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There's a swirl of activity in a spacious, modern kitchen as final meal preparations are made.
The Pentagon's personnel chief said Tuesday the military has completed its best recruiting year since 1973, meeting all its goals and bringing in a better educated group of young people.
As his son ran through drills alongside his high school peers, Ken McCarthy sat in a lawn chair — video camera in hand — and assessed how 15-year-old Corbin was stacking up.
One young man attended secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call, urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia to fight. Terrorist training videos featuring English speakers pepper YouTube, calling others to the cause.
A rural North Carolina school district with a proud military tradition is allowing a Quaker peace activist a chance to compete with military recruiters at steering high school students to careers, attorneys said Wednesday.
One of the nation's oldest prep schools on Tuesday disputed a lawsuit brought by a former basketball coach who claims he was forced to quit after complaining that the school told him he was recruiting too many blacks.
Detroit Pistons basketball star Richard Hamilton has filed a federal lawsuit accusing his former business manager, already at the center of recruiting allegations at the University of Connecticut, of stealing about $1 million from him.
Mary Adams doesn't want her daughter hearing pitches from military recruiters as she completes her high school education.
College sports fans, be careful of the company you keep on Facebook.
Detroit Pistons guard Richard Hamilton says he's pursuing legal action against a former business manager, the same man at the center of recruiting allegations at the University of Connecticut, Hamilton's alma mater.
Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has acknowledged that he or his staff may have made mistakes in recruiting basketball player Nate Miles.
After talking to journalism students at Stony Brook University recently, John Houseman of New York's WPIX-TV left behind 18 new video cameras.
Members of the newest Jewish family in Dothan are settling in to their piece of the promised land: A new home, just down the street from the city's water park and Dixie Youth baseball fields.
The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.
Buoyed by more recruiters, bigger bonuses and an elite reputation, the Marine Corps has grown by nearly 27,000 members in a little more than two years — half the time that military officials believed it would take.
The Pentagon plans to recruit more foreigners in a fresh effort to make up for chronic shortages of doctors, nurses and linguists available for wartime duty.
Injuries are threatening to spoil our fun. And that’s just not right.
After seven years at war, the military paid recruits hundreds of millions of dollars over the past year as they answered the call to duty.
Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. Blumberg is chairman of an organization offering Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate to Dothan, an overwhelmingly Christian town of 58,000 that calls itself the Peanut Capital of the World. Get involved at Temple Emanu-El and stay at least five years, the group's leaders say, and the money doesn't have to be repaid.
You may not have to wait for a job interview to find out what the people are like at companies you apply to.
Indiana University told the NCAA on Monday that its own self-imposed penalties should be enough to keep the organization from having to punish the school for improper phone calls made by Kelvin Sampson before he resigned as basketball coach.
The Marine Corps far surpassed its recruiting goal last month and could eventually be more than a year ahead of schedule in its plan to grow the force to 202,000 members.
Nick Saban normally spends this time of year on the road evaluating prep prospects and visiting with high school coaches.
Hitmen tied to Mexico's Gulf cartel appear to be boldly seeking recruits by posting help-wanted signs in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a giant banner hung across a thoroughfare, a federal anti-drug enforcement official said Monday.
The billboard displays a phone number and only two English words: "Call Mona." The rest is in Arabic. But if you can read it, the Army wants you.
Will There Be Jobs For The Class Of 2010?For college students graduating next spring, there's good news (and bad) on the job front.
Sailors take aim at new recruiting sloganThe Navy's new recruiting slogan, "America's Navy: A global force for good," was designed from the outset to motivate existing sailors as much as to entice young people to enlist.
Tuiloma Clogs the MiddleNot much was known about Travis Tuiloma when he committed to BYU back in April. After a summer spent working at home, lifting weights, working out and not attending any camps, Tuiloma remains somewhat of a mystery to most BYU fans.
Minnesota Men Charged in Somali RecruitingA federal grand jury has indicted two Minnesota men in connection with the recruitment of Somali immigrants to fight with Islamic insurgents in their home country.
Case of autistic Marine brings recruiting problems to the forefrontA few days after he arrived at boot camp here, Joshua Fry no longer wanted to be a Marine.
Army extends immigrant recruiting->This is just wrong in SO many ways so what they are pointing out is that , it's better to hire foreigners over Americans and training our own which is BS
Rivals.com Basketball Recruiting Analysis Ranks University of Kentucky #1 for 2009 RecruitingRivals.com's analysis of college basketball recruting of the 2009 high school class ranks the University of Kentucky #1 thus far. This article lists Rivals.com's ranking of the top 25 colleges for recruiting thus far this season.
Al Qaeda exporting jihad with a hip-hop vibeThe latest video from Somalia's al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab wing is as slickly produced as a reality TV show but with a startling message -- complete with a hip-hop jihad vibe. Experts think Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, dubbed "The American" by al Qaeda, speaks in the Somali video.
Top high school athlete John Wall charged with breaking and entering :: WRAL.comRaleigh, N.C. — Local high school basketball standout John Wall, one of the nation's top uncommitted college prospects, has been cited with breaking and entering, Raleigh police said Monday. An officer saw Wall leaving from the rear of the residence around 12:30 p.m.
In Need of a Proactive Peace Movement :Using Equal Access to Counter Militarism in High Schools Another important aspect of the problem that needs to be understood and addressed by the peace movement is the ongoing militarization of the educational system ...
Despite a depressingly tight job market, many corporate executives are saying "Thanks, but no thanks" to some lucrative jobs. Not surprisingly, embattled government-controlled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are both having hard time recruiting top talent.
Military stops giving waivers to felons, drug offenders-----US Gang-bangers in BaghdadDue to the recent economic downturn, the United States Army is seeing an uptick in what it calls "quality" recruits and has halted the practice of giving recruitment waivers to convicted felons and recent drug offenders, according to published reports Sunday.
Cats on Recruits' Short ListThree top high school seniors are considering Kentucky.
Are Recruiters Passing You By Because of Your LinkedIn Profile?There may be something missing from your LinkedIn Profile that is causing recruiters to lose interest in you even if you have the qualifications they are seeking.
Fargo uses social networks to fight floodwatersWhen Kevin Tobosa got word Thursday that a friend needed help building a sandbag dike, he immediately posted a status update on his Facebook page: "Heading to 2825 Lilac Lane in North Fargo — needs to be raised another 2 feet."
MailTribune.com: Enlistment is up in Oregon GuardSALEM — This year, more Oregon Army National Guard soldiers will head for war than at any time since World War II. And more people are signing up and re-enlisting than ever.
Hard times boost enlistment in Oregon GuardMore Oregon soldiers are going to war than at any time since World War II. But more people are signing up for the Oregon National Guard. Oregon had a record number of recruits in February and led the nation in re-enlistments with 208.
Interest in military on the rise : Local News : The Rocky Mountain NewsAcross the street from the U.S. Navy recruiting station in Aurora is a restaurant that has gone out of business. Less than a mile away, bankrupt Circuit City is unloading its merchandise at deep discounts.
Recruiting 2.0 - Entrepreneur.comBen Swartz, co-founder and president of Chicago-based interactive marketing advisory firm Marcel Media, estimates he's hired three-quarters of his 21-person staff using Web 2.0 resources.
Service Members Re-enlisting at High Rates Because of Poor EconomyGood article on the bad economy and its effect on military recruiting.
Lawsuit seeks to bankrupt the Ku Klux KlanIt was a mismatch from the start: a 16-year-old boy, 5-feet, 3-inches tall and 150 pounds, against two reputed Ku Klux Klansmen, the biggest standing 6-feet, 5-inches and tipping the scales at 300 pounds.
Military Group: Ending DADT would ease burden on troops(Washington) An organization that represents gays in the military said Tuesday that the Army's continued use of stop loss is further evidence that the discharge of over 12,500 service members based on sexual orientation since 1993 under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" undermine …
College Footbal Recruiting in JamaicaTexas Tech's ever-curious Mike Leach may have found a new area to recruit: Jamaica.
The killing game: Wisconsin sparks national actionUse of Army recruiting game at public events may violate international law.
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