Military

The United States Air Force is hiring more than 9,000 new positions in fiscal year 2010. The Air Force projects an even larger hiring surge in fiscal year 2011 with an estimated 25,000 new positions by fiscal year 2013. Open positions are posted on USAJOBS.
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Source: Military.Com

Soon we will mark the 68th anniversary of December 7, 1941 — the day the nation of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and brought the United States into war with Japan and the wider conflict of World War II. As the nation reminisces on those events we must not forget the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who are [...]

Tomorrow is the anniversary of September 11, 2001. September 10, 2001 was a Monday. I was working in downtown Manhattan for a large financial company only several blocks from the World Trade Center. On the morning of September 11, 2001, I arrived for work about 8:32 AM. For some reason I had to call into customer support - my Internet connection was not [...]

The  Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, CA collects and maintains artifacts of all things related to computing. Their collection spans more than fifty years. If you have a hard-to-find rare piece of computing nostalgia, the CHM meets each week to discuss items offered for donation. Their online form makes donating to the museum [...]

KipKay of Make Magazine shows you how to hack a single use camcorder.
With a little bit of rewiring, you can use that camera again and again.

Medical experts say they have a solution for the military’s increasing smoking rates:
Ban it.
And not just in basic training — stop selling cigarettes and chewing tobacco on post, stop with the discounts at the PX, don’t allow it in hospitals, and come up with a deadline when everyone should be smoke-free.
Why? It cost the Veterans [...]

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From Barbara Starr
CNN-Pentagon Creates Cyber Command
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates Tuesday signed a memorandum establishing for the first time a military command aimed at conducting cyber warfare, and defending the military’s computer network.
The so-called Cyber Command — -also known as USCYBERCOM — is expected to [...]

This preview of the cinematic theatrical release Thirteen Days is based on the Cuban Missile Crisis while President John F. Kennedy was in office shortly before his assassination on November 22, 1963. For more information: The Cold War

The The SR-71 Blackbird (2) remains the world’s fastest and highest-flying production aircraft, capable of Mach 3+ at altitudes of over 85,000 feet. Source: SonicBomb.Com