Archive for April, 2008

Should we use our military personnel to help the local law enforcement agencies?

Sunday, April 27th, 2008
personnel training
sportsnutdave asked:


They could not only help stop and investigate crime and police traffic etc. They could also be a big factor in drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and terrorist cells. They could also work closely with the FBI and other agencies. It would help the country in so many ways and at the same time train our military for things they may encounter in times of war.

Catherine

The Spoon?

Saturday, April 26th, 2008
personnel consulting
Shy Girl S_is back x asked:


For all of you who frequent restaurants and understand the need for the

Service to be faster, this short story is a timeless lesson on how
Consultants can make a difference to an organization.

Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant and noticed that
The waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It
Seemed a little strange. When another waiter brought our water, I noticed
He also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their
Pockets. When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, ‘Why the
Spoon?’

‘Well, he explained, ‘the restaurant’s owners hired Andersen Consulting to
Revamp all our processes. After several months of analysis, they concluded
That the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil. It represents a
Drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our
Personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to
The kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.’

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it
With his spare. ‘I’ll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen,
Instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.’

I was impressed. I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the
Waiter’s’ fly. Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same
String hanging from their flies. So before he walked off, I asked the
Waiter, ‘Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right
There?’

‘Oh, certainly!’ Then he lowered his voice. ‘Not everyone is so observant.
That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in
The restroom. By tying this string to the tip of you know what, we can
Pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands,
Shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent.

I asked: ‘After you get it out, how do you put it back?’

‘Well,’ he whispered, ‘I don’t know about the others, but I use the spoon.’

Jon

Why do people fear the car dealers service department?

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
personnel training
mazdaparts asked:


I read so many questions about what is wrong with my car. And why didn’t the part the parts person at the generic auto parts store sold me fix my car. Why do people fear taking their car to the dealership for repairs? Most of them fix it right the first time, and guarantee their work. Sure it may cost more, but there is a reason for it. Dealerships send their service personnel to specialized training for their vehicles. They typically service all makes and models, but specialize in the brand they sell. So they are more likely to know the common problems of that particular brand. And why not bring your vehicle back for its minor maintenance as well. If you have a major problem just out of warranty, but have been a good customer in the past they are more willing to work with you and get you some after warranty assistance.
I can’t count the number of times a customer has come in after spending $100’s on a simple problem that “Joe Bob” didn’t know how to fix.

Alvin

How will Obama end the Iraq war? Negotiations? Retreat? Surrender? ?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
personnel consulting
JR4NOTAXES asked:


Obama’s first day in office would be the usual double-speak, something like this:

Obama: The American people want the troops home, the world has stated that it’s time for Iraq to achieve self-determination, and American soldiers to be reunited with their families.

Obama advisor: Sir, back on September 5th, 2008, General Petraeus had advised former President Bush to have one battalion (3,5000 troops) sent home from Iraq by next month, February, 2009. Then, there is a formal plan agreed to by Iraqis and us that the remaining 140,000 troops (15 combat brigades plus support personnel) will be withdrawn over the next 14-16 months. It wasn’t that former President Bush didn’t want to agree to a timetable with the Iraqis; it was that he didn’t want a federally mandated date that would be advertised to the world and had not “outs” should something go wrong.

Obama: Well, I promised the American people I would give the military a new mission on day one of my Administration: end this war.
As I’ve said many times, we must be as careful getting out of Iraq as we were careless getting in. We can safely redeploy our combat brigades at a pace that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 — two years from now, and more than seven years after the war began. After this redeployment, a residual force in Iraq would perform limited missions: going after any remnants of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, protecting American service members and, so long as the Iraqis make political progress, training Iraqi security forces. That would not be a precipitous withdrawal.

Obama advisor: Sir, we are already on track to do that, per the previous Administration.

Obama: We inevitably need to make tactical adjustments. As I have often said, I would consult with commanders on the ground and the Iraqi government to ensure that our troops were redeployed safely, and our interests protected. We would move them from secure areas first and volatile areas later. We would pursue a diplomatic offensive with every nation in the region on behalf of Iraq’s stability.

Obama advisor: We are already consulting with commanders on the ground and the Iraqi government. The diplomatic efforts have long been underway and are continuing.

Obama: Well, I will not hold our military, our resources and our foreign policy hostage to a misguided desire to maintain permanent bases in Iraq. I would make it absolutely clear that we seek no presence in Iraq similar to our permanent bases in South Korea.

Obama advisor: Sir, Ahmadinejad in Iran has become bolder in his threats toward Israel, Syria is stirring up much more trouble in Lebanon and, with our depleted presence in Iraq, will be emboldened further. Moreover, our bases in South Korea have been the most successful, strategic, and peace-keeping force in the last half-century. The Secretary of State advises maintaining bases in Iraq, continued engagement with Middle East leaders, and the leverage of our allies such as Great Britain, Australia, France, and others.

Obama: Well, the Iraqi leaders have not reached the political accommodation that was the stated purpose of the surge.

Obama advisor: But sir, you said on September 4th, 2008 that the surge was successful?

Obama: I did? Well, scratch that. And what is your name again, senior advisor?

Obama advisor: Hillary, sir.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL361920420080905

And actual quotes from Obama are in the following article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/14obama.html

Marlene

Army personnel only; “Is Warrant officer training difficult, coming right into the army as WOC?

Saturday, April 19th, 2008
personnel training
iWannaknow asked:


im only 19, but my recruiter makes it sound like a cake walk, just want to hear from you guys….

Ryan

Do all military personnel have courtesy classes in their daily training?

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
personnel training
JT asked:


Because all the military personnel I’ve talked to are very polite and have the same kind of courtesies with everyone. It’s like if those qualities are part of their day-by-day training.

Do they receive courtesy classes on how to address to people in general. They all answer the same way when they’re asked something, they treat ladies the same way, they greet the same way, well at least the ones I’ve work with are the same and I work with a military Joint task.

Jerry

US Navy Administrative Discharge?

Monday, April 14th, 2008
personnel consulting
rollydonn asked:


I am an enlisted navy personnel, an E-3, AD for 1.5 yr now. I was on LIMDU and medical board for 4 months before I was returned to duty by my military psychiatrist. After RTD, I undergone a sea duty screening and was found to be “assignment limited.” In addition to that, my psychiatrist also recommended an administrative discharge. I was diagnosed to have been suffering from Depression, Anxiety, Psyhcoses and Somatization disorder. Right now, my command admin is waiting to receive the PERS 40BB direction about my separation for them to start the discharge process. Before my military psychiatrist made the recommendation, he referred me to a Sleep Study Doctor for my insomnia, and the result came out lately; I have an obstructive sleep apnea. With this result, I don’t know how will my treatment program with the sleep medicine will continue. I still have 3 more sessions with my sleep medicine doctor to complete, but it might not happen anymore as the discharge order may come out anytime in the next few days. Right now I am using a CPAP machine as part of the treatment. Also my military neurologist referred me to a civilian clinic to undergo physical therapy and rehab for my chronic dizziness and unresolve vertigo. I also have on going consults with hearing loss and tinitus with a civilian doctor as per referral by my neurologust. I know all of this will be stopped once the admin discharge comes to the fore. I am thinking of consulting my military PCM about the latest findings and my current treatment programs. I don’t know if he could make it to put me in LIMDU or Medboard due to the new medical findings. And if he would do so, would it prevent the decision of the PERS 40BB to administratively discharged me? Are there other ways to have my treatment and consult completed using tricare insurance after the discharge? I shall greatly appreciate any information you will share. Thank you!

Mildred

Is bush getting ready to declare MARTIAL LAW?

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
personnel consulting
jeremy asked:


from http://www.rense.com/general69/control.htm :

President George W. Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of U.S. troops on American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial power over the government with no checks and balances.
Bush discussed imposing martial law on American streets in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by activating “national security initiatives” put in place by Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.
These “national security initiatives,” hatched in 1982 by controversial Marine Colonel Oliver North, later one of the key players in the Iran-Contra Scandal, charged the Federal Emergency Management Agency with administering executive orders that allowed suspension of the Constitution, implementation of martial law, establishment of internment camps, and the turning the government over to the President.
John Brinkerhoff, deputy director of FEMA, developed the martial law implementation plan, following a template originally developed by former FEMA director Louis Guiffrida to battle a “national uprising of black militants.” Gifuffrida’s implementation of martial law called for jailing at least 21 million African Americans in “relocation camps.” Brinkerhoff later admitted in an interview with the Miami Herald that President Reagan signed off on the initiatives and they remained in place, dormant, until George W. Bush took office.
Brinkerhoff moved on the Anser Institute for Homeland Security and, following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, provided the Bush White House and the Pentagon with talking points supporting revised “national security initiatives” that would could allow imposition of martial law and suspension of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1978, the law that is supposed to forbid use of troops for domestic law enforcement.
Brinkerhoff wrote that intentions of Posse Comitatus are “misunderstood and misapplied” and that the U.S. has in times of national emergency the “full and absolute authority” to send troops into American streets to “enforce order and maintain the peace.”
Bush used parts of the plan to send troops into the streets of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. In addition, FEMA hired former special forces personnel from the mercenary firm Blackwater USA to “enforce security.”
Blackwater USA, in its promotional materials, describes itself as “the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world,” adding that “we have established a global presence and provide training and operational solutions for the 21st century in support of security and peace, and freedom and democracy everywhere.”
Blackwater is also a major U.S. contractor in Iraq and has a contract with the Bush White House to provide additional security work “on an as-needed basis.”
The Department of Homeland Security established the “Northern Command for National Defense,” a wide-ranging program that includes FEMA, the Pentagon, the FBI and the National Security Agency. Executive orders already signed by Bush allow the Northern Command to send troops into American streets, seize control of radio and television stations and networks and impose martial law “in times of national emergency.”
The authority to declare what is or is not a national emergency rests entirely with Bush who does not have to either consult or seek the approval of Congress for permission to assume absolute control over the government of the United States.
The White House press office would neither confirm nor deny existence of Bush’s executive orders or the existence of the Northern Command for National Defense. Neither would the Department of Homeland Security.
But my sources within the White House and DHS tell me the plans are in place, ready for implementation when the command comes from the man who keeps telling the American public that he is a “war time president” who will “do anything in my power” to impose his will on the people of the United States.
And he has made sure that power will be absolute when he chooses to use it.
Yeah, Serpico, I copied and pasted. So What? It is a news article that i put here because i know some people are too lazy to click a link.
Well, i guess 9/11 justifies everything to you people. why don’t we just kill all muslims all around the world? that would keep another 9/11 from happening right? thats not enough? well lets kill all chinese too! and north koreans…and Venezualens…then liberals…then red haired people…then dorks….then handicapped people….
You don’t think he would maybe first have a false flag terror attack and then declare martial law? then the soldiers would be duped into doing whatever the government tells them needs to be done.

Bradley

McCain picks Doug Goodyear? How do McCain supporters feel about that?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
personnel consulting
nsite asked:


After John McCain nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer’s GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his “management experience and expertise,” according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker. But some allies worry that Goodyear’s selection could fuel perceptions that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil, General Motors and other clients.

Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma’s military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights record and remains in power today.
Mercedes:pls explain this connection for our readers.

Franklin