Military Defense - September 09

Military & Defense Update September, 2009 EDITORIAL FEATURES/SPECIAL SECTIONS DEFENSE • Defense News 9/4: Deadline for the 9/14 issue 9/11: Deadline for the 9/21 issue 9/18: Deadline for the 9/28 issue 9/25: Deadline for the 10/5 issue • Homeland Defense Journal 9/15: Deadline for the November issue MILITARY • Armed Forces Journal 9/25: Deadline for the November issue (Bonus distribution to: Middle East Air Chiefs Conference) • G.I. Jobs 9/11: Deadline for the November issue (Feature Story on Alternative Energy. Industry/Job Category profile on Manufacturing/Skilled Trades) • Military & Aerospace Electronics 9/9: Deadline for the October issue (Bonus distribution to: MILCOM & SDR Forum) • Military Connection – Deadline is every Thursday for the following week • Military Engineer 10/1: Deadline for the November/December issue • Military Officer 9/15: Deadline for the November issue • Military Times (includes ArmyTimes, NavyTimes, AirForceTimes, & MarineTimes) 9/4: Deadline for the 9/21 issue 9/11: Deadline for the 9/28 issue 9/18: Deadline for the 10/5 issue 9/25: Deadline for the 10/12 issue • The Edge (Recruitment magazine published by Military Times) 9/11: Deadline for the November issue • Military Transition Times 9/15: Deadline for the October issue (Focus on Transportation Careers) • Reserve & National Guard 9/10: Deadline for the November issue

MILITARY/DEFENSE JOB FAIRS 9/2 9/3 9/9 9/9 9/15 9/15 9/16 9/17

Jobzone Job Fair LA Workforce Commission Job Fair Pierce County VETS Chicago Tribune/ExpoExperts Career Expo Houston Chronicle/ExpoExperts Career Fair MOAA Career Fair Andrews AFB Job Fair Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Hiring Event

Fredericksburg, VA Baton Rouge, La Tacoma, WA Chicago, IL Houston, TX Washington, DC Andrews AFB, MD Seattle,WA

9/17 9/17 9/18 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/22 9/23 9/23 9/23 9/25

Ft. Sill M.O.R.E. Job Fair Ft. Sill, OK Panhandle Job Fair Ft Walton Beach, FL Women Veterans: Facing the Challenges Ft. McCoy, WI Women Veterans: Facing the Challenges Ft. McCoy, WI Women Veterans: Facing the Challenges Ft. McCoy, WI Dayton Daily News/ExpoExperts Career Fair Dayton, OH TECHEXPO Top Secret Baltimore, MD Minneapolis Star Tribune/ExpoExperts Career Expo Brooklyn Center, MN TECHEXPO Top Secret Tysons Corner, VA MCAGCC Twentynine Palms Career Fair MCAGCC Twentynine Palms Navy Region Southwest FFSC Job Fair San Diego, CA Jobzone Job Fair King George, VA

INDUSTRY LAYOFFS BAE Systems, Inc. Rockville, MD Defense contractor BAE said 314 employees in Minnesota would be laid off due to a canceled contract for a non-line-of-sight cannon. "These layoffs come as a result of the partial termination notice and stop-work orders the company received for its Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicle program contracts," company spokeswoman Kelly Golden said, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. - UPI Lockheed Martin Corporation Bethesda, MD Denver, CO Sunnyvale, CA Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Space Systems Co. said it plans to cut about 800 employees, or 4.5% of its workforce, by the end of the year in a bid to improve its competitive position. All job levels in the company, including technical and managerial staff, will be affected, primarily at its facilities in Denver and Sunnyvale. The cuts are separate from other downsizing efforts, the company said. - MarketWatch Northrop Grumman Corporation Los Angeles, CA Melbourne, FL Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that 70 employees would be laid off from its Melbourne work force of 1,206. The layoffs, about 6 percent of the total employees, will take place over the next 45 days, company spokeswoman Dianne Baumert-Moyik said. - FLORIDA TODAY

TRENDS Green Jobs For Vets -

Military Times Edge Recruitment Magazine Calling it a continuation of their service to their country, 15 military veterans

graduated from Colorado’s new Veterans Green Jobs Academy in June with training to work as home energy auditors. The Veterans Green Jobs Academy is a publicprivate partnership that helps veterans retool for careers in land conservation and restoration, green building and retrofitting, disaster preparedness and response, and urban forestry. The academy describes itself as a mix of classroom and on-the-job training. The eight-week program includes environmental studies, weatherization, energy efficiency and conservation. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter told graduates the program is so successful it has become a nationwide model for retraining workers for jobs in renewable energy and will soon expand to other states. The Veterans Green Jobs initiative is actively recruiting vets for training at the academy and for direct job placement. Green jobs, broadly defined as work that helps the environment, pay up to 20 percent more than other jobs, are more likely to be union jobs and are more likely to be held by men, but less so by minorities and people who live in cities, according to a report that President Barack Obama’s Middle Class Task Force issued in February.