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Wanted: Fit, big service members for free body measurement tests this month near Seattle

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:02:03 +0000

While searching the internet today, I found this want ad:

Want to take a free body measurement test in the Seattle area later this month?

Several methods of measuring body fat are considered more accurate than tape testing. We're looking for male and female service members who have scored at least an "excellent" on their PT test, yet were forced to take the tape test and had difficulty passing it. Selected troops will have their body fat scientifically measured and compared to the body fat determined by the tape test.

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Army Warrant Officer Jobs

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:04 +0000

DA Pamphlet 600-3, p. 3-9 defines the Army Warrant Officer as a self-aware and adaptive technical expert, combat leader, trainer, and adviser. Through progressive levels of expertise in assignments, training, and education, the WO administers, manages, maintains, operates, and integrates Army systems and equipment across the full spectrum of Army operations. Warrant officers are competent and confident warriors, innovative integrators of emerging technologies, dynamic teachers, and developers of specialized teams of soldiers. They support a wide range of Army missions throughout their career. Warrant officers in the Army are accessed with specific levels of technical ability. They refine their technical expertise and develop their leadership and management skills through tiered progressive assignments and education.

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Army Warrant Officer Job 270A-Legal Administrator

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:06:41 +0000

In the Army, a legal administrator is a position reserved for warrant officers. Legal Administrators are warrant officers that bring substantial knowledge, experience, and education of military law and operations to the leadership team. This is reflected in the leadership and technical application required for the position.

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Army Warrant Officer Career 420A-Human Resources Technician

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:20:20 +0000

The U.S. Army Recruiting Command seeks only highly qualified applicants to serve as Army Warrant Officers.

Warrant Officers are highly specialized experts and trainers in their career fields. By gaining progressive levels of expertise and leadership, these leaders provide valuable guidance to commanders and organizations in their specialty. Warrant Officers remain single-specialty Officers with career tracks that progress within their field, unlike their Commissioned Officer counterparts who focus on increased levels of command and staff duty positions.

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Freedom of Religion or Freedom From Religion?

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:42:17 +0000

Are you checking in your First Amendment rights at the door when you join the armed forces?

In the past few months there have been dozens of complaints of the military persecuting Christian service members for their faith. Last month an Army briefing labeled Evangelical Christians and Catholics as examples of religious extremism - linking them to Al Qaeda and Hamas. In another occasion, an Army officer warned subordinates that the Family Research Council and American Family Association were domestic hate groups.

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May is National Military Appreciation Month

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:06:04 +0000

Congress designated May as National Military Appreciation Month in 1999 to ensure the nation was given the opportunity to publicly demonstrate their appreciation for the sacrifices and successes made by our service members - past and present. Each year the president makes a proclamation, reminding Americans of the important role the U.S. Armed Forces have played in the history and development of our country.

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1% Pay Raise Proposed for Military

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:52:43 +0000

Military families and their advocates are battling an Obama administration proposal to limit troops' pay raises to 1% in 2014, the lowest increase in half a century.

Pentagon records show that a 1% increase would be the lowest since 1963, when there was no raise followed by a double-digit increase later that year. The second-lowest raise since then was in 2011 at 1.4%.

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Army Officer Jobs updated

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:08 +0000

Leadership within the Army comes in many different forms. Army Officers are managers, problem-solvers, key influencers and more. Commissioned Officers begin their Army service as young leaders giving of their knowledge and skills. With self-discipline, motivation, confidence, and judgment, they use their problem solving skills to determine solutions and accomplish the mission.

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2013 Service Member of the Year award

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:25:07 +0000

Nominations are being received until April 28 for the 2013 Service Member of the Year award. Military Times is looking for everyday heroes- the soldiers who inspire the men and women they work with just by doing what they do.

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Complete List of Army Enlisted MOS's

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:27:09 +0000

Your USMilitary Guide has been hard at work getting the latest realignment of the Army's job classification system coding changes available to you.

While the major overhaul of the military occupational specialty coding system that began in 2001 was completed last year, the system continues to evolve, generating job code additions and deletions based on force-structure changes and the introduction of new equipment and operational capabilities.

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