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Google Made New Search Tools To Help Veterans Find Better Jobs (cnbc.com)

Google has rolled out a series of search tools to help military veterans find better jobs after returning to civilian life, the company said in a blog post. From a report: Former members of the military can now search "jobs for veterans," enter the military branch they served in and see results for job openings that match their skills. Google will also allow businesses to identify as "veteran-owned" or "veteran-led" in Google Maps and mobile search results. "We hope to use our technology to help veterans understand the full range of opportunities open to them across many different fields. Right now those opportunities are getting lost in translation," Matthew Hudson, a program manager for Google Cloud and an Air Force veteran, said in Monday's blog post.

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  1. Why does the A and C schools don't count as colleg by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 1

    Why does the A and C schools don't count as college?

  2. War Stories by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's about time. I fought in the 103rd Deskborne Division ("The Fighting Snowflakes) in the War on Christmas. Don't laugh, I was wounded twice and I'm still not quite the same. I am allowed a service gerbil, but it's still hard for me to find work. But I'm one of the lucky ones. I still have nightmares where I think I'm back at the Battle of the Macy's Parade. Lost lots of good people and at least two very large balloons that day.

    Thanks to Google for looking out for us.

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    1. Re: War Stories by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pfft, I've been fighting Eternal September eternally. No matter how much trolling we do the normies keep coming. I think they like being trolled now.

    2. Re: War Stories by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      No, they just keep coming back. You'll notice it's not the same, they just all look the same. They all look the same. With their dead, beady eyes and their strange clothes. You've seen one user, you've seen them all. And they're all the same. Clever little bastards, they are, they get you when you least suspect it. Watch out, right before lunch break. You notice it by the ring of the phone. Usually they lure you with a "quick job" before lunch, you go over an BAM! They're gone. Out to lunch. Without leaving a note what's to fix.

      Every day. Every day you say that you won't do it, you won't go. But you go. You don't know why, it's almost like ... mechanic. You stop worrying, you stop wondering. You know that one day, one day you'll stop.

      But you keep going.

      And they keep being not there.

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  3. Problem is the US government by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It does things like rule that a qualified Navy Corpsmen (their equivalent of a combat medic) is NOT qualified to be an EMT after they leave the army. (Army and Airforce medics are qualified to be an EMT).

    US military needs to think just a bit more about what their men can do after they leave the armed forces. A bit more planning, a few more courses (even if it simply covers civilian work) can mean a huge difference for our soldiers when they have completed their service.

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    1. Re:Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Worrying about what they do after their service doesn't win wars.

    2. Re:Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Spoken like someone who doesn't give a shit about the physical and mental rehabilitation of wounded and traumatized veterans.

      It's worth noting that, without exception, every last fucking time there has been a legislative push to either cut veteran benefits, or resistance to expanding veteran benefits, it's been Republicans doing so. Republicans are, down to every last one, vile shitbirds.

    3. Re: Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not having anything to come home to kinda defeats the victory doesn't it?

    4. Re:Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      There's definitely plenty of room for improvement, but the thing that would arguably make the most difference isn't going to happen as it would make it harder to start wars and raise money for them.

      The biggest thing is to stop the solider worship and acting like the status quo for veterans is to be messed up from combat. The reality is that combat jobs are a minority of the jobs in the military. Somebody working the logistics side of operations from the US is not likely to have any particular issues with PTSD or other combat related issues. They may even be particularly good hires if you're hiring for equivalent jobs. Individuals who are in combat roles don't automatically have PTSD, TBI and issues with aggression, that's again a minority of the veterans.

      The issue is that by actually humanizing the veterans, you also humanize the current enlistees which makes it a lot tougher to convince the public to go for military operations that aren't completely necessary. Whereas if we treat them all like war heroes, it makes it a lot easier to rationalize sending the military to some god forsaken place to do something pointless that's probably going to come back to bite us on the ass eventually, because they're all heroes and to be worshiped as opposed to the vast majority of them just being real people, many of whom wound up in the military because there weren't better options.

    5. Re:Problem is the US government by jfdavis668 · · Score: 1

      I was involved in converting my Army unit medics to the new standard, and it isn't as easy as you think. There were a number of already qualified medics who struggled to get through the enhanced training required to upgrade to the 91W (Job code for the EMT level medic, now called 68W). Some of them had to transition to other job series because of it.

    6. Re:Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not like you didn't know what you were signing up for or anything.

    7. Re:Problem is the US government by Archfeld · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I think that 3-6 months before a soldier is due to muster out they should be transferred to a non-combat zone an allowed time to decompress as well as all personnel leaving a combat zone should be required to undergo counselling. Thus there would be not stigmata attached to those that actually need/deserve such treatment. Going straight from a combat environment back into standard civvie life is a huge mistake on the part of the USA armed forces. I also thing the way the government treats veterans and their benefits is shameful and criminal.

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    8. Re: Problem is the US government by e3m4n · · Score: 1

      Your thinking about the servicemember. Thats not really the militaryâ(TM)s concern. Only how best to utilize you while youâ(TM)re still enlisted. They want to get their moneys worth ;-)

    9. Re: Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Learn you're from your. Also it IS the military's concern because how veterans are treated affects recruitment and readiness directly. They can also be called back up in time of need.

    10. Re: Problem is the US government by e3m4n · · Score: 1

      In the navy, corpsmen even did sick call. If you go in complaining of flu-like symptoms you saw a corpsman, he prescribed you tylenol and motrin, and gave you 24hr bed rest. We used to joke that if you had aids, tylenol and motrin would still be the corse of treatment.

      I would put those tasks well above EMT. Somewhere between nurse and nurse practitioner.

    11. Re: Problem is the US government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're a moron who has no idea what EMT's do apparently.

    12. Re:Problem is the US government by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1

      Soldiers that know they'll have good life options after an honorable discharge work harder and fight better.

    13. Re: Problem is the US government by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Wrong. Dead wrong. People talk. And people look. Most of all, people want to know how their life's going to be not only for the next 10 years but they have plans for retirement. And especially in these times, showing that you should enlist because your time after service is going to be so much better than when you don't enlist would certainly help recruitment.

      If I know I'll be dumped when I'm 40, i.e. when it starts to get hard getting a job without meaningful qualifications, without said qualifications or anything, why the fuck would I enlist?

      If I know I'll come out of the service when I'm 40 and not only will I have some sort of retirement fund I can look forward to when I get to 60 but I'll also have some kind of training and certification that allows me to land a good job, there's an incentive to enlist when I'm 20.

      If you want my best and most productive years from me, you better have something to offer!

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    14. Re: Problem is the US government by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Try that as a plumber. When the torpedo strikes, throw two washers into the flood, turn around and grumble "Call if it doesn't get better by tomorrow".

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    15. Re:Problem is the US government by houghi · · Score: 1

      All in the sig.

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    16. Re:Problem is the US government by Archfeld · · Score: 1

      What do you think about fighting for the rights your family and friends enjoy ? While aspects of the US government are parasitic and 'evil' others maintain roads, libraries, schools, and the right for us 'citizens' to sit around and bitch about anything without worry of being shot...yet

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  4. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Repentinus · · Score: 1

    Because they do not comprise four years of education? The federal service academies count as college, the rest is just vocational training.

  5. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Probably because they don't offer grammar...
    I was in a different branch maybe, but I assume you are referring to the vocational training one receives after basic training?

    They are meant to get you deployed as soon as possible with no chance of becoming an expert, so I don't know if they would even count as vocational.

    I tell you what sucks is that you can't use GI bill while in to do any kind of online class, you get some free colleges that are just complete bullshit (Excelsior?).

      I was lucky enough to already have been a computer nerd when I joined the Army and was assigned (did not get to choose) as a "Signal Systems Support Specialist" where I extended radio networks on top of hills. I was also able to see what kind of bullshit-people they let in to do some of the work I would have rather done, complete fucking idiots who have no business in the business. I fucking pwned the shit out of them, and I hated life. People who say they love the military, really mean they can't get a job anywhere else; just a bunch of retards.

  6. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by jellomizer · · Score: 2

    The problem with employment is there isn't a really good mapping of Years of Education vs Years of experience vs Military experience and rank. And to get this mapping out to most businesses who are hiring.

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  7. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Penguinisto · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the USAF has the Community College of The Air Force, where that training does count (we just called it "Tech School"), depending on your AFSC ("MOS" in Army-speak) and what degree you were shooting for. OJT and CBTs (as well as PME/NCO training) also count as credits (again, depending on AFSC and degree). On top of all that, CLEP testing is (well, was) mega-cheap there.

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  8. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Penguinisto · · Score: 1

    Yes, "A" School in the Army is what we simply called "Tech School" in the USAF. It's usually vocational training to get your initial competency level ("3 level" in the USAF), but it can also serve to teach those who are cross-training into another field, or who go back and get higher-level courses for senior-level positions (for instance, a Senior NCO might go take courses in management, a soon-to-be senior officer might take courses in higher-level/strategic combat, etc.)

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  9. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Penguinisto · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily - Senior NCOs and senior-level officers often go back and take required higher-level management and strategy training.

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  10. I'm cool with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anyone willing to volunteer to get their ass shot off for my sorry ass's sake should be able to get some special perks.

    Big Thank You! to the men, women (and those somewhere in between) serving in the US Armed Forces.

    1. Re:I'm cool with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's nothing today like it was a generation or two ago. Some of those soldiers signed up knowing they were very likely going away to die. These days, most fighting is done remotely with missiles or drones and when soldiers do get killed it's a national news story. I think a lot of people sign up for the military thinking it's going to be a nice all expenses paid vacation, and then come home and whine about how horrible it was.

    2. Re:I'm cool with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anyone willing to volunteer...

      If you meant volunteer in the same sense as "volunteer to help in a soup kitchen" - i.e. doing it for free then that might count for something. But otherwise I'm not really seeing that it matters whether someone is drafted or just likes being a mercenary.

      ...to get their ass shot off...

      Most jobs come with risk - even just the daily commute. The fraction of modern veterans that are killed or injured is ridiculously small.

      ...for my sorry ass's sake...

      Unless you're a filthy rich billionaire who made his money through close ties to brutal dictators who are kept in power by the USA military (e.g. the Bush dynasty and the Saudi dictators), then the truth is that most of what the US military is doing is actually hurting you rather than helping you.

      A good analogy would be a corrupt police force than does the bare minimum to catch real criminals but which then spend most of their time trafficking child sex slaves for the mayor. The mayor might present a false dichotomy: either let the police traffic my sex slaves or I'll disband the police force entirely. But what really needs to happen is that the police need to stop doing evil and just do their actual job.

      ...should be able to get some special perks.

      So much of what the US military does is so thoroughly vile and evil that I'm not personally in favor of giving them any perks. At least not while so much of the US military just blindly follows their evil orders without question.

      If veterans were more willing to take a stand against the US military being used to support brutal dictators for the sole benefit of a handful of filthy rich American billionaires then I would at least be in favor of getting the veterans who were actually harmed in combat some basic help. But if veterans are going to be totally selfish and blindly follow evil orders simply to collect their next pay checks without any regard for the horrific suffering they are causing in the world then I find it difficult to be very sympathetic.

      If you want people to treat you decently then you should have some basic decency yourself.

    3. Re: I'm cool with this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes the military personal should get to decide if fighting, obeying or perhaps add their special flare to the order is best.

      I like this new âoedo what you feel is bestâ military. Iâ(TM)m sure they wont get themselves slaughtered with their new found decentralized command!

    4. Re: I'm cool with this... by e3m4n · · Score: 2

      When I signed up, it was still during the cold war. The berlin wall didnt fall until later, and russia was still the u.s.s.r. In 1992 we went to the gulf for desert shield, then desert storm, then southern watch.

      I assure you I did not volunteer to âget my ass shot offâ(TM). I did helo onto a frigate that struck a mine in order to assist in damage control. The ship was taking on water and sinking. That can be alarming. Ive also done dmage control during a couple shipboard fires. Those are no joke either. But as Gen Patton(George C Scott) is quoted as saying âoeno son of a bitch ever won a war dyjng for his country. He won a war by making the other, dumb, son of a bitch, did for HIS countryâ

    5. Re:I'm cool with this... by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1

      You mean, "get their ass shot off defending ARAMCO, EXXON, and Goldman Sucks." If you think that most of what the US military does involves defending the average American, you're shockingly naive. Yes, I get it. The US needs energy. It would have been cheaper and cleaner to convert the US to nuclear-generated electric infrastructure (like the French Messmer Plan), electrify the railroads, require electric cars, than to keep worrying about oil prices worldwide.

  11. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Repentinus · · Score: 1

    Sure, but in that case they either obtain a Master's from one of the DoD postgraduate institutions or receive further on-the-job training that does not add up to a college education, just like similar internal on-the-job training in the private sector does not constitute a college education.

  12. Jobs for veterans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    - truck driving
    - butchering
    - slaughtering
    - demolition
    - pyrotechnician
    - typing reports in triplicate

  13. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Alypius · · Score: 1

    Many of them do, but they need to be accepted by the institution just like any other transfer credit. Sailors have a "Joint Services transcript" (formerly called "SMART" because acronyms) that serves as their list of completed service/technical schools. It also offers a recommendation for lower-division credits based on the course. Since this is a partnership between DOD and the Department of Labor, I can only assume that the other lesser services have something similar if not identical.

  14. does the FAA count any military stuff? by Joe_Dragon · · Score: 1

    does the FAA count any military stuff?

    1. Re:does the FAA count any military stuff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Are you a goon? Google it. Logged flight hours are logged flight hours.

    2. Re:does the FAA count any military stuff? by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 1

      I'm pretty sure that some aircraft maintenance work can count towards your A&P certificate.

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    3. Re: does the FAA count any military stuff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yea pretty much all of it, thatâ(TM)s why a few years back even enlisted atcs were getting 6 figure reup bonuses.

    4. Re:does the FAA count any military stuff? by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

      I'm pretty sure that some aircraft maintenance work can count towards your A&P certificate.

      I'm pretty sure all of it can. Because aviation is actually a highly standardized thing (being well, you fly all over the world so the rules generally have to be quite uniform throughout, and they are save a few countries).

      This means if you're a pilot, you generally would have a CPL at the minimum (and probably have enough to upgrade to ATPL quickly). If you're a mechanic, you would have your A&P in order to already work on the planes (granted, you don't have to, but in general the military does recognize and award civilian ratings).

      Remember, the military in the vast majority of countries is still the only way to enter the aviation field - only a handful of countries (namely North America and Europe) actually have a civilian training program (and pretty much US and Canada are the only countries with "free" skies where General Aviation isn't saddled with a ton of fees) This is a huge problem for countries like China who have a huge demand for pilots that cannot be met by their military and thus have to award scholarships to train overseas - usually in the US and Canada (Europe is strangled with fees for general aviation that make it harder for students to train).

      If you're a veteran and want to fly, the GI Bill can pay for a good chunk of your flight training.

  15. On one condition: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have it on good authority that google is withholding help unless the vets denounce the republican party and swear an oath of fealty to Clinton and Soros.

    1. Re:On one condition: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have it on good authority

      Your asshole is not an authoritative source.

    2. Re:On one condition: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Found the libtard SJW. Spend some time outside bubble of liberal media and maybe you will learn the truth that us normal every day hard working americans know. Clinton and Soros have created deep state network with ALL techn companies to undermine and destroy all conservatives voices. The website Slashdot.Org is also liberal biased so I are not surprised that so many here attack simple facts.

    3. Re:On one condition: by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1

      George Soros is a world hero (IMHO) -- he's one of the few rich people willing to put his money where his mouth is and use it to fight against authoritarianism and blind nationalism. As a child under the Nazis, he learned the consequences of both on his own skin, and he doesn't want anyone else to suffer as much as him or his family.

    4. Re: On one condition: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh, here is the shill. How does one percenter shit taste like?

  16. Further screwing the 75% by Hasaf · · Score: 0

    When 75 Percent of Young Adults Cannot Join the Military it is time to look at the barriers that face those who were deemed unfit to serve.

    While the readiness report is dated http://cdn.missionreadiness.or... the problem has only grown worse. Instead of disenfranchising the non-jocks, we need to be thinking about how we can create opportunities for all who wish to serve. I was hoping t see Space Command become its own branch, a branch that would be open to all. That didn't happen.

    1. Re:Further screwing the 75% by CanHasDIY · · Score: 1

      From the first paragraph of the article you posted:

      Three of the most common barriers for potential recruits are failure to graduate high school, a
      criminal record, and physical fitness issues, including obesity.

      You don't need special treatment to A) stay in school, B) not commit felonies, and C) exercise.

      Those limitations exist for a reason; were I enlisted I sure as hell wouldn't trust an obese meth-head with a 9th grade education with a machine gun, let alone ordnance.

      If 75% of Americans between 17-24 are ineligible for being too fat, too stupid, or too criminal, that's the fault of 75% of parents, not the military.

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    2. Re:Further screwing the 75% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      75% of fat assholes who can't climb a dozen steps without grabbing their chest need to be screwed straight into an early grave.

    3. Re: Further screwing the 75% by e3m4n · · Score: 1

      I would agree on most of what you posted except for activity level. Public schools fight me up and doen when i show up at the board meetings and insist they at least return kids to the activity levels in school we had in the 80s. My daughter is in hoghschool. The most PE she will have by the time she graduates as a senior is 1 9wk class in 7th grade, and a 6mos, every-other-day gyme class in 10th grade.

      In the 80s you get gym twice a week for grades 1-6. In 7th and 8th grade PE and Health shared the same block. One group had Mon-Wed-Fri, the other Tues-Thurs. this repeated again in the 10th grade. There were even electives that were more active than just sitting at a desk.

      Now my daughter comes home from school and I _try_ to get her active, but shes already mentslly shot and has another 4+ hours of homework every night. We just run out of time. Archery is about as close as I get her, she meets every morning 1hr before class starts.

      So the obesity problem is definitely a big concern for recruitment.

    4. Re:Further screwing the 75% by Repentinus · · Score: 1

      You don't need special treatment to exercise.

      You sort of do if an extremely powerful and under-regulated industry has convinced your parents to feed you copious quantities of sugar, hence giving you obesity well before you have been given the necessary information to make informed diet choices. If the couch potatoes responsible for putting you on the syrup teat have also failed to convey the importance of exercise to you for years, you must be truly exceptional to improve your diet, start exercising, and overcome obesity without any help whatsoever.

    5. Re: Further screwing the 75% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Odd my High school Gym class in the early 90's was one hour everyday for the first 3 year then you had the option of taking it in the last year.

    6. Re:Further screwing the 75% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The American diet has been crap for 2-3 generations at least. I think we more-or-less went from the deprivation of the depression to wide acceptance of packaged garbage. I’m not at all sure that Americans have ever eaten healthy.

      I know that I grew up in the 80s-90s on a heavy diet of junk food backed by a never ending onslaught of advertising targeted at kids.

      I was also glued to the TV pretty much all the way through HS.

      Realistically, info about healthy diet and ways to get quality food have never been more abundant.

      I was 30 lbs heavier a couple years out of college than I am today, nearly 20 years later. The difference was that I simply started availing myself of smarter options for food and entertainment.

      Again, it has only gotten easier to make these choices.

    7. Re:Further screwing the 75% by Hasaf · · Score: 1

      If you had read the report a bit closer, you would have read the comment that, even if the potential recruit were to lose the weight, there were typically underlying medical conditions that would have rendered them ineligible.

      A quick family poll: Me, entrance medicaled out when it was noticed that my feet were slightly different sized during book issue. My brother-in law, slight colour vision, but not enough to make him ineligible for the same job category (pc tech) that we was trying to MOS. Daughter, in MEPS they noticed a small uterine cyst, even they noted that it wouldn't have any impact unless she were to attempt to carry a child to term. Other daughter, went in, served as an MP and left.

      That was 1 in 4.

      Really, when we say that 3/4 of the population is "undeserving" we need to be looking at the standard. There needs to be a path to service. I seriously looked in to see if I got a law degree, if I would be able to get in as an attorney. The answer was a clear "No." Even though, at the time, there was a real shortage of attorneys in the service, there was no path to anyone with anything except perfect condition. There needs to be a path to service.

    8. Re:Further screwing the 75% by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      If 75% of your population are dumb, fat and criminal, I dare say it's very much a social problem not an individual one anymore.

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  17. Good on Google by mykepredko · · Score: 1

    Nice to see a hand up like this.

    1. Re:Good on Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Gotta keep Trump happy!

  18. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by e3m4n · · Score: 1

    They do translate to some credits. Most degrees have a bunch of core credits in general education. These schools are career specific and do not include cross-cultural classes or world history.

  19. I dont hire ex-military by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sounds harsh, but I haven't seen one that knew what they were doing. No offence. I also have found them to be very much the "thats not my job" mentality. So, I simply don't bother with them now. One thing the military cant teach you is how to fit in.

    1. Re:I dont hire ex-military by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I bet you like how those junkies' dicks fit into your faggot asshole.

      Keep being a bitch. Someday they'll find out who you are and treat you real nice for your consideration.

  20. Jobs for 98G veterans by fibonacci8 · · Score: 1

    "No results found for your MOS code 98G"

    That's been my experience too.
    I can translate things, and did it as a job, and can and have demonstrated my skills.
    I don't need any fingers to count the number of people so far that have been willing to pay me based on that skill.

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    1. Re:Jobs for 98G veterans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Plenty of linguists find employment using the clearance and their experience. It's only an issue if you don't want to work in the IC or for a contractor. Protip: While you're in try to get close to analysis as much as you can, those are the really sweet gigs on the outside.

    2. Re:Jobs for 98G veterans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Also, maybe try using the equivalent codes from other services, the 1N3X1 does come up with jobs.

    3. Re: Jobs for 98G veterans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Didn't I buy you a beer at Devens? Or maybe Huachuca.

      In any event, quit breaking shit.
      Signed: 33Y

  21. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by e3m4n · · Score: 2

    As a veteran I prefer to hire vets. Especially former navy vets with 3+ years and an honorable discharge. The skills do not directly relate. But I know they are trainable, the are capable of critical thinking, they are resourceful, and they habe thick skin.

    Hiring non-vet millennials is like running a freaking daycare with all the whining and tattling.

  22. My thoughts by DaMattster · · Score: 1

    I am all for helping veterans but what about trying to help all people who are unemployed. I am 41, disabled, and have been looking for work for a while now but I haven't been able to find something that I am able to do. A lot of the lower skilled jobs have heavy lifting requirements or other things that I just cannot do right now. Well, what do I know?

    1. Re:My thoughts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe time to learn/up skill yourself to something that you ARE able to do?? good friend destroyed his back so he took the time to learn new skills in Coding. now he works DB stuff from home while not killing his back anymore than it is already. not saying it isn't hard but you CAN do it.

  23. My Career. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And now you know why STEM related jobs are so popular. Not just the money, but not as body-destroying as some other jobs.

    Also as an aid for finding where one fits into the world of work, the exercises in "What Color is your Parachute" is recommend. After all one can't sell (yourself) what one doesn't understand (skills, knowledge, temperament, etc).

  24. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't like hiring veterans. My experience is that they spend far too much time creating drama by complaining about the millennials. They would be so much more productive if they took their effort to complain about millennials and directed it toward getting the job done. Millennials are generally my most productive employees because they do the job and don't create drama like veterans do.

  25. FUCK OFF APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    FUCK OFF APK

    EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S YOU

    STFU

    FUCK the lameness filter. I'm using all caps to yell at APK.

  26. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by e3m4n · · Score: 1

    Different branches experience different things. The navy is more apt to put you in the career you pick. Most lifers in the navy liked going to sea because they got to be away from their wife and kids. I always thought that was a fucked up thing to want to do; but they probably sucked as a dad anyway, so the kid probsbly was better off; despite how much it also sucked for him.

  27. Witness the savage unprincipled Juden exposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Witness the savage unprincipled Juden exposed: No more down moderation points unable to defeat fact. True color of Juden by unidentifiable anonymous hilariously raging. Hohohohohoho.

    1. Re: Witness the savage unprincipled Juden exposed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Why are you such a bigot, APK?

  28. Question for you APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    How's your ex-marine butt buddy roommate doing?

    1. Re:Question for you APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You were asked a question you ran from "... and silence reigned in heaven for about the space of an hour" vs. it https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... JUDEN!

    2. Re:Question for you APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm interested in you, APK, srly. Should I worry about your roommate, darlin'?

      XOXOXO

    3. Re:Question for you APK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dear self-proclaimed holy "Chosen One" why did you run from a simple question here https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... Is that why you hide behind an unidentifiable anonymous troll identity like the skulking jew you are too??

  29. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You do realize there are multiple 'wars' going on right now? And even if there aren't, how much would it take to get you to risk automatically being called to fight on the front if a war breaks out in the next 5 years? Greater risks are counted by greater pay offs.

    You should automatically start with a higher level of respect for someone from the military because they made it through basic training and decided to accept the risk of being on the front lines. That doesn't mean you can't raise/lower your respect for the person after you've met them.

    Just because you may be an asshole with bad interpersonal communication skills doesn't mean everyone else is getting into fights in their day-to-day life. If you want to talk about the elephant in the room, more vets are screwed by society than are promoted by it. That's why there's so many programs to help them, they need it.

  30. Why are jews such racists (eg goyim cattle)? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why the delusions of your 'superiority' (at being thieves known so throughout history) but cut your hook noses off trying to be us goy? Is that your self proclaimed "holiness"?

  31. Re:Call me crazy by Jarwulf · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of people in the military right now have about as much of a risk of being sent to the frontlines with a rifle as you or me and it will be even less of a chance as time goes on. Stop watching Full Metal Jacket, in modern war the vast majority of the military is what would have been called the baggage train or campfollowers in the past. The military is now first and foremost a bureaucratic institution. Why else do you think they can now afford to focus on diversity and recruiting young teeny boppers? Your 95lb blonde niece Susie probably isn't spending her enlistment slogging through the swamps of 'Nam opening up with dual LMGs on the Vietcong. The actual fighting will more and more be the reserve of robots and a shrinking elite core of combat soldiers supported by an ever growing support complex.

  32. Jarfag wishes he could serve his country, nutless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's sad that public service means so little to Republican children these days.

  33. What's so special about veterans? by mi · · Score: 1

    What's so special about veterans — from the technological point of view — that a separate platform is warranted just for them?

    Seems like a pure PR-move. Now, when asked about being so partisan in their search-results, Google's PR-people (both paid and otherwise) can smugly switch topic to their "helping veterans".

    --
    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
    1. Re:What's so special about veterans? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Seems like a pure PR-move. Now, when asked about being so partisan in their search-results, Google's PR-people (both paid and otherwise) can smugly switch topic to their "helping veterans".

      They already switched the topic to “that is some horeshit you are linking to right there.”

      They did seem smug.

  34. Does not work as expected by cyberspittle · · Score: 1

    If you put in a MOS, such as 74B, you get a lot of non-technical jobs, like Operations Manager. Basically, it just points you to companies that are "veteran friendly". Don't rely on Google.

  35. they are NOT doing this for veterans.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    they're doing it so they can sell ad spaces on those results pages at grossly-inflated prices and place the ads in front of desperate persons, some of whom aren't "entirely there" anymore due to injury and/or other trauma. their metrics gathering and analysis obviously has determined that veterans are more gullible than the average user and more apt to click blindly on ad links.. and they need to capitalize on that opportunity to exploit them for more ad profits.

    1. Re: they are NOT doing this for veterans.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Not gullible. Desperate is more like it

  36. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well said about dictators being kept in power.

    But what about the people who saw their military as their only route out of poverty at age 17 or 18? I know quite a few vets who are neither selfish or stupid and took that route.

    Blame the US system, which doesn't offer some people many routes out of poverty OTHER THAN military service. In many states, public education is being gutted, the public university systems are turning expensive and mediocre. What's left?

    Frankly, I'd support an alternative means of national service after high school that would act like the military in paying for education, etc, but not require the whole "propping up brutal dictators and supporting killers" aspect. But unfortunately, the US is what it is...

  37. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This isn't a respect thing per se, most people put together veterans and jobs because there is recognition that spending years doing other things sets you behind the curve compared to people who went directly into the career world, and your skills may not directly translate except for management or leadership expertise.

  38. Re:Call me crazy by chiefcrash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The vast majority of veterans these days see no combat and are generally in less danger than many civilian jobs.

    The difference between these "no combat" veterans and many civilian jobs is, unlike the civilian jobs, these guys signed a blank check to the American people for up to and including their lives at a moment's notice.

    When you sign up to be an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary, you know what your job's going to like fairly indefinately. When you sign up to "sit in Germany filing paperwork for 5 years", you occasionally get told to pack your shit, leave your family behind, and go wander the desert with a rifle.

    If you don't like what your boss asks you to do as an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or secretary: you can refuse, and generally the worst that can happen is you get fired. If you refuse or try to quit from a military commitment, you can go to jail, have your pay garnished, and so on...

    That's why they get more respect than fishermen and secretaries: they volunteered to sacrifice something we all hold near and dear for our benefit.

    --
    Show me on the 1st Amendment bobblehead where the moderator touched you...
  39. Any Sniper Positions Out There? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Police?
    Blackwater?
    Psycho?

    1. Re:Any Sniper Positions Out There? by Opportunist · · Score: 1

      Old Joke:

      "Police is looking for a psycho killer."
      "Hmm... how much are they paying?"

      --
      We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
  40. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The existing tools didn't work? They had to be made better?

  41. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And in the process you're engaged in discriminatory hiring practices. Unfortunately, it's perfectly legal to discriminate against the lgbtq community, but that's the kind of effect that it has.

    It always burned me seeing that bullshit as joining wasn't an option for everybody even though folks act like it was.

  42. Wait a Second by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are they implying the rest of us are "veteran-unfriendly", I find that insulting.

    The veteran prefers to hire other veterans, ok.

    Isn't the military still vastly underepresenting females? If he prefers to hire vets, then he will be biased toward males. I thought that was an issue? I didn't know there was an issue of military not being represented.

    How many groups can we carry this out to? Do they hire enough redheads? Do they discriminate against people with big noses? Do people who pick their nose get shafted?

  43. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Prefer to hire vets?
    So you prefer to hire men or has the makeup of our military changed a LOT more than expected? That IS discriminatory ;p

  44. Odd Timing for This by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is this a PR article planted by Google?

    Trump, a complete moron but a moron with a lot of followers, said Google is biased against him today, then we get this on Slashdot.

    I'm asking because Trump's feeble minded supporters are all in for vets, even with a draft dodger leading their cult.

    So this looks like PR work.

  45. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When I think about people I genuinely respect in this world, I think of a group of my dad's friends who were active in the local peace movement. And there was one old guy who had been in the Korean War who was a major figure in the local Veterans for Peace organization.

    And one time when I was having lunch with them I was like "How could anyone not know what they're signing up for when they join the military?" And the old veteran turned very red in the face but didn't say anything. Of course, in retrospect, I either wouldn't have asked the question at all - or would have at least asked it much in a much more gentle way. Who knows what guilt he still carried for what he had done in the Korean War?

    It's interesting that we can make a video recording of the past but not of the future. But, in a certain sense, there is only one past while there are infinitely many futures. Of course, if anyone who could see all possible futures wouldn't be trapped in poverty. If nothing else, they could simply go buy the next winning lottery ticket. :)

    So a big part of being trapped in poverty is actually being trapped in ignorance. Incidentally, I am much more scared of my own ignorance than I am of terrorists or any of the other usual things people are scared of. So if a veteran was like "Yeah, in retrospect, I see that I actually had a lot of options but, as a teenager the only path I could see clear of desperate poverty was to join the military.", I wouldn't necessarily hold their time in the military against them.

    But, wow, if someone is unreservedly proud of having done time in the military. Or if they think that doing time in the military automatically makes someone a better person. Then that's definitely someone I wouldn't want to work with.

  46. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why do you hate our troops?

  47. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But I’m not sure how on board I am with this trend of automatically worshipping and turning former members of the military into a higher social class. There’s the general equality concerns and then of course theres the elephant in the room. I agree that actual combat veterans deserve respect, but this ain’t the civil war. The vast majority of veterans these days see no combat and are generally in less danger than many civilian jobs. I’ve probably gotten into more fights on the playground that my cousin in the army has throughout her military career. Combined with all the perks they get both through the military and from civvies, enlistment or commissioning often is not only not dangerous but actually a pretty sweet deal especially if you’ve got nothing else going on. So really whats so uniquely admirable about sitting in Germany filing paperwork for 5 years than being discharged to a full college ride? Why should you automatically respect someone in the military more as opposed to an arctic fisherman, oil rig worker, or even a secretary?

    Then sign up to take a bullet for this country or shut up. (or your country)

    As far a a special class goes we are no more special then anyone else. And yes we sometimes need help adjusting especially when missing parts of ourselves. But we are different them most. We are the people that signup for military service, and we sign up to take a bullet for everyone in this/their country, and death is a real possible outcome you live with during your tour.
    We are the people that run towards the fire, or the sound of gunfire and not away from it.
    We earned the respect people sometimes give us, and this country has yet to repay the debt we owe our veterans.

    So sign up for a tour and then maybe you will have something worth listening to.
    (I did)

    I choose to post as AC because I really don't give a crap

  48. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It certainly does That is why colleges overwhelmingly convert military education and experience into college credits.

  49. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by rtb61 · · Score: 1

    Have you not stopped to think the problem could be you, you could be an authoritarian freak that well does not really know or understand how to manage people. Don't think the military trains people how to manage people, it uses extreme force of law and violence to force obedience. So for you, asking people to politely do something and thanking them for it, when you pay them, probably seems a very uncomfortable stretch far more used to ordering them and demanding obedience. Have you got, just perhaps, too many fuck yous and threats of harassment claims.

    I would lean away from the military, preferring team players and people seeking mutual reward and benefit, self motivated people who do not have to be directed at every turn. People who use good manners well and maintain an egalitarian attitude, to create a pleasant comfortable for everyone work place as we all struggle through life.

    I was in the military, people ordering me about in civilian life, well, it tended to generate hostility and they had to mind their manners, else the outcomes would not be conducive to productivity or profitability.

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    Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
  50. Only vets? by antdude · · Score: 1

    What about other non-vets like people with disabilities (not from military)? :(

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    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  51. Re:Call me crazy by 110010001000 · · Score: 1

    "Our benefit"? I must have missed those benefits. Can you clue me in? It sounds like it is somewhere in the desert and they are wandering around looking for it.

  52. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Veterans complaining about millennials? I think most of the veterans needing jobs are millennials. As for military members feeling bad about what theyâ(TM)ve done, whatever. Tech has established the largest data collection and spy networks in the world...for nothing but greed. The epicenter being FB and Google the advertising/spying companies posing as revolutionary software companies (which hilariously are full of self proclaimed do-gooders, who in doing âoegoodâ created the most dangerous machinations of social control ever devised). Anywho, the military is just a force, it can be applied in many ways, bad or good but has no real charcter itself.

      Being a veteran in itself says nothing, ask what they did and what they know now. A combat vet (read ground pounder) who then went on to college and got a very technical degree (math, phys, cs, ee, whatever) is likely to be impressive. The vet who ran the sewage truck in Kuwait the got a AA in IT will probably be annoying and suck...then thereâ(TM)s all those in between.

  53. The reason you are free... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    .... is that better people than you put their lives on the line. Please don't open your b*ch mouth again.

  54. Good luck with that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I used to work for a big company headquartered in the EU and the standing order as far as HR was concerned was "no veterans". That was the word from Europe and it was explained in very clear terms that no exception had to be made. This not just for the main company but for all the subsidiaries as well. We were not told any reason and the legal department made up some stuff like not wanting anyone "with a history of violence" in our workforce, should anyone challenge the policy. It was not needed. Anyway, plenty of companies will not hire veterans.

  55. Antisemitic APK lies some more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Antisemitic Alexander Peter Kowalski lies some more
    Like how he claims the Chinese copied him but can't produce any evidence.
    How about when he states that hosts does port filtering but again can't backup his statement which was shown to be false.
    There is also his list of "experts" who support him but it turns out they don't say what he is claiming.
    This also ignores his out of context quotes he uses to lie by omission.
    The problem with APK is that his entire reputation is built upon the lie he told years ago that hosts is an effective security solution. It has been exposed numerous times as being a lie and when exposed APK fails to argue logically and instead will try to deflect criticism, change the subject, move the goal posts, return to a previously disproven statement, demand you prove you did better than his file concatenator, or just call people names. He will continue to lie by stating that he won or "dusted" you while failing to refute anything you said, will never provide real evidence, and generally try to dodge the issue.

    Face it APK is one of the most detested individuals here for good reason. When ever his poor behavior, awful logic, over statements, and horrendous writing are called out he has a fit and has done so for years across the internet. He is a spammer, and is an abusive insecure little man who is washed up and never amounted to anything. Until he produces actual verifiable facts supporting his case nothing he says should be taken seriously.

  56. Re:Call me crazy by butchersong · · Score: 1

    Please. I work a farm. It's a much more dangerous job than being a soldier. "I signed up to risk life and limb to provide you with the food you eat". You see how that sounds? You're a tool for neocons and globalist "liberals". I wouldn't do too much chest thumping. Thanks for securing the petro dollar.

  57. Jewgle and JUDENTube explained by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Khazar Talmudic Jews believe this of all they call goyim/gentiles (any non-jew): Jews = biggest racists of all (for which they "jew guilt" you for no less! They're hypocrites known as thieves all thru history or were Argentines in the 1940 under Peron, Spanish inquistion, France (1306), Egypt (despoiled/robbed by jews), Arabs (pre & post 1948), England (1330 Edward longshanks), Romans under titus, Russia pogroms and Germany who got rid of them from their nations nazi german's too? No. Driven into DESERTS ages ago! Don't wonder why after all those exilings above.

    Should anyone doubt any of this see Jacob Javits' crony Rosenthal spill the beans on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zMVZ8HnFI/ where he called all Christianity fools for helping Israel and the biggest scam of all time per their beliefs below from their Talmud.

    This is the province of the synagogue of Satan (Pharisees whom Jesus Christ himself kicked to the curb out of the temple & they killed him for it. Jeremiah did the same to them also + the Essenes could not stand them either breaking away from the pharisee corruption):

    Mark Zuckerberg stole the Winklevoss twins' code for Fakebook (figures as he is a thieving low jew too).

    Maria Abramovic satanist spirit cooker pal of Hillary Clinton the Voodoo queen is a jew https://www.google.com/search?...

    Like Hillary Clinton's mentor Saul Alinsky author of rules for radicals book dedicated to Lucifer

    "Most Jews do not like to admit it, but our god is Lucifer Â- so I wasnÂ't lying Â- and we are his chosen people. Lucifer is very much aliveÂ" Harold Rosenthal http://www.thetruthseeker.co.u...

    Jewish rabbi openly admits to satan worship use white children's blood they kill for passover bread, infiltrating and subverting the catholic church, creating the Jesuit order https://www.youtube.com/watch?... and https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Barbara Spectre, a jew, tells everyone it's jews orchestrating the muslim migrant problem in Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFE0qAiofMQ/ . No migrant raping of women in Poland. Tons in Sweden. Do the math. Use common-sense. This is to get muslims and other goyim/gentiles to wipe one another out as incompatible cultures that will clash and always have.

    Rabbi A. Finkelstein ADMITS their greatest enemies are ARABS and WHITES (blacks too) whom they wish to kill one another in a 'theater of war' which they find AMUSING https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS DID 9/11 (perpetrated by the Mossad & Bebe Netanyahu of ISRAEL) https://www.youtube.com/watch?... profiting by it (and that 3,000 jews employed there did not show up for work that day knowing about it beforehand).

    Finkelstein also admits JEWS are going to destroy the U.S. Dollar and dumping it for other world currencies and gold to destroy the United States.

    George Soros who funds groups to create division in the USA?? A jew. One who sold his own jew people into death for the nazis.

    Zucker now FIRED @ CNN is another frying publicly for lying about "russians" and John Bonifield a producer @ CNN said it is bs. Van Jones did also.

    Bernie Madoff (who made off with everyone's money, especially construction union pensions) shows the thieving nature of the JUDEN!

    Eric Schmidt had to step down @ JEWgle (a jew).

    Adam Schiff (gosh s

  58. Only evidence I need & nobody trusts you.. apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Who did it 1st: China or me? I did - dates are my proof http://theregister.co.uk/2017/... w/ the FACT China rampantly STEALS U.S. Intellectual properties & military secrets!

    * See subject: NOBODY TRUSTS YOU as you STALK ME by UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous - real "trustworthy" you are, lol (not)!

    When you've done BETTER than I have in a ware that protects & speeds folks up online?

    THEN, they might (you never will though & you KNOW it JEALOUS "Lil' Jowie").

    Arstechnica = losers who stalked me (as you do now anonymously unidentifiably) to NTCompatible.com & Windows IT Pro magazine forums to their public dismay in Jeremy Reimer & Jay Little + Jarrett DeAngelis (who posts here on /. until I drove his ass off too) when their websites were REMOVED by their hosting providers in Shaw Canada & CrystalTech (for both email harassing me caught on a tracking ticket + stalking me & posting lies about me on them AFTER I destroyed them both PUBLICLY @ Windows IT Pro on Exchange Servers memory being freed UNHALTING them (which tells you Exchange is HEAVILY POINTER ORIENTED linked list driven, which leads to memory fragmentation that CAN halt a serverware)).

    Jay Little the "self-proclaimed 'EXCHANGE EXPERT'" HAD TO CONCEDE IT from MICROSOFT'S OWN DOCUMENTATION proving it FOR me there (where they as usual stalked me AS YOU ARE NOW)

    Thor SCHMUCK?

    Ask him WHY his false accusation of an old ware of mine was 1st taken down to NO threat & CA sold off the SHITTY antivir he sold (as a paid pawn of theirs) & they are GONE, done. dead... lol!

    Lookup "CA Accounting Scandal" on Google - scumbags & THEIR BIRDS OF A FEATHER just go down vs. me everytime!

    APK

    P.S.=> TONS of Security experts KNOW blacklists work (no questions asked) & 3 things show I do it right:

    1st = User praise my hosts engine https://tech.slashdot.org/comm... (so much for ME being "detested" but I'm not here to win a popularity contest - just here to WIN so everyone does).

    2nd "ATTACKS" I GET (from UNIDENTIFIABLE ac as Elon Musk got https://tech.slashdot.org/stor... )

    3rd BEING IMITATED = "Imitation = sincerest form of flattery" https://linux.slashdot.org/com... JUST LIKE CHINA DID ME TOO... apk

  59. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    A farmer has a more dangerous job? Oh please, the only thing that would happen to a farmer would be due to their own negligence. You ever walked by a cow patty and had to wonder if it'll explode or not? You can go to sleep at night and not worry about your roof collapsing on you from a rocket. We need farmers, I appreciate farmers (even though machines do most of the work for you now), but don't ever think picking corn and milking cows is more dangerous than a soldier's job.

  60. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by SpzToid · · Score: 1

    In an effort to kill time with Google while clarifying the parent:

    USAF = United States Air Force (I knew this one with no Google!)
    MOS = Military Occupational Specialty
    OJT = On-the-Job Training
    CBT = Computer-based Training (Google disagrees though, suggesting Cognitive behavioral therapy so Your Mileage May Vary: YMMV)
    PME/NCO = Professional Military Education (PME) / Non-Commissioned Officers
    CLEP = College Level Examination Program
    mega-cheap = affordable

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    You can't be ahead of the curve, if you're stuck in a loop.
  61. doh! by SpzToid · · Score: 1

    AFSC = Air Force Specialty Code

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    You can't be ahead of the curve, if you're stuck in a loop.
  62. Answer 2 simple questions... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject & 2 questions he won't answer: 1.) Do hosts stop threats served by hostname (the way threats are done most) by blocking them? Yes. 2.) Do hosts speed you up 2 ways in adblocking (preventing more infection/tracking/slowdown) & via hardcoded favorite sites resolving faster + protecting vs. dns down or redirect poisoned? Yes.

    My hosts program's the only 1 that does the latter @ TOP of hosts cached in RAM (for best performance) & only 1 of its kind on Linux/BSD in easy to use flexible configuration GUI form.

    (I also did that latter part LONG before the Chinese & 1st http://theregister.co.uk/2017/... )

    APK

    P.S.-> Have you done work that's that effective doing more for less faster in kernelmode speed (cpu priority) w/ less complexity for exploit + excess overheads vs. solutions KNOWN to be security-issue riddled (like addons (souled-out to NOT work by default OR easily detected & blocked that are BYPASSABLE & EXPLOITABLE), DNS & Antivirus)? No... apk

  63. Re: Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If that's the standard, then private security should be a lot better held as they are usually the ones looking for explosive devices whenever there's a bomb threat.

  64. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Don't forget tech school, ALS, and other training give you college credits that do transfer to many institutions, along with potentially earning you a degree (although not one that applies to much on the outside).

  65. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Lol go on and think that.
    I hope your kid signs up and has a non-combat PTSD incident on your face in the middle of leave.
    Ever see someone try and kill themselves after they've spent months doing nothing important with maximum urgency for months with less sleep each week than some people get every night? Ever seen a grown man start crying because people made fun of him for being too swole literally every hour of every day for months. That's right.. he was too buff. Yeah it hardly makes sense but the guy's brain was fried from other stress.

    I've seen it. One time I reported someone for being a suicide risk and was told that he already tried but they got to him in time. Then they told me the name... it was another friend who just happened to try and kill himself at the same time as my other friend.

  66. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm covered in non-combat scars and injuries. I had a whopping total of about 40 hours of light limited duty across my entire time in the military. I walk with a limp sometimes now, I can't hear so good, I used to cough up wads of paint chips, I have a small bald spot a few inches past my hairline where I received a head injury and it doesn't take much before my wrists stop working. I have also woke up punching and kicking my wife and past girlfriends. I can't sleep without a fire extinguisher in my house. I get no disability for any of this and at my exit exam the doctor refused to record all the dust and fumes I'd been exposed to because "Smoking is really the worst thing for you"

    That was 4 years. I met up with some guys who stayed in and they're even worse.

  67. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    There are women in the military and even if there wasn't it wouldn't be discriminatory. Veterans are however a protected group so if you avoid hiring them you can get in trouble.

  68. Re: Why does the A and C schools don't count as co by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Recent discharges are the easiest people to manage if you know how. They'll do literally anything you ask, quickly, and they'll do the best job they know how to do. Then if you don't stop them they'll ask their co-workers if they need help with anything.
    They won't like anyone who complains, they'll treat tattling as a personal insult and will hold a grudge against anyone they see doing it even if they're 3rd party to the event.
    First job out of the military I closed half the ticket queue by myself consistently from the first week onward for over a year. I asked my co-workers what they needed help on and they proceeded to dump all their least favorite tasks on me. Given that the laziest people were also the least technical this was career suicide but nobody stopped me. Maybe 2nd week on the job and my co-workers are fucking me and my boss is letting it happen. I can't remember how exactly all of these duties became permanent but it was blessed by the boss and I technically kept these duties until the day I quit.

    Also some of my co-workers seemed threatened by steady crushing everyone's numbers from day 1 and started snitching to the boss any time I made some mistake. For reasons I don't understand he took action anytime an employee ran to him for anything no matter how trivial. Maybe he was insecure and felt like he needed spies. I remember he prided himself on praising in public and punishing in private but always made a big show of calling you into a conference room. I was counseled once for saying that at least we weren't making minimum wage like some of the other places in town.
    I later learned that one of his pet stool pigeons was having trouble managing her debt load. Maybe she'd been lying to herself that she was struggling because life's not fair and not because she had comfortably sat in an entry level technical position for 20 years without learning anything new and then proceeded to take out loans she didn't understand.

    Me also being an idiot would just nod and promise it will never happen again, I would take care of it, understood. These chats got more and more aggressive and eventually he blew up at me for "never apologizing" and that's when I realized he was a soft spoken psychopath who really enjoyed this part of his job. I thought long and hard about the workplace and started feeding outrageous stories into the office rumor mill and received exactly the responses I expected. I passed different stories to different workers and pretty soon it was evident that the snitches were the 2 laziest and least likable assholes in the office plus one lady who was just generally a gossiper but would at least not tell the boss.

    I was constantly getting helpdesk escalations in addition to operations tickets and was so fucking busy. My boss made a big deal about filing tickets for everything. He said he needed it to prove how busy we were so we could hire more people. I then heard the little shit actually talking about numbers to his management. He was bragging about how because of him we were able to manage such a high ticket volume with so few people.

    In response to his asshole behavior I saved a lot of money and let it be known around the office I could live off savings for more than a year. Then I stopped filing all tickets, I helped people but there was never any record of it. He started getting really pissy and I told him I didn't like filling out the tickets and in the time I've worked there I've complained about the number of meaningless mandatory fields and steps to close one but nobody has even come close to explaining what they're for. So now he knows he can't punish me by firing me, I won't care and I'll get unemployment to boot, plus he knows I'll leave a massive workload of unfun work, technical tickets and operations work but he has no idea how big that hole is.

    I let him watch me plan for college, let him see me roll my eyes at his crap and then I tell him I'm quitting in about 3 months... and quit a week later. He talks about references and

  69. Re: Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Sorry your job is not more dangerous, I'll bet I can think of jobs less glamorous than even farmer that are harder and more dangerous. How often do you ask about old friends and hear "uhm oh yeah he died you wouldn't believe it" please tell me how many of your friends have died on the job.
    The military takes operational risks that would be deemed unacceptable in any normal business.

  70. Re:Why does the A and C schools don't count as col by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Because they are generally terrible-quality training, teaching you the bare minimum (or less) to do your military job without making you useful to civilian companies.

  71. Veterans served so you don't have to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    There will always be wars and the U.S. will always be a part of them. By staying on the offensive, we keep others on the defensive, thus preserving our way of life.

    There are two ways to get soldiers: volunteering or conscription. Remember the draft? World War I and II, Korea, Vietnam: do you want to be involuntarily taken from your life and sent somewhere to kill or be killed?

    At the very least, try to appreciate that those who serve make it so you don't have to. Not everybody is mentally and physically prepared for the trauma of battle. Be glad that there are those who do so that you never will.

    FYI, I served so my younger brothers wouldn't have to. And I was damn good.

  72. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Like having a coast guard or national guard to help out during natural disasters?

    Do you enjoy having goods shipped from overseas with very little risk of loss due to piracy?

    Do you like having the streets free of foreign military invaders?

    These are some of those benefits you missed...

  73. Re:Call me crazy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When working on your farm, can your boss tell you to leave your family behind and relocate to a foreign country for a few years? Can he throw you in jail if you refuse?

    What constitutionally-protected civil rights did you voluntarily give up to work your farm?