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<DIV id=date><FONT SIZE=2>Edition: Wed, May 17, 2006<BR><A
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<H2>TODAY'S FOCUS</H2>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Army Career Intern Program</B><BR><BR><B>What is it?</B> The Army Career
Intern Program serves as the bench for the officer component of the civilian
workforce. Like second lieutenants, Army interns form an elite pool of trainees
who represent the feeder group for future senior level professional, managerial,
and executive civilian positions. These employees are provided progressive and
sequential formal classroom and on-the-job developmental assignments that
prepare them for placement in one of Army's 22 civilian professional career
tracks. The end result of this two year structured program is an Army employee
with the requisite skills, abilities and leadership competencies required to
immediately fill a critical void in the Army's civilian force upon graduation.
Every intern signs a mobility agreement and his or her final placement is based
on the priority needs of the Army.<BR><BR><B>What has the Army Done?</B> The
Army has extensively analyzed workforce trends and needs to clearly define
replenishment requirements. These reviews substantiated that the program was not
operating at a level required to offset losses of skilled employees in
professional and leadership positions. Recognizing this deficiency the Army
adjusted the program to increase work year execution from an average of 808
between 1999 - 2003 to 1488 between 2004 - 2005.<BR><BR><B>What efforts does the
Army plan to continue in the future?</B> We are now focused on sustaining a
stable program at a level that will assure that the civilian workforce has the
contemporary skills and competencies required to meet the needs of the
warfighter and the mission. Forecasts have identified the need to replace
approximately 4,000 skilled professional employees on an annual basis. The
intern program is by far the best vehicle we have for replacing these losses.
<B><A href="http://www.army.mil/aps/06/maindocument/infopapers/J-04.html"
target=_blank>Continue</A></B> <BR><BR><B><A
href="http://www.army.mil/aps/06/15_addendums.html" target=_blank>For more
information on this and other topics see Addendum J in the Army Posture
Statement.</A></B><BR></FONT></P>
<H2>INFORMATION YOU CAN USE</H2>
<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Army Safety Program</B><BR><BR>The Chief of Staff of the Army has mandated
several initiatives aimed at enabling commanders in the field to manage risk as
they accomplish the demanding missions of fighting a Global War on Terrorism and
transforming. Here is a link that should be very helpful... gives you just what
you need to help develop your safety program:<A
href=" https://crc.army.mil/commanderscorner/"
target=_blank>https://crc.army.mil/commanderscorner/</A> It can also be found on
the front page of the Combat Readiness Center's website at <A
href="https://crc.army.mil/home/"
target='_blank"'>https://crc.army.mil/home/</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV>
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<H2>NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Strategic Retreat?</B> (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060517434990.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601879.html"
target=_blank>WP</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Guard Vows 6,000 Troops For</B> Border (<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601608.html"
target=_blank>WP</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Combat Feeding Directorate </B>Improves MREs (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9011"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Nearly 500 Military DNA Cases </B>Are Under Review (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060517435047.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=104587&ran=24160"
target=_blank>HR</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WAR ON TERROR NEWS</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Raids Net Known </B>Terrorist (<A
href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/May/060516.htm" target=_blank>MNF</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Attack Kills 5 Militiamen </B>And 18 Others In Baghdad (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060517435008.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/17/world/middleeast/17iraq.html?_r=1&oref=slogin"
target=_blank>NYT</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Efforts Deter Violence,</B> Promote Peace In Iraq (<A
href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/May/060517.htm" target=_blank>MNF</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Officials Hopeful </B>On Iraqi Cabinet (<A
href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060517435017.html" target=_blank>EB</A>
| <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601775.html"
target=_blank>WP</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>OF INTEREST</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Videos Released </B>Of Plane Crashing Into Pentagon (<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051600788.html"
target=_blank>WP</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Knowledge Management Program </B>Seeks Nominations (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9013"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Equipment Shortfalls Said To Be</B> 'Achilles Heel' For Pentagon (<A
href="http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=37235"
target=_blank>SAS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Soldiers Test Space-Age </B>Water Purification System (<A
href="http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9012"
target=_blank>ARNews</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WORLD VIEW</H2>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Iraqis Decry </B>U.S. Atrocities (<A href="http://www.aljazeera.com"
target=_blank>ALJ</A> | <A
href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11355"
target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>U.S. Branded As World's Worst</B> Human Rights Abuser (<A
href="http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm" target=_blank>KCNA</A> | <A
href="http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm" target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>War on Iran: </B>4th "Supreme Int'l Crime" In Seven Years (<A
href="http://www.aljazeera.com" target=_blank>ALJ</A> | <A
href="http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=11221"
target=_blank>Story</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Ecuador Oil Move </B>Prompts U.S. Ire (<A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk"
target=_blank>BBC</A> | <A
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4988624.stm"
target=_blank>Story</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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<H2>WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS</H2>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Asian/Pacific Americans </B>In The U.S. Army (<A
href="http://sgthook.com/2006/05/16/asianpacific-americans-in-the-us-army/"
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>An FRG </B>Of One (<A href="http://frg-of-one.blogspot.com/ "
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Back To Army Life </B>We Go (<A
href="http://theshannonchronicles.blogspot.com/2006/05/back-to-army-life-we-go.html"
target=_blank>BS</A>)
</FONT><LI><FONT SIZE=2><B>Latinos Enlisting </B>In Record Numbers (<A
href="http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/2006/05/latinos_enlisti.html"
target=_blank>BL</A>)</FONT></LI></UL>
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