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Friday, July 31, 2009

Industry Talk: DoD Lacks Standards for Hiring Foreign Nationals, GAO Says

Filed under: Industry Talk — Tags: , , , , , , — Matt @ 11:41 PM

Defense was ordered to establish departmentwide standards under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 but has been hindered by bureaucratic wrangling and a lack of leadership, GAO said in a report released July 31. 

   As you have seen, I like to put the best quotes that summarizes the story, front and center.  And the two key points are bureaucratic wrangling and a lack of leadership.  Ding, ding, ding, and the GAO wins a prize!!!

   If you have been a FJ reader for a bit, you would know that leadership is a big thing here.  It is one of the dominant themes of Jundism as well, and I am glad to see that the GAO is willing to call it like it is.

     This is a total lack of leadership, plain and simple. And what kills me with this, is that they are now just talking about standards for LNs.  How many thousands of LN’s have we hired for this war, and yet no standard background check or skills assessment?  That we have depended upon the companies to pick and choose, and apply whatever standard they think is acceptable?

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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Jobs: Aerial Gunner, Rotary Wing (UH1-HII)

Filed under: Afghanistan,Cool Stuff,Jobs — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 1:26 AM

   Cool gig, and I hope some lucky FJ reader gets it.  By the way, please do not send me a resume/CV for this, because I am not the point of contact or recruiter.  I find this stuff, and post it for the job seekers out there as a nice little benefit of the blog only.  If I ever do recruit for a company, I will let you guys know, and you can send me resumes until the cows come home.

    Also, please refrain from posting a resume in the comments section, because I will just delete it.  That is for your guy’s protection and I just don’t understand why folks do that.  If you have a question, and I have stated that I am a point of contact for the job in the post, then contact me via emails.  Other than that, happy job hunting guys and gals. –Matt

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Aerial Gunner, Rotary Wing (UH1-HII)

Job ID: 2009-118A

Location: Kabul, Afghanistan

Category: Security

Position Type: Contract

Contract Name: International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL)

Contract Length: 1 Year With an Option to Renew

Salary: Competitive Salary (DOE/DOQ)

Security Clearance: Secret

Status (definition): Vacant

Company Description

Global Platform Support Solutions

Position Description

Principle Responsibilities:

Perform duties as an aerial gunner on helicopter missions flown in support of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and the ground eradication effort in Afghanistan. Individual will perform all other duties as directed.

Education Required:

High School diploma required.

Experience Required:

Military crewmember with experience and knowledge of helicopter mounted weapons systems and their employment in a high-threat environment. Combat experience is desired. Weapons training and previous exposure to operations in Afghanistan is desired.

Special Knowledge/ Skills Required:

Experience on the GAU-17 mini-gun and M240 or similar crew served weapon desired.

Prior military experience as a helicopter crew chief and gunner desired.

Knowledge of U.S. Military aircrew training programs desired.

Experience as a UH-1H crew chief or gunner is desired.

Experience as a non-rated crewmember instructor is desired.

Must complete and pass a Class III Flying Duty Medical Examination.

Must successfully complete weapons qualification (M-4, M-9, M240, and Minigun/Gau-17), security training,

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Afghanistan: The Taliban Release a Copy of Their ‘Code of Conduct’ Rule Book

Filed under: Publications — Tags: , , , , , , — Matt @ 1:26 PM

   I found this at Jarret Brachman’s blog, which he got from Al Jazeera English.  If you follow the link below, he has some more stuff on these rules. It looks like the Taliban command is trying to get organized, or at least give the impression of getting organized. –Matt

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Code of conduct for Taliban

“From the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [Mullah Omar] Layeha (rulebook) to the Mujahideen.

Rules for mujahideen. Each mujahid is obliged to obey the following rules:

1. A person with responsibility (only commanders) is allowed to give an invitation to those Afghans who are supporting infidels to join the way of the true Islam

2. To those who leave the infidels we will grant security for him and his property. But if he has some personal dispute, or somebody has some claim against him, he has to face our judiciary system.

3. Each mujahideen who is in contact with supporters of the current regime and who invites them to join the true Islam has to inform his commander.

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Military News: White House Confirms Medal of Honor

Filed under: Afghanistan,Military News — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 3:36 AM

   Good deal, and glad to hear this was approved.  I know there are more cases of heroism in this war, and the public needs to know about that. We need to recognize these individuals that gave the enemy hell, and in most cases, gave everything they got by paying the ultimate sacrifice.  Which makes me think, the military and the White House would be well served if they for once gave the Medal of Honor to a living hero, as opposed to just the dead.  Something to think about and rest in peace Sgt. Jared Monti. –Matt

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 Jared Monti

White House confirms Medal of Honor

By Gina Cavallaro

July 28, 2009

Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti, a fire support specialist who was killed June 21, 2006, in Afghanistan, will receive the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat.

The announcement was made by the White House in a news release Friday morning. The award will be presented to Monti’s parents in a Sept. 17 ceremony at the White House.

The soldier’s father, Paul Monti, told Army Times on Thursday that President Obama had called him Tuesday evening at his home in Raynham, Mass.

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Crime: 8 Killed in $7 Million Baghdad Bank Robbery

Filed under: Crime,Iraq — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 3:19 AM

     Scary stuff and this kind of thing is not cool for the war effort.  Rest in peace to the Iraqi security guards that were gunned down in this.

     Also, the use of suppressed weapons is interesting as well.  Obviously these guys were well equipped and somewhat trained to pull off something like this.  Could it be organized crime, or the insurgency, or a little bit of both?  Who knows, but what pisses me off now is that money will be used to fund future operations, and we will probably see more robberies like this one. Worse yet, this money could be used to fund operations against US troops and the Iraqi forces.-Matt

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8 killed in $7-million Baghdad bank robbery

Iraq police say the overnight robbery appeared to be a sophisticated operation. A recent spate of robberies has aroused suspicion that insurgents are financing their activities through crime.

By Liz Sly and Usama Redha

July 29, 2009

Reporting from Baghdad — Thieves killed eight security guards and made off with nearly $7 million in an overnight bank heist Tuesday that police officials say could have been the work of insurgents.

The deadly robbery came on the day U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates flew into Baghdad on an unannounced visit to get a first-hand look at conditions now that American combat troops have withdrawn from Iraq’s cities.

Gates said he thought the transfer of authority to the Iraqis had gone smoothly.

“I think it’s inevitable given the changes of circumstances that there would be the occasional problem,” he said at a news conference with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qader Mohammed Jassim Mifarji.

“What I think is remarkable is that you have such a dramatic redeployment of American forces and a dramatic change of the rules of operation, and there have been so few problems along the way.”

Iraqi police said the thieves used guns equipped with silencers to kill three guards outside a branch of the state-owned Rafidain Bank in east Baghdad’s Karada neighborhood during the night. They then killed five guards who were sleeping inside the bank before making off with the cash.

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