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A bottlenose dolphin named K-Dog leaps out of the water in front of Sergeant Andrew Garrett while training near the USS Gunston Hall in the Persian Gulf on March 18, 2003. (Reuters/US Navy/Brien Aho)

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New Post has been published on http://www.kerrylcacho.com/?p=2436

Looking For An Opportunity to Grow Professionally!! This Is For You

Are you a civilian or transitioning from active duty? Interested in learning more about the Navy Reserves?

A local Navy Reserve recruiter will be at the Old Town Complex to tell you more about opportunities and to answer any questions.

WHEN: Tuesday, October 3 WHERE: Room 1509 in OT3 TIME: 1200

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Age: 25-42 US Citizen Possess a BA in STEM (BA in Science for AEDO and EDO). (Technical degree needed for EDO) Significant experience (civilian or military) in the field applying.

For more information, check out the SPAWAR Newsstand: https://blog.spawar.navy.mil/topnews/2017/09/929-reserve-recruiter-at-otc–october-3-at-1200.html

For additional questions, contact YN1 Christopher Slaton ([email protected])

Reserve Recruiting Flyer

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SPAWAR - Cool projects to work on but lots of red tape

Posted by Software Engineer, in San Diego, CA, USA on November 11, 2007

The line of work at SPAWAR can be very interesting. SPAWAR allows you to tour departments for a short duration before you decide to stick with one department. You also get to pick the projects you get to work on. There's work for every type of engineer. And if you don't like your project, you can propose one of your own for grants. You can hop around projects too. You also get the opportunity to travel if you like!

Job security is really good. I don't recall anyone ever being fired or let out.

All of this does come with responsibility and it can get stressful when you have to worry about getting your grant renewed.

I do not like the government environment. Their support system is horrible. You usually have to fix things yourself. The pay system is horrible. Their performance review structure is also horrible! It is hard to move up the ladder. You are not reviewed by your direct manager, but your department head who would know nothing of your work. You move up depending on how many years you been there and not merit.

If you can handle the government annoyances and want interesting work, this is the job for you. If I were to work at SPAWAR, I would do as a contractor instead of a full time. This gives you the benefit of interesting work but not at the expense of being surrounded by government red tape.

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U.S. Navy re-ups with Microsoft for more Windows XP support

U.S. Navy re-ups with Microsoft for more Windows XP support

“Despite reaching its official end of life over a year ago, Microsoft’s Windows XP is still bringing the company some significant revenue — largely because Department of Defense and government customers can’t seem to get rid of it,” Sean Gallagher reports for Ars Technica. “And the Navy is one of Microsoft’s best custom-support customers.”

“The US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems…

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As the Navy’s Information Dominance systems command, SPAWAR develops, delivers and sustains communications and information capabilities for warfighters, keeping them connected anytime, anywhere. With a space support activity, two system centers and through partnerships with three program executive offices, SPAWAR provides the hardware and software needed to execute Navy missions. The team consists of more than 9,500 active duty military and civil service professionals located around the world and close to the fleet to keep SPAWAR at the forefront of research, engineering and acquisition to provide and sustain fleet capabilities. (More)

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Californication

San Diego! After two weeks, I’m still pretty blown away that I actually live here now. Feels like an extended vacation. The weather is basically perfect every day (even though we’re in a supposed heat wave), people are friendly, and there’s stuff to do! Cost of living is a bit high ($3.50/gallon - it’s good to be single and employed). But there’s cheap Mexican restaurants on every corner and I love it.

Work with the Navy started this past week and has been slow to start. I’m optimistic that once things will get more interesting. The real work of the government apparently happens underneath mountains of paperwork and bureaucracy. Here’s where my building is. It’s a rough life.

My big new exciting venture is surfing. We go out about every other day on average. It’s so, so nice to be in the clear water on a surfboard while watching the sun go down. Surfing is definitely not as easy as it looks, but I think I’m getting the hang of it.

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Sea Water Antenna

SPAWAR thinks this could replace entire communications towers on board Navy vessels; significantly reducing power consumption and ship's profile.

This is why it pays to be attentive and study electronics theory.

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To make a seawater antenna, the current probe... is attached to a radio’s antenna jack. When salt water is squirted through the hole in the middle of the probe, signals are transferred to the water stream by electromagnetic induction. The aerial can be adjusted to the frequency of those signals by lengthening or shortening the spout.

Liquid Radio: America's Navy is Developing an Antenna made of Seawater.

The Economist