FYI Tidbits // Airborne UAV surveillance expected to increase for domestic security
The last ten years have seen a dramatic rise in the use of UAVs in intelligence gathering and operational missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Analysts say that we will soon witness a similar rise in the use of UAVs for domestic surveillance and law enforcement purposes.
Read more/learn more: http://www.defpro.com/news/details/31459/?SID=52c3df40be4b5939cdf259580247a8c6
2012.02.09 Feb 9th Comprehensive Career SEMINAR | Free | Honolulu, Hawaii
You are invited to meet with Bill Golden, CEO of USAJobZoo.com, USADefenseIndustryJobs.com and IntelligenceCareers.com to discuss the job market of 2011 through 2017.
Cost: FREE
Date: Thursday, Feb 9th, 2012
Time: 10:00AM – 3:30PM
Place: Hale Koa Hotel, Fort DeRussy Armed Forces Recreation Center, 2055 Kalia Road, Honolulu HI 96815
Map/Directions: http://g.co/maps/zq2dz
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Preregistration
Preregistration is not required but it would be nice if you told us that you were coming.
Please preregister at http://tinyurl.com/7uxmmt6
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This will be a ‘comprehensive’ seminar covering:
* Economics 101 – the state of our current economy
* Identifying specific opportunities for you
* Employment trends across a wide range of industries
* Understanding opportunities in the defense and intelligence industries
* Discovering new career opportunities
* Determining your marketplace value
* Determining if you should go back to school
* Identifying relevant career opportunities
This seminar is appropriate for all levels of job seekers that are ‘professionals’ with a definable skillset, or that are engaged in studying for a careerfield.
A benefit of attending this seminar is that your resume will be evaluated after the event, your general market value estimated in up to three job markets, and we will work to identify relevant opportunities with specific employers.
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About your presenter
This seminar will be given by Bill Golden, a senior career advisor for more than 100 career information blogs that are sponsored by USAJobZoo.com and USADefenseIndustryJobs.com, aka IntelligenceCareers.com
Bill’s background includes almost 35 years working within defense and intelligence, either in operations (’75-96) or as an industry analyst and consultant (’96-present).
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Why this seminar is free
USAJobZoo.com, USADefenseIndustryJobs.com and IntelligenceCareers.com represent a combined 100,000+ job listings for professionals across the USA and in 28 countries.
We are earn our way in life in getting you to use one of our recruiting websites and applying to employers. The more professionals that apply to companies puts more money in our pockets for a job well done.
We also hope to help you become successful in your job search. A bit of good advice just might get you a great job and your company will probably need someone like us to find more professionals. Your recommendation of us to your employer matters.
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SOURCE IntelligenceCareers.com
Customer Service, 1.800.919.8284 or customerservice@intelligencecareers.com
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DROP TEST INTERNATIONAL, LLC (DTI) WINS Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Teams (CAAT) government contract award ~~ SEND YOUR RESUME
DROP TEST INTERNATIONAL, LLC (DTI) WINS Counterinsurgency Advisory and Assistance Teams (CAAT) government contract award.
DTI is pleased to announce our recent award of the CAAT contract. CAAT program provides highly qualified HUMINT and other intelligence teams to support and augment Government military and civilian personnel. These teams identify, deploy, and manage advisory assistance and analytical teams with current expertise in key disciplines that support counterinsurgency operations and analysis.
These areas of expertise include but are not limited to intelligence, information operations, irregular warfare, stability operations, governance and development, strategic analysis, media production and dissemination, knowledge and information management.
The CAAT prerequisites are among the toughest within the government contract community. For information about our vacancies and application procedures please visit: http://www.dtijobs.com or contact DTI-Recruiter@droptestllc.com
DTI is currently seeking highly qualified personnel to fill the vacancies listed below:
COIN Advisor
Provides subject matter expertise in the theory, doctrine, and practice of COIN operations.Specifically, COIN Advisors shall provide COIN SME support to CAAT headquarters, RC Teams and supported units. REQUIREMENTS:Minimum of 10 years work experience in counterinsurgency-related fields and previous operational experience in OIF/OEF campaigns. Bachelor’s degree or higher in strategic analysis or COIN-related field.This position requires the contractor to be trained and equipped to operate in the field, and to spend approximately 15-20 days a month embedded at the tactical level under austere conditions.TS/SCI Clearance.
Information Operations Advisor
Provides reliable and frequent expert advice and assistance on multi-echelon Information Operations as they apply to COIN. The Information Operations Advisor shall provide analysis and recommendations to the RC Team Leader, COIN Advisors, and the RC Command and units they support within the RC. REQUIREMENTS: 10 years service in key advisory positions on joint military or equivalent national agency staffs;progressive experience, tactical to national, in psychological operations and information support operations in support of counterinsurgency operations. Bachelor’s degree.This position requires the contractor to be trained and equipped to operate in the field, and to spend approximately 15-20 days a month embedded at the tactical level under austere conditions. TS/SCI Clearance.
Intelligence Advisor
Provides reliable expert advice on all matters pertaining to the application and integration of intelligence into COIN operations and a multi-echelon, full spectrum COIN strategy in support of COMISAF intent. As directed, RC Intelligence Advisors shall produce analytical reports and products detailing intelligence processes and effectiveness in support of COIN operations. REQUIREMENTS: 15 years of verifiable professional experience in interagency intelligence operations-or 15 years combined applicable education and practical experience collecting, analyzing, and fusing information from various intelligence disciplines to support full-spectrum operations and implementation of COIN strategy. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in intelligence or COIN-related field combined with formal professional intelligence training. This position requires the contractor to be trained and equipped to operate in the field, and to spend approximately 15-20 days a month embedded at the tactical level under austere conditions. TS/SCI Clearance.
Resume Submittal:
For information about our vacancies and application procedures please visit: http://www.dtijobs.com or contact DTI-Recruiter@droptestllc.com.
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FYI Tidbits // $9.7 Billion Linguist Service Contract for CACI
CACI International Inc. (CACI) recently announced that it has won a prime position at the Defense Language Interpretation Translation Enterprise (DLITE) worth approximately $9.7 billion to provide support solutions to the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) for five years. CACI has previously provided non-personal services such as equipment, supplies, transportation, materials etc. With this additional agreement, the company shall cater to the language translation and interpretation services to the U.S. Army.
Read more/learn more: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/67795/Linguist+Service+Contract+for+CACI
Dear Virginia ~ Christmas is over. Santa is coming to repossess some goodies.
Future // Prepare NOW if in the mid-Atlantic region.
As a Virginian and as a defense industry specialist, am very concerned about the impact of Congress not passing balanced budgets or able to get its (our) financial house in order.
The failure of the Super Committee to reach agreement means that there will be mandatory budgetary cuts in defense spending beginning in FY2013, thus personnel cuts, per a study done by Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., of George Mason University for the aerospace industry.
FY2013 budget cuts being October 2012, just barely 10 months from now.
Virginia – we are at greatest risk in the country. Industry studies guesstimate that 123,000 Virginia jobs will be lost directly due to these cuts. Yet the impact will be much larger as Virginia and our neighboring states make up almost 20% of total cuts: 209,724 jobs are on the chopping block.
To put things into perspective, Baltimore is closer to Prince William County, Virginia (the southern edge of northern Virginia) than is Richmond our capital (52 vs 88 miles).
Most Maryland military bases are between Baltimore and the Virginia line.
Defense jobs at risk in the mid-Atlantic region due to mandatory defense cuts: 209,724
Many of the jobs in those neighboring states are filled by Virginians, and vice versa to some degree.
New Jersey does not border Virginia but it has a major impact on the function of many Maryland bases (such as Fort Meade) which in turn has major impact on many of the military functions and funding in Virginia ~ Fort Meade is home to the NSA, America’s largest intelligence agency and a major driver of the Virginia economy.
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SAIC seeks Military Professionals to join it
SAIC Military Careers
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy & environment, health and cybersecurity. We know your transition from the military to a career in the private sector marks a new chapter in your professional journey.
Learn More About SAIC
With well over 10,000 veterans currently calling SAIC home, we want you to know that SAIC has proven expertise in supporting veterans through this transition. We invite you to search for jobs by military branch below. To learn about some of our OCONUS opportunities in locations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, click here.
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Police Learn Antiterrorist Tactics at January 12 Seminar in Quincy, MA. Coverage Invited.
BOSTON, MA /PRNewswire/ — Mass. police chiefs, ranking officers, and private sector security will be briefed on new antiterrorism tactics known as Behavioral Detection to identify potential terrorists without violating civil rights or resorting to ineffective profiling, Jan. 12 in Quincy.
Organized by Protecting the Homeland Innovations (PHI), the program shows police how to quickly sort through thousands of individuals to spot the single, potentially dangerous individual exhibiting high-risk behavior. PHI trains Amtrak, NYPD, New Jersey Transit and other police, security, and mass transit agency professionals. (http://www.phitraining.com/training.html)
Coverage invited, journalist participation encouraged
Date: 10 AM – 3 PM, Thurs., Jan. 12
Participants: Police Chiefs, Lieutenants, & Private Security Managers
Location: Boston Quincy Marriott – 1000 Marriott Drive, Quincy
Late Registration: contact PHI at: 508-400-0265
Organizer: Protecting the Homeland Innovations, LLC, founded by Todd McGhee, veteran Mass. state trooper who pioneered post-9/11 security measures at Boston’s Logan International.
Timely: Upcoming election campaign stops, primary voting and town hall meetings are opportunities for the high-risk individual to hide in plain site and challenge police to keep the public safe.
Media Contact:
Dick Pirozzolo (dick@pirozzolo.com) 781-235-9911 or 617-959-4613
Barry Nolan (barrynolan@aol.com) 617-515-5177
The seminar will cover Tactical Dialogue techniques in which police or security officers ask innocuous questions and look for subconscious responses or tells that indicate trouble.
Behavioral Detection includes learning how to spot the individual who seems to be oblivious to surroundings, taking orders on a cell phone or is out of step with surrounding activity.
“While rail stations and airports gets most of the attention, city and town police will benefit from knowing the latest anti-terror tactics,” says Todd McGhee, founder of Protecting the Homeland Innovations, LLC, who created the program.
Says McGhee, “Behavioral Detection and Tactical Dialogue revive the lost art of policing – when the cop on the corner knew when something in the neighborhood just didn’t look right.
SOURCE Protecting the Homeland Innovations (PHI)
Web Site: http://www.phitraining.com/training.html
Massachusetts,
Boren Fellowships ~ Graduate Students ~ International Studies & Foreign Languages
Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. Boren Fellowships support study and research in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. For a complete list of countries, click here.
Boren Fellows represent a variety of academic and professional disciplines, but all are interested in studying less commonly taught languages, including but not limited to Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Swahili. For a complete list of languages, click here.
Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their projects, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined. NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness.
To view the Program Basics of the Boren Fellowships, click here.
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CyberPatriot IV Prepares for Second Round of National High School Cyber Defense Competition, Virginia
ARLINGTON, VA /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ~~ The Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot is preparing for another round of competition this weekend, with the All Service Division entering its second of three online rounds.
CyberPatriot is the nation’s largest high school cyber security challenge. This unique competition was designed to give students a hands-on learning experience in cybersecurity and inspire students to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields in their studies.
In this two-track competition, teams have registered from public, private, parochial and home schools in the Open Division and JROTC units of all Services and Civil Air Patrol squadrons filled the All Service Division. In all, more than 1,000 teams registered to participate this year.
The All Service Division teams will undergo another round of computer defense, with each team having to compete for six hours during the allotted 36-hour window of competition (starting noon EST on December 2 and closing at midnight EST on December 3). However, the teams will have to fortify and secure two systems this round, versus the one in the first preliminary round. The composite score of the first and second preliminary rounds will determine which teams advance to Round 3 (the Round of 36 teams).
Following that, the top 12 qualifying teams then receive all-expenses-paid trips to the CyberPatriot National Finals Competition held in the Washington, D.C. area, in March 2012.
In the meantime, the CyberPatriot staff has been working even harder to expand the educational reach of the competition, which includes the addition of a forensics element in the national finals competition and the completion of a pre-competition survey.
During the National Finals Competition of CyberPatriot IV, 24 teams of finalists will compete in a new forensics exercise, teaching about and testing high school competitors on the exciting field of cyber forensics through the application of crime scene analysis, evidence gathering and critical thinking. The expansion to the competition has been made possible by the Defense Cyber Crime Center.
And after distribution to 1,000-plus student competitors, CyberPatriot IV’s pre-competition survey was completed earlier this month, gathering information on participants’ general knowledge of all things cyber. The survey asked questions addressing students’ overall understanding of cyber security and their likeliness to pursue a career in STEM. Results will be compared with a similar survey after the completion of this year’s competition.
“This competition is about academic growth and teaching beyond the fundamental curriculum found in schools,” said Bernie Skoch, CyberPatriot Commissioner. “This survey is an analytical effort to measure the effect CyberPatriot is having on the students who participate in the competition. And the addition of cyber forensics adds an exciting element of education to the competition and allows these high school students to get exposure to another fascinating aspect of cyber security.”
The AFA is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA has over 200 chapters nationally and internationally representing 120,000 members. Visit www.afa.org.
SOURCE Air Force Association
CONTACT: Merri Shaffer, mshaffer@afa.org
Web Site: http://www.afa.org
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