Culinary Warfare
April 6th, 2012
Navy Week New Orleans will officially kick off on Tuesday, April 17 and will conclude on the following Monday. New Orleans is the inaugural city in a three-year national celebration commemorating the War of 1812 and the Star-Spangled Banner.
Navy Week New Orleans will have many of the same events that you have come to expect during such an event. There will be ships from the United States Navy other nations that you may be able to tour, the “Blue Angels”, the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team, a Navy Band will perform, and the “Leap Frogs”, the Navy’s parachute team will demonstrate their expertise in falling to the ground with style, but New Orleans’ Navy Week will offer what other Navy Weeks have not, a battle to the death.
Okay, maybe not to the death for the entrants, but many a good sea creatures will meet their peril during the Great Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off. On Friday the 20th, at 1330 in Waldenburg Park on the banks of the Mississippi (Read the rest of the article…)
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Coming Soon, Educational Tier Tweeners
November 23rd, 2011
The current rendition of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 that hit the full Senate for consideration this past Friday contains some language that should make a whole lot of people thinking about a future in the military, happy. If passed as written, expect a lot of currently evaluated Tier II schools to be treated as Tier I.
According to SEC. 526, equal treatment will be given for individuals who graduate from a legally operating secondary school. I would think that would encompass state recognized charter schools, Home School, and other schools that don’t fit the old idea of a regular traditional public high school. It should take away the requirement for a 50QT minimum for Home School graduates. Gone should be the days when a recruiter would need to advise an applicant who graduated a non-traditional, state approved high school that their diploma wasn’t enough, and that they needed to go to college and obtain at least 15 college credits.
Well, hopefully.
As with just about all laws that are written, there are loopholes. Competing interests get involved, and those in congress try and make everybody as happy as they can be – a little give and take, as it were. This section mandates “Equal treatment“, (Read the rest of the article…)
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The Voelker Rule
October 14th, 2011
The Voelker Rule (not to be confused with the similarly pronounced Volcker Rule that would place restrictions on some of the ways banks do business) is a holiday stand-down period first initiated in December 2000 by the, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC), RADM Voelker.
Prior to the Voelker Rule, Navy Recruiting Command’s December “mission day” fell on the last workday of the calender month; many times, recruiters would be making phone calls, prospecting for applicants on Christmas Eve, and even work late mission nights on New Years Eve – Future Sailors would ship to boot-camp during those same weeks. Recruiting, for a shore tour, is difficult duty – maintaining the pressures of a never ending goal 365 days a year, every year of a tour can take a toll.
The Voelker Rule helps mitigate some of those pressures.
CNRC has authorized a holiday leave period for recruiting activities (Read the rest of the article…)
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Discharged Under DADT?
September 8th, 2011
Did you get kicked out of the service under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law? After the day the law is repealed, expected on 20 September, you will be eligible to get back in.
Veterans with an RE-4 discharge code, if it was received solely due to DADT, will be treated the same as any other Veteran that received an RE-1/RE-R1; unless there was any other misconduct that was a basis for the discharge, and/or if the discharge was not characterized as honorable.
No preferential treatment will be provided. That means that just like all other qualified Veterans seeking reenlistment, (Read the rest of the article…)
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Labor Day 2011, Need a Job?
September 5th, 2011
Even with the national unemployment rate hovering at 9.1%, there are jobs available for those with the skills and education to fill them. In a lot of cases your prior military experience will fill the bill; companies are seeking Veterans with your skill set.
One such company is IAP Worldwide Services. IAP is currently seeking applicants for various positions within the United States and internationally. Here is a sampling of the positions IAP is looking to fill;
In the United States:
–Administrative assistant position in Fort Irwin, CA. You would need to be able to get a secret clearance, the job pays $28 an hour.
–Director, Operations and Power Systems position in Panama City, Florida.
–HVAC/Controls Technician position in Annapolis, MD.
–Electrician position in Washington, DC. You would need a top secret clearance.
–Maintenance Carpenter position in Jacksonville, FL. (Read the rest of the article…)
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Riding Out a Hurricane
August 27th, 2011
As Hurricane Irene rages up the North Carolina coast, a few diehard Web surfers in North Carolina still managed to find Navy CyberSpace – even a couple from the secluded town of Kill Devil Hills. Welcome Aboard!
North Carolina image cut from Google Analytics for NavyCS on August 27, 2011
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Nuke Jobs Available in US, Asia, and the Middle East
August 8th, 2011
Time to leverage your shipboard power knowledge and translate it to land based power plants and other projects? Bechtel Corporation is prepared to help transition qualified engineers – Naval Officers and NCOs for engineering leadership positions, into their business. Bechtel currently has several projects and needs for Navy Nuclear Power trained engineers in the US, in Asia, and the Middle East. Bechtel is prepared to help transition qualified engineers into their business and allocate resources to do this.
Bechtel has 100’s of openings, many in the field of Nuclear Power generation, and they are aggressively seeking the usual suspects; US Navy nuclear propulsion trained Petty Officers (E-6 and up) qualified in Submarines (i.e., Engineering Lab Technicians [ELT’s], Machinist Mates [MM’s], Electronic Technicians [ET’s]) (AS degrees preferred); US Navy nuclear propulsion trained officers (ranks of O3 – O5 preferred); US Navy nuclear submarine qualified officers (ranks of O3 – O5 preferred); US Navy nuclear propulsion trained Warrant officers – submarine or surface ship; US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier nuclear propulsion trained officers; US Navy nuclear propulsion trained US Naval Petty Officers (E-6 and up) surface Navy (i.e., ELT’s, MM’s, ET’s) (AS degrees preferred); US Navy nuclear propulsion prototype instructors (Read the rest of the article…)
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Soldier’s Angels Project Valour-IT 2011
July 10th, 2011
Nine minutes, 44 seconds.
I ask that you take nine minutes, 44 seconds of your day to watch the video of Major Chuck Ziegenfuss describe the genesis of the Valour-IT project. Less than 10 minutes of time that will change your life’s prospective, and possibly, with your help, change the life of thousands of (Read the rest of the article…)
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BNSF Railway
July 7th, 2011
The BNSF Railway is looking to hire military leaders, E-5 and above, with a minimum of three years of supervisory experience, who are on terminal leave or completely out of the service for an August/September start date.
Having a mechanical background is NOT required.
The locations for employment include, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, and Kansas.
Expected starting salary range is $57,400 to $67,800 plus an annual benefits package valued at about $22,000.
To apply, applicants MUST fill out a complete (Read the rest of the article…)
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Aviation Job outside Philly
June 28th, 2011
McGrath Systems, a staffing and recruiting services company, has announced a need for Technicians/Fabricators experienced in aviation sheet metal and structural mechanics. Prior Military experience is a plus! Sounds like a job for any Aviation Structural Mechanic due to get out and would like to live and work in the Philadelphia, PA area.
Duties include:
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