The world of employment can be cutthroat, especially for military spouses who have an educational background but no work experience. We prepare ourselves in the best way we know how, but what happens when we have degrees in hand but cannot find the job we studied so hard for? How are military spouses supposed to obtain the normal 5-10 years working experience?
Three things I have seen happen: you pray for someone to give you an opportunity, you get discouraged and stop the job search or you settle for an entry-level position that may not even be in your field.
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The greatest fears of many were realized this week when markets across the globe crashed. Dismal U.S. jobs numbers to end last week set off a cascade of collapsing markets around the world, with Japan seeing its largest stock market drop since the 1987 black Monday collapse.
Throw in the bottom falling out of the crypto market and concerns about a widening war in the Middle East and many Americans are rightfully worried about what the future may bring.
THE ANTIDOTE TO GLOBAL INSTABILITY: BE PREPARED!
Now – more than ever – Americans need to be prepared.
A contract instructor pilot died in an AH-64 Apache helicopter crash Wednesday at Fort Novosel, Alabama. The Army identified the pilot Thursday as retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel L. Munger.
“To the Munger family, we mourn for you and with you,” Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, said in a statement on Thursday. “We respect your expressed desire for privacy, and ask the Wiregrass community to do the same.”
Munger enlisted in the Army in 1995 and spent more than 28 years in the service, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Since he arrived overseas last August as the first-ever Defense Innovation Unit embed within U.S. European Command, Marine Corps reservist Col. Glenn McCartan has connected military personnel to computer vision and other in-demand technologies and expanded the Pentagon’s engagements with nontraditional, international contractors, he told DefenseScoop this week.
A major element of the hub’s new “DIU 3.
The massive maritime wargame known as Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, took place in the waters off Hawaii last month, involving 29 nations, over 40 ships, 25,000 personnel and at least one dude slayin’ it on his axe during underway ops.
The Navy has been releasing photos of the exercise for weeks, but our friends at TWZ — formerly The War Zone — alerted us to this photo taken from a U.S. resupply ship of a Chilean sailor’s impromptu jam session atop the Chilean Navy frigate Almirante Condell takes on fuel.
A civilian instructor pilot died in an AH-64 Apache helicopter crash Wednesday at Fort Novosel, Alabama. The Army identified the pilot Thursday as retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel L. Munger.
“To the Munger family, we mourn for you and with you,” Maj. Gen. Clair A. Gill, commanding general of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, said in a statement on Thursday. “We respect your expressed desire for privacy, and ask the Wiregrass community to do the same.”
Munger enlisted in the Army in 1995 and spent more than 28 years in the service, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is standing up a new program to evaluate and approve advanced manufacturing companies that can bolster the defense industrial base’s ability to rapidly produce new systems.
The effort — dubbed Blue Manufacturing — will seek to establish and maintain a roster of pre-approved commercial manufacturing facilities that meet the department’s standards for producing military capabilities, DIU Director Doug Beck said Thursday at NDIA’s Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition.
As two soldiers at the 10th Mountain Division were preparing for a Middle East deployment, they knew troops in the region had been under frequent drone attacks from by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria. To help their unit prepare to face drone threats, they created a computer system to enhance their unit’s anti-drone training.
Dubbed the Randomized Enemy Action Contact Trainer, or ‘REACT’ the system spits out simulations of incoming drone, rocket or mortar attacks that soldiers have to react to during simulated battle drills.
The Defense Department office in charge of researching and developing next-generation wireless capabilities has multiple projects underway to give warfighters access to 5G-enabled communications — from improving surveillance at bases in Africa to testing the technology with NATO allies.
Since it was transferred to the DOD Chief Information Office in 2023, the FutureG office at the Pentagon has been working to expand the scale of previous efforts to research and test 5G and future-generation wireless network capabilities.
Discover how defence companies are leveraging AI technologies through recent patents to enhance operations and improve efficiency in the aerospace industry.