-on training at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in New Jersey at the Federal Air Marshal Service Training Center. Their training is tailored to the role that the Federal Air Marshals will perform while on the job. Some of the subjects covered in this training include constitutional law, marksmanship, physical fitness, behavioral observation, defensive tactics, emergency medical assistance, and other law enforcement techniques. The second phase trains the candidates for tasks that they will be expected to carry out in the field. This training places an emphasis on perfecting the marksmanship skills of the candidates including active shooter-CQB/CQC tactics and close quarter defensive skills due to their obvious work area. This