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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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Air Force Name Added to `The Wall'
By Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi
Air Force Print News
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2003 -- The name of an Air Force staff sergeant was among six added to Vietnam Veteran's Memorial here May 13.
 Staff Sgt. Donald S. Carson, a San Francisco native, was injured in a military aircraft accident in Thailand on April 12, 1963, and died a few days later. His name was omitted from "The Wall" until now because of a clerical oversight.
There are now 58,235 names inscribed on the monument.
Each year before Memorial Day, officials representing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund hire stone workers to inscribe additional names on the black granite monument. The workers also update the status of military members previously believed to be missing or killed in action once their status has been confirmed.
 A diamond preceding a person's name on the monument indicates that he or she was killed in action. A cross preceding the name indicates a member's status as missing in action.
To update a person's status the workers sandblast a diamond over the cross, but leave the tips of the cross visible, indicating that his or her status has been confirmed as killed in action.
This year, the names of 26 military members were updated to killed in action. Among them was Col. Robert Allen Govan, from Washington, who was declared MIA on April, 1, 1967.
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