DoDEA, a Source of Savings?
May 24th, 2013
On May 14, 2013, the Secretary of Defense announced that most of the Department of Defense (DoD) employees will be furloughed for up to 11 days in order to combat the budget shortfall created by sequestration.
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the folks that run our DoD schools were not exempted from the upcoming furlough. The DoDEA employs approximately 16,000 people, and of those, about 5,000 are employed year round and are subject to up to 11 days of furlough. The other 11,000 or so employees work for DoDEA during the nine month long school year, they include the teachers, aides and technicians and other support staff. Those nine month employees are subject to a five day furlough.
The DoDEA expects to realize approximately $23 million in budget savings due to the furlough – the short term savings will come on the backs of the hard working employees of DoDEA.
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Chicken and Barley Soup
May 5th, 2013
This week, I completed my AAS degree for “Information Technology — Web Development” all thanks to the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Over the next two semesters, I will be completing a second degree, “Graphic Arts — Interactive Multimedia Production”. One class I really look forward to taking in the Fall is Video Editing I. I have no idea what to expect from the class; of course, my expectation is that I will be able to produce an Oscar worthy movie, but my sights may be a little high.
It has been quite some time since I did a post about cooking. It may be time to sprinkle a few more food related posts in here and there just to keep things interesting, and now because I will be taking a video class, I plan to make videos to work with the recipes. Of course I do not plan to do this in earnest until after I have been taught the process, but to see where my movie making skill level lies, I filmed and produced the companion video for this post. I hope you enjoy the soup and the video (yes, I know, I do need to get much better making videos!)
So, get ready to make some soup!
This chicken and barley recipe is easy to make, but it can be a little time consuming. The preparation and ripping the chicken is what will take the most time, about 20 minutes of actual work that must occur during the two hours of cooking.
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FY-2013 LRP and EB May Update
April 29th, 2013
Effective 01 May 2013, the Navy Student Loan Repayment Program (LRP) will include four additional ratings for those enlisting on to active duty. It has been a while since we have seen a change. It has been seven months, since October 1, 2012, that only three ratings (MU, HM and CTI) have been eligible for LRP.
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My Apologies
April 19th, 2013
Over the last nine plus years, from its beginning in early 2004 as a prototype used to try and figure out how to leverage in-game advertising for Navy Recruiting Command, Navy Cyberspace has been a hobby of mine. The goal continues to be the same as it was when I started, to ensure the right and most up to date information is available to those seeking it — mainly, those seeking enlistment in the military, well, mostly, the Navy.
Navy Recruiting Poster in Counter-Strike Game
During the last nine years, the Web site has been hosted on three different servers. For the first few months, it was actually hosted on my home computer — that idea has obvious limitations, but during the approved prototype stage of its existence, that was okay. The information we sought was gathered — good stuff. Before the site was started, I knew nothing — absolutely nothing about the Internet except that my email magically traveled through it and you could play games against other humans. Over time, that changed. My interest grew. I took classes, read books, participated in forums, and followed blogs of those in the know like Matt Cutts of Google in an effort to learn as much as I could. I am still, however, very much in the learning stage even after all this time. Recent events prove that point.
I’ll explain.
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Navy Jobs for the Second Quarter CY 2013
April 15th, 2013
Of course, any rating and program for which you qualify may be available when you go to MEPS to enlist, but those ratings and programs I will be listing below are reflected in the incentive program for recruiting personnel message that was released today (no, it is not a monetary award; it’s certificates, stuff like that), specifically, the Admiral’s Accelerator Award. The ratings and programs listed should be available from the first processing day in April (Notice was signed and released today) through the last processing day of June 2013.
And those programs and ratings are…
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2014 Projected Active Duty End-Strength
April 11th, 2013
For FY-2014, the projected United States Navy active duty end-strength according to the Department of the Navy budget estimates that includes a reduction of seven flag officers over last year’s projections:
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Budget Proposal for FY-14 Released
April 10th, 2013
10 April 2013, President Obama released his “Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014.” I have taken the liberty to extract the portion within the Defense budget overview that related to our members and families. For 2014, the information for families is limited as compared to past years.
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NAVADMIN 077-13
March 27th, 2013
Below is the latest Selective Re-enlistment Bonus (SRB) guidance update. Released March 26, 2013 via NAVADMIN 077/13.
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The Navy is Underrepresented!
March 15th, 2013
One of my favorite places to stay when we travel to Florida is the Shades of Green, but during each visit I find the Navy is seriously underrepresented! Rarely do I find anyone, active duty or retired, who served in the Navy. The Army folks are everywhere, and good on them! It is time for the Navy to realize and take advantage in greater numbers. I can only assume our Sailors are just unaware of the opportunity, so I hope to help inform via this post. (Read the rest of the article…)
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Instructors Wanted
February 28th, 2013
If you are a prior Personnel Specialist, Yeoman or Logistic Specialist with the requisite experience as described below, the San Diego City College may have an opportunity for you as a contracted “A” School instructor. The instructor service contracts are available at Naval Technical Training Center (NTTC) Meridian, Mississippi.
Civilian contract instructors are needed at NTTC Meridian, MS for the following Navy “A” schools:
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