Search Result
Search Tags: Iraq
Veteran strives to be 'part of something' in federal workforce
Andrew Goodrich, a ranger with the National Park Service, shares his story of being an injured Iraq War veteran finding a new home as a federal employee. He describes some of the challenges he faced and the accommodations his employers provided to to help him achieve success in the workplace.
Tags: Andrew Goodrich , NPS , Wounded Warrior Project , DoD , Operation: Warfighter , Veteran Affairs , workforce , hiring , Marine Corps , PTSD , Michael OConnell
Special operations expanding as wars recede
Tags: DoD , budget , special operations , Afghanistan , Army
NY Rep. King: Iraq releases 3 security contractors
Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security announces release of three contractors held in Iraq for two weeks.
Tags: Peter King , contracting , House Committee on Homeland Security , DoD , State Department
Military sorts through material from Iraq drawdown
Twila Gonzales, director of disposition services at Defense Logistics Agency, explains how the military decides what it should keep and what it should destroy from the material brought out of Iraq.
Tags: Twila Gonzales , Defense Logistics Agency , DoD , State , Federal Drive
Iraqi suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque, kill 34
Vice President Biden visits Iraq
Biden's trip is designed to solidify ties between Iraq and the United States.
Tags: Joe Biden , DoD , DoD Report
DoD scrambles to find new missions for returning soldiers
The cascading effects of the Obama administration's decision to pull thousands of soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan are rippling through the National Guard.
Tags: DoD Report , Federal Drive , Afghanistan , National Guard
White House asks DoD for recommendations on US troop presence in Afghanistan
The White House has asked the Pentagon for initial recommendations for the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan in 2014. It is the first step in planning the final U.S. drawdown, despite a bleak security outlook.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Afghanistan , military , Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris
IG reports: Prosecutions up for war zone crimes
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, the number of people indicted and convicted by the U.S. for bribery, theft and other reconstruction-related crimes in both countries is rapidly rising, according to two government reports released Sunday.
Tags: DoD , Afghanistan , SIGIR , Stuart Bowen , Jon Novak , contracting
DoD Post Offices to close as troops depart
The Postal Service will stop accepting mail addressed to military post offices in Iraq starting Nov. 17th. Those responsibilities will transition to State Department embassy or consulate post offices.
Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , DoD , DoD Report , State Department , post office
