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Richard Warner
Richard Thomas Warner
Supervisory Special Agent (Retired)
Special Agent Warner began his career with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in February 1986. His first assignment with NCIS was with the Jacksonville, Florida Office prior to attending the Federal Law Enforcement Criminal Investigator School in Glynco, Georgia. Upon completion of the Federal Law Enforcement Criminal Investigator School, Special Agent Warner was transferred to Yokosuka, Japan where he worked as a general crimes investigator. Special Agent Warner worked closely with the Kanagawa Prefecture Police, Yokosuka City Police, and other Japanese government agencies. In January of 1989, Special Agent Warner was assigned to the USS Midway (CV-41) as the Special Agent Afloat. This demanding billet required Special Agent Warner to be in charge of all Criminal and Counter-Intelligence Investigations regarding personnel assigned to “Battle Group Alpha.” This provided Special Agent Warner with a wide variety of experiences in the Criminal, Counter-Terrorism, and Counter-Intelligence investigation arena. He also had the opportunity to travel to various countries in the world. Upon completion of his assignment aboard the USS Midway, in June 1990, Special Agent Warner was transferred to NCIS Sasebo, JA where he was assigned as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Sasebo office. With this assignment, Special Agent Warner was in charge of a variety of Criminal and Fraud investigations and worked closely with the Sasebo Police Department and other Japanese government agencies. After a two-year tour as Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Special Agent Warner was transferred to Moffiet Field, CA (San Jose, CA area) where he was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS office in that area. After the closing of Moffiet Field Navy base, Special Agent Warner was transferred to Yokohama, Japan where he was assigned as the Senior Resident Agent in July of 1994. From 1997 to June 1999, Special Agent Warner was Supervisory Special Agent for the Yokosuka, Japan criminal investigations department. In June 1999, Special Agent Warner transferred to Fallon, Nevada where he was assigned as the Senior Resident Agent for NCIS covering the states of Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. In September 2003, Special Agent Warner at his request returned to Sasebo, Japan as the Supervisory Special Agent(SSA) in Charge of the NCIS Office, Sasebo, JA, until April 2008. Special Agent Warner worked closely with Japanese Police and Intelligence agencies throughout the Kyushu area to support the U.S. Military in various Criminal, Counter-Intelligence, and Force protection. In April 2008 Special Agent Warner was transferred to Bremerton WA where he was the Supervisory Special Agent in Charge of Criminal Investigations for the Northwest Field Office until December 2009. In December 2009, Special Agent Warner was asked to assume responsibilities for all Counter-Intelligence in the Northwest as the Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) for Counter Intelligence, Northwest Field Office. His area of responsibility encompassed the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming. On July 31, 2011, Special Agent Warner retired from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service after approximately 26 years and moved to Utah to enjoy family and retirement.
During his 25+ year career, Special Agent Warner worked closely with not only various U.S. Government Law Enforcement agencies, but also with many Japanese Government Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies. Special Agent Warner has spent over 26 years in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese.
Special Agent Warner attended Twin Falls High School, Twin Falls, Idaho, and graduated from Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Asian Studies/Japanese along with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography. Special Agent Warner spent two years between 1974 and 1976 in Hokkaido, Japan as a volunteer missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is where Special Agent Warner first learned Japanese. Special Agent Warner is married to Shinobu Kaneko (from Sasebo, Japan) who is a licensed Registered Nurse. Special Agent Warner met his wife while she was working in the Magic Valley Memorial Hospital, Twin Falls, Idaho as a registered nurse. Special Agent Warner and his wife served together on another Church mission in the Nagoya Japan area in 2014-2015. Since retiring, Special Agent Warner has kept busy with various volunteer work for his church and community including teaching Japanese as a 2nd language and liaison activities. The Warner’s are the parents of four children: Jared, Sanae, Brad, and Chris. They have 15 grandchildren.
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