National Aeronautic and Space Administration

John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

The John C. Stennis Space Center is NASA's primary center for rocket propulsion testing and home to NASA's Applied Sciences Directorate. It is a multi-agency center with more than 30 different resident agencies housed on a 125,000 acre campus in 165 facilities. Paragon provides total base security at Stennis, including perimeter and gate control, vehicle searches and inspections, visitor processing and badging, and both motorized and foot patrol. Among its responsibilities, Paragon staffs and operates the reception and badging centers at Stennis where visitors, both domestic and foreign nationals, are screened, cleared and escorted. Paragon personnel also manage an armory of weapons, provide locksmith operations and manage first responder emergency services.