06/11/2025

FBI Leadership Seeks to Move Some Training to Rural Alabama

The programs would be located in Huntsville rather than Quantico

FBI leadership is pushing to move one of the bureau’s elite training academies from Quantico, Virginia, to Huntsville, Alabama, according to multiple people familiar with the plan who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a proposal that has not yet been made public.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino’s effort to move the bureau’s National Academy is part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to shrink the FBI’s footprint in the Washington, D.C., area and relocate personnel to Huntsville.

The National Academy is a 10-week training academy for local and international law enforcement officials and federal law enforcement agents who do not work for the FBI. Law enforcement agencies across the world nominate officers with leadership potential to participate in the program.

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