Information Technology Specialist (25B) Jobs

Job training for an information technology specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 20 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Use of computer consoles and peripheral equipment
  
• Computer systems concepts
  
• Planning, designing and testing computer systems

Helpful Skills

• Interest in computer science
  
• Attention to detail
  
• Ability to communicate effectively
  
• Experience in installation of computers

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/computers-and-technology/information-technology-specialist.html

Army STEM: Technology

TECHNOLOGY CAREERS AND JOBS

You'll find a great variety of stimulating jobs with technology in the U.S. Army. Featuring training on high-tech equipment unavailable in most civilian jobs, the many options of technology jobs include communications and intelligence analysis.

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/about-army-stem/technology-jobs.html

Army computer scientist streamlines network science

May 25, 2015
By Jenna Brady, ARL Public Affairs

Story Highlights

• Army scientists now have the ability to create virtual experimentation environments, each automatically configured and tailored to their specifications, from their web browser.

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ADELPHI, Md. (May 26, 2015) -- Through the efforts of a U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, computer scientist, the way in which network science experimentation environments are designed, deployed and executed has been streamlined.

Scientists now have the ability to create virtual experimentation environments, each automatically configured and tailored to their specifications, from their web browser.

The system at the forefront of this novel innovation is known as the Dynamically Allocated Virtual Clustering Management System, or DAVC.

DAVC is an experimentation infrastructure, which provides the means to dynamically-create, deploy and manage virtual clusters of heterogeneous nodes within a cloud computing environment based upon resource utilization such as central processing unit load, available random-access memory, or RAM, hard disk space and network utilization.
http://www.army.mil/article/148867/Army_computer_scientist_streamlines_network_science/

Nodal Network Systems Operator-Maintainer (25N)

Job training for a nodal network systems operator-maintainer requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 18 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and in the field.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Electronic switching systems repair and WAN network
  
• Maintaining telephone exchange
  
• Maintain Internet Protocol
  

Helpful Skills

• Interest in working with nodal equipment
  
• Knowledge of Internet Protocol
  
• Configuring, operating and troubleshooting routers and E-switches
  
• An ability to work as a team member
  

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/computers-and-technology/nodal-network-systems-operator-maintainer.html

Radio and Communications Security (COMSEC) Repairer (94E) Jobs

The radio/communications security repairer performs or supervises field and sustainment level maintenance on radio receivers, transmitters, communication security equipment, controlled cryptographic items and other associated equipment.
 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/computers-and-technology/radio-and-communications-security-repairer.html

Army's mid-tier radio advances battlefield network

With vehicles that are equipped with a new high-bandwidth networking radio, Soldiers can move across the battlefield, rapidly exchanging mission-critical voice messages, images and video with their commanders.

Using line-of-sight communications waveforms that are not dependent on satellites, mid-tier networking vehicular radios, or MNVRs, provide ground-level connectivity, which link Soldiers at the company level with battalion and brigade.


http://www.army.mil/article/148890/Army_s_mid_tier_radio_advances_battlefield_network/

Carpentry and Masonry Specialist (12W)

ob Duties

• Construct and maintain rigging devices, trusses and other structural assemblies
  
• Assist in building layout, framing, sheathing, fabrication and roofing structures
  
• Perform basic carpentry and masonry skills
  
• Assist in the performance of combat engineer missions
  
• Construct concrete form work for slabs, walls and columns

Requirements

Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.

Training

Job training for a concrete and masonry specialist requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and nine weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field with on-the-job instructions.

Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Basics in concrete technology, materials, proportioning and control tests
  
• Proper use of finishing tools
  
• Placing, consolidation and finishing
  
• Edging, jointing, curing and protection
  
• Basics in structure foaming, roofing and flooring

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/construction-engineering/carpentry-and-masonry-specialist.html
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Interested in training to become an Interior Electrician (12R)?

The  interior electrician is primarily responsible for the installation and maintenance for all of the Army’s interior electrical systems.

Job Duties

• Install transformers, junction boxes, circuit breakers, service panels, switches, electrical boxes and lightning rods
  
• Read blueprints, wire plans and repair orders to determine layouts/repair
  
• Test equipment for the operational conduction of circuits
  
• Inspect power distribution systems, shorts in wires and faulty equipment
  
• Repair and replace faulty wiring and lighting fixtures

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/construction-engineering/interior-electrician.html

Regional humanitarian exercise provides real-world training opportunity

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (May 19, 2015) -- In an effort to provide engineering and medical assistance to the citizens of El Salvador, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, along with partner nation counterparts, are participating in the U.S. Army South-led Beyond the Horizon humanitarian mission here, until June.

Beyond the Horizon is a humanitarian and civic assistance mission to show the U.S. government's commitment to El Salvador and the region while providing real-world training to U.S. participants. More than 1,800 U.S. Service members are participating in this year's event, with most on two-week rotations. Chile, Colombia, Canada and Brazil also have representatives contributing to the exercise.


http://www.army.mil/article/148839/Regional_humanitarian_exercise_provides___/

Army wins Armed Forces Soccer Championship

 All-Army beat Air Force 1-0 to capture the Armed Forces Soccer Championship after a week of competition at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, May 20.

A goal by Pvt. Alan Ibarra Lepe, of Fort Irwin, California, put Army on the scoreboard 28 minutes into the first half of the final match. Good defensive play for the rest of the game helped Army clinch the title.

In the consolation match, also that afternoon, Navy beat Marine Corps, 2-1.

http://www.army.mil/article/149001/Army_wins_Armed_Forces_Soccer_Championship/

Army leaders to host "We Serve" Soldier Show in D.C.

 The U.S. Army Soldier Show is a 90-minute song-and-dance production of "entertainment for the Soldier, by the Soldier," the working motto of Army entertainment. This year's show features current hits "Uptown Funk," "Bang Bang" and "Turn Down for What," along with the Army classic "Oh, How I Hate To Get Up in the Morning."

http://www.army.mil/article/148966/Army_leaders_to_host__We_Serve__Soldier_Show_in_D_C_/

Soldiers participate during Flags In at Arlington Cemetery

 After a long, unseasonably cold and wet day of conducting burial services, about 1,000 Old Guard Soldiers made their way across the soggy hills and flats that make up Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to place miniature flags in front of each grave marker, May 21.

Since 1948, the Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, have conducted the tradition of Flags In a few days before Memorial Day to honor and remember those who served in the Armed Forces and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The Flags In mission was expected to take about four hours, from 4 to 8 p.m., or as one Soldier said, for "as long as it takes" to place the 228,000 red, white and blue miniatures around the 624-acre cemetery.

http://www.army.mil/article/149024/Soldiers_participate_during_Flags_In_at_Arlington_Cemetery/

Salute to Veterans Air Show 2015

The Kansas City Recruiting Battalion will have a K9 team, an Army Interactive display, and the Golden Knights will jump at the air show.

 http://salute.org/

Army Racing in Topeka

Since the 2000 U.S. Nationals, the U.S. Army colors have adorned the Top Fuel dragster of Tony “The Sarge” Schumacher. An eight- time world champion, Schumacher holds numerous NHRA records including the national elapsed-time record and national speed record for both the quarter-mile and 1,000-foot distance.

http://www.goarmy.com/army-racing/nhra-top-fuel.html

Soldier looks to take next step, challenge in career

Four years ago, Kevin Shinnick was looking for a challenge in his life that would push his physical and mental limits. Being from a small town in Milford, Massachusetts, he had one goal - to join the Army.

He was a member of the high school wrestling team, received "average grades," as he described, during school. So in 2011, Shinnick enlisted in the Army as an infantryman.

"Throughout my childhood, I was playing with my toy Soldiers, watching war movies," he said. "Having never had any family served in the military, my parents instilled a lot of patriotic values into me."

After completing one station unit training on Fort Benning, Georgia, Shinnick, now a sergeant, received orders to the 2nd Infantry Division out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Upon arrival, he noticed the Rangers from 2nd Ranger Battalion always conducting training on the airfield near where his unit was located.

During a 12-month deployment, Shinnick submitted a packet to attend the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, or RASP, to become a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment. When he returned from his overseas stint, Shinnick went directly to Fort Benning.

"RASP was difficult, both physically and mentally challenging," Shinnick said. "You are required to work closely with everyone around you, trusting the guy next to you."

Upon graduation from RASP, Shinnick received orders to 3d Ranger Battalion. On arrival, Shinnick began training with his unit in preparation for a combat deployment to Afghanistan. He said his fondest memories, in the unit, were on that deployment because of the camaraderie he built with the men to his left and right.


http://www.army.mil/article/148745/Soldier_looks_to_take_next_step__challenge_in_career/

The most effective leaders are those who "lead from the front"

 Leadership is crucial to the success of the U.S. Army. The most effective leaders are those who "lead from the front" — this means they lead by example in thought, word and deed. Soldiers who choose Leadership Training are making it clear that they wish to take on more responsibility and thus rise in rank. The Army provides many opportunities for Soldiers to learn how to improve their leadership and teamwork skills.

http://www.goarmy.com/soldier-life/being-a-soldier/ongoing-training/leadership-training.html

Soldier leadership development

Soldiers Are Always Improving

As a Soldier, one of the most important things you can do is make sure your soldiering skills are finely tuned. And if you're a Soldier interested in promotion, you'll want to take part in ongoing training opportunities. There's a wide variety of training to choose from, including tactical, technical, physical and leadership development. Many of these opportunities allow you to practice your skills in the field as an individual and as part of a team.

 http://www.goarmy.com/soldier-life/being-a-soldier/ongoing-training.html

Building future Soldier leadership through broadening assignments

  While enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers, or NCOs, may have heard talk that diverse broadening assignments are in their Army futures, many do not know where to go for information and guidance on making them part of their career planning.

While such documents as Army Regulation-621-7 and AR-621-1 lay out guidelines for specific educational opportunities, there is no overarching policy or regulation equivalent to Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-3, published in late 2014.

However, broadening for enlisted Soldiers, a parallel concept, is "the purposeful expansion of an NCO's core military occupational specialty, or MOS, proficiency and leadership provided through diverse developmental positions, opportunities and assignments both within and outside their career management field," said Aubrey Butts, director of Training and Doctrine Command's Institute for Noncommissioned Office Professional Development.


http://www.army.mil/article/148768/Building_future_Soldier_leadership_through_broadening_assignments/

Salute to Veterans Two-Day Airshow

Salute to Veterans Corporation invites the public to their FREE Two-Day Airshow over the Memorial Day Weekend at Columbia Regional Airport on May 23-24, 2015 from 9:00am to 3:30pm.

 http://salute.org/index.html

Tony "The Sarge" Schumacher

Tony will be racing at Heartland Park this Memorial Day weekend. Come watch Tony, meet local Soldiers serving in Topeka, and visit the Army Skills in Action Zone.
Hoooaaah!

 http://www.goarmy.com/army-racing/nhra-top-fuel/tony-schumacher.html

Army Combat Medic Training - 68W

 Army Maj. Peter Cuenca and Staff Sgt. Marcus Miller (68W) assigned to the AMEDD Center & School Department of Combat Medic Training share their personal opinions and viewpoints on what it means to serve as a combat medic in today's Army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGDgXKmYIeU

Job training for a health care specialist

Interested in a health care career? The Army Reserves in the Kansas City area are recruiting to train and employ Health Care Specialists. Visit the nearest Army Recruiting Center for more information.

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/medical-and-emergency/health-care-specialist.html

Soldier sprints her way onto Army team for Warrior Games

Sgt. 1st Class Sam Goldenstein, a radiology technician with the 325th Combat Support Hospital in Independence, Missouri, took a gold medal in the women's 400-meter and a silver medal in the women's 1500-meter, 200-meter and 100-meter.

 http://www.army.mil/article/148702/Soldier_sprints_her_way_onto_Army_team_for_Warrior_Games/

Still have outstanding questions about the U.S. Army?

Contact an Army recruiter in your area and get your answers. We have a staff of individuals ready to talk to you. To talk to an Army recruiter, simply select one of the methods of communication below and someone will get you the answers you are looking for.

 http://www.goarmy.com/talk-with-us.html

Interested in Satellite Communication Systems Operator-Maintainer (25S)

Satellite communication systems operator-maintainers are responsible for making sure that the lines of communication are always up and running. They maintain the multichannel satellite communications for the entire Army.

Job Duties

• Maintenance of satellite communications equipment and associated devices
  
• Conduct stressed and unstressed network operations
  
• Prepare system and equipment related forms and reports

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/computers-and-technology/satellite-communication-systems-operator-maintainer.html

Nano-satellites may soon communicate with Soldiers from space

 Dr. Travis Taylor, senior scientist for Space Division, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command - Tech Center, at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., discusses Army space satellites during Lab Day at the Pentagon, May 14, 2015. He is shown holding a plastic and liquid nitric oxide container, which propels the satellite into low-Earth orbit after it leaves the mothership. Behind him is the imagery satellite and to the right is the smaller data and voice satellite.

http://www.army.mil/article/148608/Nano_satellites_may_soon_communicate_with_Soldiers_from_space/

Sgt. Campbell joins the Vans Warped Tour 2015

Just announced by Vans Warped Tour - Sgt. Corrin Campbell of Army Musical Outreach will be appearing on the Hard Rock Kevin Says Stage for all U.S. dates this summer!

One pair of tickets will be given away for every show. Register to win at the link below, and please share! #SgtC_VWT http://bit.ly/SgtC_VWT

Army Reserves Recruiting Food Service Specialists

The 129th Transportation Battalion in Gardner, KS is recruiting to train and employ Food Service Specialists. Contact the Army Recruiting Center at 913-764-2113 for more information.

 http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/intelligence-and-combat-support/food-service-specialist.html

Natick serves up American military combat menu

If, as Napoleon Bonaparte famously observed, an Army marches on its stomach, the ration book is a road map to the destination of satisfying a voracious organization that has been eating military rations since the American Revolutionary War. The book debuted in 1950 and was last published in 2012.

 http://www.army.mil/article/148315/Natick_serves_up_American_military_combat_menu/

Specialized skills are part of every U.S. Army job

If you have a particular aptitude for science, technology, engineering or mathematics, here are some Army careers and jobs that will put your analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities to the test.

http://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/about-army-stem.html

Army to focus on cyber strategy in tactical environments

The Army is analyzing cyberspace requirements and outlining potential technical investments based on its Cyber Materiel Development Strategy, released in February 2015.

Doctrinal, operational, acquisition and research and development communities, for Army materiel development, worked together for more than two years on the comprehensive strategy, which looks at where Army cyberspace capabilities are and what lies ahead.

"The Army must be prepared to operate and fight within the cyberspace domain," said Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Heidi Shyu. "It is essential … that we use our limited acquisition and science and technology resources to identify and address critical Army specific problem sets and capability gaps. Where possible, we must leverage the best solutions and ideas available through our partnerships and collaboration within the Department of Defense, other government agencies, industry and academia."

 http://www.army.mil/article/148279/Army_to_focus_on_cyber_strategy_in_tactical_environments/

Dailey tells U.S. Army Pacific 'every Soldier is a billboard'

"Every Soldier is a billboard," Dailey said. He went on to explain there are 1.1 million Soldiers serving in the Army (active, Guard and Reserves), who represent the profession of arms.

 http://www.army.mil/article/148419/Dailey_tells_U_S__Army_Pacific__every_Soldier_is_a_billboard_/

U.S. Army – Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence

NFL Hall of Fame Member, Aeneas Williams said, “Now, it is my pleasure to introduce to you, your finalist for the U.S. Army – Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence,  Colter  Eggemeyer.  Eggemeyer is currently a member of Festus High School’s football, basketball, and golf teams. Additionally, Eggemeyer excels academically and has been involved in his community by participating in community service projects with Festus NHS and community enrichment activities.  On behalf of the U.S. Army and Pro Football Hall of Fame, it is my honor to recognize him as a finalist for this prestigious award.”

Standing with Colter is SSG Chand, Aeneas Williams, and SFC Davis.

 http://www.profootballhof.com/hall/2015/3/10/us-army-award-for-excellence-finalists/

Being a Soldier

As a Soldier in the U.S. Army, you're tasked with upholding the Constitution and protecting America's freedoms. But it's not always work — Soldiers have free time just like everyone else to spend with friends and family, or take part in sports or hobbies. Soldiers continually strengthen themselves mentally and physically through Ongoing Training. And most important — Soldiers live the Seven Core Army Values every day.

 http://www.goarmy.com/soldier-life/being-a-soldier.html

Becoming a Soldier can be challenging

BECOMING A SOLDIER

a process that changes you - for the better

Becoming a Soldier can be challenging, but it's also a rewarding life. The process can be summed up in three steps. The first is to work with a Recruiter. Once you sign up and are sworn in, you attend Basic Combat Training (BCT). Then you learn valuable job skills at Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Each of these steps is explained in more detail below.

http://www.goarmy.com/soldier-life/becoming-a-soldier.html