Jack H. Brown, Navy Veteran, Chairman and CEO of Stater Bros. Supermarkets Honored by Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation.
Brown to receive '2008 Semper Fidelis Award', the Foundation's Highest Honor, on Saturday, October 25, 2008 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack H. Brown, Chairman and CEO of Stater Bros. Supermarkets, will receive the "2008 Semper Fidelis Award", which is the highest honor bestowed by...

Hired guns.
Uncle Sam needs everyone he can get--and then some more. Over the past two years, the Army has met its recruiting goals by offering higher incentives to join, employing more recruiters, and providing waivers for disqualifying physical conditions or law violations. Despite all this, for the second month in...

Warrior care support program.
by The Health Net Federal Services Warrior Care Support Team Health Net Federal Services, LLC, the government operations division of Health Net, Inc., launched its Warrior Care Support (WCS) Program on August 8, 2007. The program directly connects severely injured or ill Warriors and their family or...

The Society of the Cincinnati: Conspiracy and Distrust in Early America.
The Society of the Cincinnati: Conspiracy and Distrust in Early America. By Markus Hunemorder. European Studies in American History. (New York and Oxford, Eng.: Berghahn Books, 2006. Pp. [viii], 212. $75.00, ISBN 1-84545-107-4.) Markus Hunemorder revisits a topic for which Minor Myers Jr.'s Liberty without Anarchy: A...

Town meeting to vote on bridge for military pay.
Byline: Debbie LaPlaca CHARLTON - Selectmen took the first step this week toward adopting a state provision that would bridge compensation for public employees called to active military service. State law allows state, town and school employees who are granted a military leave of absence...

Financial friendly fire: dead and wounded debtors.
MORE THAN 2,400 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq and more than 18,000 wounded. According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of military pay, nearly 900 of the wounded and 400 of the dead still owed money to the Army--more than $1.5 million total--most of it resulting...

World War I: railroaders.
In 1914, the Canadian government, foreseeing problems in the transport of supplies over a broad front, offered to raise railway units for service in France. The offer was rebuffed by the Imperial General Staff. However, when they learned, slowly, that their motor transport was not capable of the job,...

The military--what's a myth and what's a reality?
Today's Military has a lot to offer young adults like you--college aid and assistance, salary and benefits compensation, and a sense of community and fraternity among fellow personnel. With over 4,100 different jobs available, military careers range from administrative and construction specialists to health care and electronics technicians to...

Value of brass (military pay raises).
It is true that Privates are paid at an initial rate of $19,500 per year which is not much, particularly if you are living on the economy. However, most are living in single quarters. Also, this is the salary they receive the day they join the forces; by the...

Onerous bonus (the awarding of performance pay to a disproportionate number of those eligible by the Canadian Forces suggests flawed criteria).
In September 1997, performance pay for LCol (specialists) and Colonels and above was re-instituted. Needless to say, it raised considerable angst among the other ranks and junior officers - for good reason - and should be reviewed. Although performance pay was re-instituted in the Fall of 1997,...