Scientists are Using Data to Protect Soldiers from IED Blasts
Although many improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are crude, homemade bombs, they’re among the most destructive weapons U.S. soldiers have encountered over the last decade. “When we got into Iraq and Afghanistan, we weren’t prepared for that kind of fight,“ Lt. Gen. D. Johnson, director of the U.S. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), said in July. “IEDs are not new,” he added. “Unfortunately for the world, their use is growing.”
Russell Stokes: The Future of Manufacturing Talent
What We Need To Win: GE Hires 1,000 Vets in 2012, Hits Its Goal
Two summers ago, U.S. Army Sergeant Kreg Smith was on his second tour in Iraq, shooting down mortars lobbed by insurgents at his base inside the Sunni Triangle. But since then, he has traded Iraq for a more peaceful neighborhood. He is making turbine parts for jet engines at GE Aviation’s plant in the suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio, as one of a thousand veterans hired by GE this year. Thanks to vets like him, GE has hit its goal of hiring a thousand vets in 2012.
Partnering with the U.S. Army Reserve
I was back in familiar territory yesterday at the Pentagon to sign a GE U.S. Army Reserve memorandum of agreement. As a military veteran, I’m very excited about this signing to start an employer partnership to recruit and train soldiers for positions across our company.