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Recent Military and World News
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Contracting: A Sure Bet For Veterans
July 10, 2009
If you are interested in working in contracting once you return to civilian life, the Federal Contractor Program can help you get a jump on your career.
Use Your Military Training to Become an Operations Manager
July 10, 2009
You can translate your supply chain know-how into a successful civilian career as an Operations Manager. All you need is a degree.
Build a Career in Engineering
July 10, 2009
Take your engineering skills to the next level with a bachelor's degree. It can help prepare you for a civilian job as an engineering manager.
A Civilian Career for Military Journalists
July 10, 2009
If you'd like to build a civilian writing career, you may want to look into a degree program in English, communications, or journalism.
Defense Department Contracts for 2,400 More MRAP Vehicles
October 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2007 - The Defense Department has let contracts for an additional 2,400 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, bringing the total number of the vehicles ordered to 8,800.
Pakistan's Bhutto Ends 8-Year Exile with Jubilant Homecoming
October 18, 2007
Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are cheering her homecoming after eight years in self-imposed exile.
Doonesbury Creator, Military Bloggers Compile New Book
October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - War can inspire great writing, like a series of superlative dispatches from servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan compiled in a new book that offers an arresting glimpse of life on the front lines.
Gates Aims to Resolve Disconnect Between Military, Security Contractors
October 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - Multinational Force Iraq and private security contractors too often are working at cross purposes, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told Pentagon reporters today.
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North Korea Test Fires Missiles, Makes Assurances on Nuclear Agreement
By Heda Bayron
Voice of America News
North Korea has test-fired several short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, but South Korean officials say they are not concerned. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the test came as a senior North Korean diplomat was making assurances that his country would implement an agreement toward nuclear disarmament.
The South Korean government downplayed the North's missile launches Friday, saying they were part of a routine military exercise in the communist country.
The latest show of military power by North Korea came as diplomats continued pressing Pyongyang to fulfill its promise to shut down a nuclear facility in exchange for economic and diplomatic benefits.
North Korea has refused to implement the agreement until it gets back $25 million that was frozen in a Macau bank.
Earlier Friday, a senior North Korean diplomat told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Security Forum in Manila that there are no other obstacles to the implementation of the nuclear agreement.
Jong Song Il, deputy director general of the North Korean Foreign Ministry, says his country will carry out its commitments as soon as the money is returned.
North Korea missed a deadline last month to shut down the Yongbyon nuclear plant and allow international inspection.
At the same Manila forum, Christopher Hill, the top U.S. envoy on the nuclear issue, said he hopes the issue will be resolved this month.
"I do believe that the DPRK has continued to signal to us privately and publicly, and most recently last night, that as soon as the banking matter is resolved they will move quickly to implement their part of the deal," said Hill.
Macau froze the North Korean funds in 2005 after the U.S. blacklisted the Macau bank that held the accounts for being what it called a "willing pawn" in North Korea's money laundering activities.
At the end of a U.S. investigation in March, Macau said it would release the funds, but experts say there has been difficulty getting another bank to accept the money for fear of jeopardizing dealings with the United States.
North Korea fired several missiles last July and conducted its first nuclear test in October.
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