I help support the President, his National Security Adviser, his Homeland Security Adviser, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council as a
White House Situation Room Duty Officer.
The White House website has lots of interesting information! Here are some
video tours. Watch them all. The Situation Room video tour's link is on the right side.
This is mostly true, if a little out of date. So is
this.
I have seen the President, the Vice President, the First Lady, Mrs. Cheney, and other VIP-types. I see them at a distance, though, not close enough to shake hands or chat.
I work on a team of four to six people. Mostly we distribute reports from the newswires (AP, Reuters, etc.) and government agencies, interact with other watch centers around the Executive Branch, and keep Da Boss and his advisors apprised of what is going on in the world. The shift work can be rough but I get a lot of support from the Missus.
I have seen Marine One bring the President back to the White House a few times. I attended White House arrival ceremonies for Queen Elizabeth and the current Super Bowl champions, the New York Giants. My family and I have gone to the Easter Egg Roll on the South Grounds, a couple of Garden Tours, the Holiday Open House in the East Wing, and Holiday Reception (also in the East Wing). When I have a bad day at work, maybe start getting a bad attitude, I stop to think for a moment where I'm working, and my attitude improves immensely!
It's not a bad place to work.
Oh. And if that wasn't impressive, I'm brother to BFM_Fender and BFM_'Medic, too. Have completely scuttled any credibility or possibility of collecting cool points?