Veterans Program IT Training

[George Toft]

Time to take off the tin-foil hat :)

I took advantage of a one week entrepreneur course put on by the 
Kaufmann Foundation for veterans.  It was geared to help veterans become 
independent business owners and was a very good deal.

In this case, as was pointed out, there is a bit of a problem with 
veterans who have been doing the nation's dirty work so the 98% can live 
in ignorance.  This is a great opportunity to reskill in a trade that 
has a shortage.  We all know big companies are importing IT labor 
because of a "shortage" and now we can alleviate that shortage with 
American labor.  Having worked with former military and non-military 
alike in the IT field, I would rather have a vet on my team than a 
non-vet because they've put up with horrid work conditions and are team 
players.

As far as TV goes - really?!?!?  You mean you can't hack the NSA with a 
hydra through a backdoor while a gun is pointed at your head and Ginger 
(Halle Berry) working her wiles on your manparts in under 59 seconds?  
When it comes to guns and IT, there's reality and there's Hollywood and 
a very large gap in between. I'm at the point now where I won't watch 
anything put out by Hollywood that involves either one.

Peace.

George Toft

On 4/29/2013 12:52 PM, Nathan England wrote:
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> The truth is we have hundreds of thousands of men and women in the 
> service who are returning home to a country with a horrible 
> unemployment rate. These guys will likely come home and have to get on 
> welfare or be supported by some other means. This will likely be a 
> good thing, as education for a working class is always a good thing, 
> and the IT field is sorely lacking in "trained" professionals.
>
> Of course, the conspiracies could abound. So many of these shows on 
> T.V. such as Alias (my personal favorite) and 24 and a myriad of 
> others, all have these awesome IT guys that can do anything and get 
> information on anyone in a moments notice, all without a care in the 
> world about the possibility of violating privacy rights... Hmmm. Whom 
> better could we get to develop such a system, or *run* such a system 
> with little to no thought about violating rights than a group of 
> people whom are already potentialy brainwashed and indebted to the 
> government.
>
> Sounds like a great plan to implement the coming 
> fascist/communist/humanist/globalist agendas!
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> Nathan
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> On Monday, April 29, 2013 12:42:04 keith smith wrote:
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> What's the catch?
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> Keith Smith
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> --- On Mon, 4/29/13, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
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> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> Subject: Veterans Program IT Training
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> Date: Monday, April 29, 2013, 12:33 PM
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> VETERANS -- FULL SCHOLARSHIPS for INFORMATION TECH (IT) JOBS
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> WANTED: Veterans
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> The Department of Veteran Affairs has launched a game-changing 
> program--to educate Veterans with no prior computer and network 
> experience to the level of Information Technology experts in a matter 
> of months. This program is open to Active Duty Veterans as well as 
> Veterans of the Reserves and National Guard, from every branch of the 
> service. Registration is still open for three remaining classes; they 
> begin in the end of June/early July, 2013.
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> After completing the school in Palo Alto, CA, Veterans will be ready 
> for placement in Information Tech and System Administrator jobs in 
> many industries such as health care, insurance, finance, telecomm, 
> energy, and more. We are working closely with our Fortune 500 
> corporate partners to ensure that each of our students will graduate 
> with high-value, high-wage employment opportunities.
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> This totally immersive school is a five-month commitment and a 
> residential program. Full scholarships are provided to each attending 
> Veteran to cover all tuition, materials, room, and board. The 
> scholarships are separate from your GI Bill and Pell Grants, and DO 
> NOT AFFECT YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS.
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> REGISTER NOW for June and July, 2013 classes at 
> http://www.acuitus.com/veterans
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> Find more information regarding this program at the VA Center for 
> Innovation site: http://www.innovation.va.gov/program-digitaltutor.html
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