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| US Military Offers Chance to Dropouts |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 3:00 pm |
| Tags: General Education, Army, Defense, Department, Education, Ged, Military, Mit, National Guard |
| The military is having a hard time filling is ranks with the unpopular Iraq War in its fifth year.One solution - offer dropouts training to meet the minimal educational requirements for staying in the National Guard.The Army and Army National Guard also reach out to past dropouts with a promise to help them get their General Equivalency Diploma |
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| Raritan intros smart card-reading KVM switch system |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 10:02 am |
| Tags: Analog Kvm Switch, Analogkvmswitch, Cat5, Defense, Department Of Defense, Departmentofdefense, Dod, Ethernet, Kvm, Kvm Switch, Kvmswitch, Paragon Ii, Paragonii, Raritan, World Record, World S First, World Sfirst, Worldrecord |
| Filed under: Desktops, Peripherals The days of casually interfacing with uber-secure servers without unduly amounts of red tape holding you back could be coming to an end, especially if you work at a government or financial institution that has a contract with Raritan. The latest paranoia-curing gizmo to escape its labs is the Paragon II KVM |
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| Pentagon Gives Up; Hands War Over to Bush |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 2:02 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Department Of Defense, Surge, George W Bush, Iraq War, Robert Gates, David Petraeus, Failed Leadership, Recommended, Front Paged |
| in Iraq. Tonight, the Defense Department has essentially told the President, "Thanks for the war, George, but it’s all you from here on out, buddy." |
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| Army Disowns Republicans One Week Too Late |
| Published: September 27, 2007, 12:24 pm |
| Tags: Army, Webb Hagel Amendment, Defense Department, George Casey, Recommended |
| (From the diaries -- kos) for•ti•tude, n.: Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage. The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Army is now saying 15-month deployments without a proper recovery time are “not sustainable.” Again, this is exactly what the Webb-Hagel Amendment |
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| Blackwater Faces New Monitoring From State Dept. |
| Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Blackwater, Faces, New, Monitoring, From, State, Dept, U S Department Of State, United States, Iraq, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, Robert Gates, Sean Mccormack, Andrew Moonen, Condoleezza Rice, The Pentagon, U S Department Of Defense, The Associated Press, Baghdad Green Zone |
| The State Department responded yesterday to escalating criticism of Blackwater security guards in Iraq, announcing new measures to more closely monitor their operations as a new Pentagon report depicted a troubling lack of coordination between private security contractors and the U.S. military. |
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| Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs. |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Dragonfly, Insect, Spy, Scientists, Work, Robobugs, Ronald Fearing, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U S Department Of Defense, Washington Dc, Amit Lal, Bernard Crane, Jerry Louton, Tom Ehrhard, Vanessa Alarcon, U S Department |
| Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. |
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| Dragonfly or Insect Spy? Scientists at Work on Robobugs. |
| Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Dragonfly, Insect, Spy, Scientists, Work, Robobugs, Ronald Fearing, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U S Department Of Defense, Washington Dc, Amit Lal, Bernard Crane, Jerry Louton, Tom Ehrhard, Vanessa Alarcon, U S Department |
| Vanessa Alarcon saw them while working at an antiwar rally in Lafayette Square last month. |
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| Afghans Close 2 Security Firms; More Likely |
| Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Afghans, Close, Security, Firms, More, Likely, Ali Shah Paktiawal, Afghanistan, Dyncorp International Llc, The Associated Press, Kabul, Todd Vician, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, U S Department Of Defense, United States, Blackwater Usa |
| KABUL, Oct. 11 -- Afghan authorities this week shut down two private security companies and said more than 10 others -- some suspected of murder and robbery -- would soon be closed, Afghan and Western officials said Thursday. |
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| When Service Limits Options |
| Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: When, Service, Limits, Options, Iraq, Angela Rooker, Charles S Ciccolella, Geoff Mann, U S Department Of Labor, Al Smith, California, Dan Caulfield, Richmond, California National Guard, The Air National Guard, U S Air Force, U S Department Of Defense, U S Marine Corps, Vet |
| Angela Rooker was proud of her military service and it showed: On her r sum she listed her membership in the Air National Guard prominently, highlighting her rise through the ranks and her position as the executive officer of a maintenance group. |
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| When Service Limits Options |
| Published: October 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: When, Service, Limits, Options, Iraq, Angela Rooker, Charles S Ciccolella, Geoff Mann, U S Department Of Labor, Al Smith, California, Dan Caulfield, Richmond, California National Guard, The Air National Guard, U S Air Force, U S Department Of Defense, U S Marine Corps, Vet |
| Angela Rooker was proud of her military service and it showed: On her r sum she listed her membership in the Air National Guard prominently, highlighting her rise through the ranks and her position as the executive officer of a maintenance group. |
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| Pentagon Submits Budget, And Services Ask for More |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Submits, Budget, Services, Ask, For, More, Boeing Company, The Pentagon, John Mccain, Todd Akin, U S Department Of Defense, Capitol Hill, Danielle Brian, Dina Rasor, Michael Wynne, Russ Carnahan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Boeing 767, Missouri, Douglas Kennett, Edward M Kenn |
| The Pentagon not only left new C-17 transport planes out of its budget request this year, it set aside half a billion dollars to halt the planes' production. Officially, the Air Force took the same view, swearing off any more C-17s, which cost $250 million apiece. |
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| Lawmakers Worry Pentagon's Pay System Won't Fit the Bill |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Lawmakers, Worry, Pentagon S, Pay, System, Won T, Fit, The, Bill, The Pentagon, The White House, Frank Wolf, Jim Moran, Tom Davis, Virginia, Stephen Barr, U S Department Of Defense, U S Office Of Personnel Management |
| Employee concerns about the new performance-based pay system for Defense Department civilians have reached the ears of three House members from Virginia. |
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| Pentagon Submits Budget, And Services Ask for More |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Submits, Budget, Services, Ask, For, More, Boeing Company, The Pentagon, John Mccain, Todd Akin, U S Department Of Defense, Capitol Hill, Danielle Brian, Dina Rasor, Michael Wynne, Russ Carnahan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Boeing 767, Missouri, Douglas Kennett, Edward M Kenn |
| The Pentagon not only left new C-17 transport planes out of its budget request this year, it set aside half a billion dollars to halt the planes' production. Officially, the Air Force took the same view, swearing off any more C-17s, which cost $250 million apiece. |
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| Pentagon Submits Budget, And Services Ask for More |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pentagon, Submits, Budget, Services, Ask, For, More, Boeing Company, The Pentagon, John Mccain, Todd Akin, U S Department Of Defense, Capitol Hill, Danielle Brian, Dina Rasor, Michael Wynne, Russ Carnahan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Boeing 767, Missouri, Douglas Kennett, Edward M Kenn |
| The Pentagon not only left new C-17 transport planes out of its budget request this year, it set aside half a billion dollars to halt the planes' production. Officially, the Air Force took the same view, swearing off any more C-17s, which cost $250 million apiece. |
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| Lawmakers Worry Pentagon's Pay System Won't Fit the Bill |
| Published: October 16, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Lawmakers, Worry, Pentagon S, Pay, System, Won T, Fit, The, Bill, The Pentagon, The White House, Frank Wolf, Jim Moran, Tom Davis, Virginia, Stephen Barr, U S Department Of Defense, U S Office Of Personnel Management |
| Employee concerns about the new performance-based pay system for Defense Department civilians have reached the ears of three House members from Virginia. |
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