SDFM The Business of Defense
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The Marines Corps has officially dismissed 22-year-old Yonathan Melaku, a reservist after he was charged with several shootings at the Pentagon and other military buildings. The separation process actually started earlier this month after he was charged in an unrelated matter with grand larceny. Melaku was arrested after he was caught trespassing inside Arlington National Cemetery after dark. Police say he had with him bomb-making materials.
July 05, 2011 -
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July 04, 2011 -
John Gage AFGE National President Ricky McCoy President, AFGE TSA Local 777 Enid Doggett AFGE Communications Director
June 29, 2011 -
The increase in violence comes as NATO-led forces prepare to hand security responsibility to Afghans in seven areas. This was to be the start of a gradual transition process that will end with all foreign troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of 2014. A two-day conference to discuss the transition process was due to begin in a government building in the center of the city today. Violence across Afghanistan in 2010 was already at its worst levels since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in late 2001.
June 29, 2011 -
An airstrike from a military aircraft hit a convoy carrying Al Qaida linked militants in southern Somalia, last week. A U.S. defense official says foreign fighters were among those killed in an attack carried out by a \"partner country\". The convoy was hit as it drove along the coastline in the southern port city of Kismayo. Al Shabaab confirmed the strike saying, however only two of its fighters were injured.
June 27, 2011 -
An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off early Wednesday on a test flight from California to a target in the Pacific Ocean, but according to the Associated Press, a communications problem forced the launch command to be issued by ground control rather than an airborne launch control system, the Air Force said. The ICBM roared out of a silo at 6:35 a.m. PDT and its re-entry vehicle reached a target near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands after an approximately 30-minute flight over 4,200 miles of ocean, a base statement said.
June 27, 2011 -
June 27th and June 29th, 2011 Mr. Leighninger begins to pull back the veil on how the various online engagement tactics and tools can be used, and when they work best.
June 27, 2011 -
The State department says it\'s willing to engage North Korea, but only if it improves relations with South Korea. North Korea has taunted the world with its nuclear program for several years, threatening to launch missiles. U.S. allies are considering sending food to North Korea. The U.N. say 23 million people are in need of it in the North. South Korea says it\'s skeptical about that.
June 27, 2011 -
Three essentials managers should look for in a teleworker.
June 27, 2011 -
Pakistan has been warned again it could lose the military aid money the U.S. is providing. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned the Pakistani government about rising U.S. doubts over its commitment to fighting Islamist militants. At the same time, Clinton told a Senate panel that the Obama administration viewed Pakistan as a crucial partner as it seeks to wind down the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
June 24, 2011 -
As the President begins the drawdown process in Afghanistan, some other things will have to change as well. There will be a shift from rapid impact stability programs run by international agencies to infrastructure and economic growth projects that can be run by Afghans. Hydroelectric dams, roads, gas fields, mines, and increased agricultural production will be the center of attention as the 2014 drawdown deadline approaches.
June 24, 2011 -
China hits the U.S., then the Pentagon fires back. The stakes in the shadowy cyber war are growing more and more costly. So former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is urging the two countries to set some limits. Kissinger told Reuters in his own words, if it\'s viewed case by case it will lead to accusations and counter-accusations.\" The Chinese government is suspected of cyber attacks ranging from rudimentary small scale hacking to broad disruptive assaults on major corporations.
June 24, 2011 -
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will cut its IT costs for email and collaboration services in half, by moving all its employees to the cloud. The science agency has just issued a three year contract to handle email, calendar, collaboration and mobile device synchronization. NOAA says it\'s the largest federal agency to move to a cloud solution so far. They expect to migrate 25,000 mailboxes to the new service by the end of this year.
June 20, 2011 -
One part of the Air Force overcame the challenges surrounding a relocation from Washington to Fort Meade, Maryland, by pursing an aggressive telework system. The Air Force central adjudication facility, which processes security clearances, equipped and trained all 155 of its employees to telework. The agency credits the remote collaboration tools it created for letting it hold on to 92 percent of its workforce, in spite of the move to Maryland. They say they also increased productivity by 55 percent in just one year.
June 20, 2011 -
The Agriculture Department\'s Rural Utilities Service is issuing 250-million dollars in low-interest loans to help smaller, rural electric providers add technology to their local power grids. USDA says the loans to implement smart grid technology will help bring innovative features like customized, real time electric usage monitoring to homes and businesses throughout America through smart electric meters. And technological improvements to the grid itself will decrease the number of blackouts.
June 20, 2011