Author: Dan Wolken
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SHOT DOWN
WASHINGTON — Some of the nation’s leading manufacturing companies announced a new program Monday to help veterans gain the skills necessary to fill some of the estimated 600,000 high-tech, manufacturing jobs that remain open because employers can’t find qualified applicants. The manufacturers say the program will be initially offered in 10 cities. The companies will…
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SPACE JAMMED
PHILIPPINE SEA, Oct. 15, 2012 – Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Latrice Walker, a Las Vegas native, is serving aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga while on deployment in the Western Pacific. As a culinary specialist, Walker is responsible for providing the ship’s crew and embarked Marines with three meals a day. Walker said…
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Nuggets banking on home court to provide advantage in Game 3
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 12, 2012 – The nation’s second-highest ranking military officer honored two wounded warriors during a Purple Heart ceremony at the Warrior and Family Support Center here today. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, also visited with patients at the Center for the Intrepid…
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No games for Rockies, but team is active
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2012 – In what U.S. Pacific Command’s logistics chief calls a groundbreaking development, officials from the United States and China plan to meet to discuss sharing logistical resources, including fuel, as they operate together during counter-piracy and humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions. The United States has officially extended the invitation for…
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Rain refuses to let Rockies play
The Defense Department is developing a shelf-stable meat that tastes less like a Slim Jim and more like chicken, beef or pork. DoD’s Combat Feeding Directorate and the Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center have teamed with an Augusta, Ga.,-based company to produce meat that can sit on a shelf for two or…
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Pierre comes up huge for Marlins
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — “Listen to my story! Listen to my pain and suffering!” Afghanistan’s first female rapper Sosan Firooz pleads into her microphone. With her first rap song, the outspoken 23-year-old singer is making history in her homeland where society frowns on women who take the stage. She is already shunned by some of her…
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Dodgers get painful win
Event in Colorado Springs part of nationwide program ‘Mission: Transition;’ Workshop to include job search strategies, resume optimization and interview tips WHAT: In an effort to assist the Colorado Springs military community as they transition into the civilian workforce, The Home Depot on Southgate Road will host a Civilian Career Workshop on Saturday, Oct.…
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Jennings leaves no doubt this time
DALLAS (AFRNS) – Recent advertisements in Auto Trader and major metropolitan newspapers offering automobile sales through a company calling itself “Exchange Inc.” has consumers calling the Army & Air Force Exchange Service for answers. “Based on phone calls we’ve received, it appears someone is using the Exchange’s trademarked logo and name without permission to…
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Bullpen protects lead — really
DALLAS – A good program just got better as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Holiday Layaway program is now fee-free. Shoppers simply select their gifts for layaway and stop by customer service to complete the layaway process. “Fee-free” means that while the Exchange collects an initial $3 processing fee for new…
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Speier allows five singles to turn a lead into a loss
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C., Oct. 9, 2012 – While many airmen who play the sport avidly hope to make the Air Force softball team once or twice in their careers, Master Sgt. Tony Patrick has donned the blue and black uniform an unprecedented 10 times since 2000. Patrick, noncommissioned officer in charge of…