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Consider a Job With Clearance
For many separat- ing from the military or tying up a military career, cleared govern- ment jobs are a natural choice. According to
ClearanceJobs.com, an online resource for these professionals, 62 percent of security-cleared pro- fessionals are satisfied with their jobs and in 2009 earned on average
Proper Exit Delivers Closure A
s of May, Operation Proper Exit (shown above) has brought 18 war-wounded soldiers and
Marines back to Iraq, the scene of their injuries. For former Army National Guard Lt. Ed Salau, returning meant seeing many of the servicemembers he had left behind when an ambush near Tikrit took his left leg above the knee in November 2004. “I really wanted to see my guys, and I
wanted their last image of me in that coun- try to be me leaving on my own power,” says Salau. While in country, he saw a safer, less violent Iraq — an indication his and others’ losses were not in vain.
Rick Kell, founder of Troops First
Foundation, conceived Operation Proper Exit after talking with many wounded warriors. “They all want to go back and see the progress that’s been made,” he says. “They also want to make certain that their sacrifices and those of their fallen comrades have significant meaning and true value.” The trips cost participants nothing; the
USO, Troops First Foundation, and others pay for airfare. For additional information about Operation Proper Exit, visit www
.troopsfirstfoundation.org.
— Don Vaughan PHOTOS: ABOVE, LEE CRAKER/MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS — IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; RIGHT, SHUTTERSTOCK J U LY 2 0 1 0 MI L I T A R Y O F F I C E R 2 1
$92,368. Twenty-one percent of workers were dissatisfied, and 17 per- cent were neither satis- fied nor dissatisfied. “Employers at MOAA
career fairs see our ac- tive duty membership as a strong base of cleared professionals. A security clearance may not make the job hunt easier, but it will open up more job opportunities for tran- sitioning MOAA mem- bers,” says Capt. Linda Speed, USN-Ret., dep- uty director of MOAA’s The Officer Placement Service (TOPS).
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