Walmart  Pledges to Hire 100,000+ Vets

Walmart Pledges to Hire 100,000+ Vets

By: Anne D’Innocenzio NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer and nation’s largest private employer, is making a pledge to boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers and hire more than 100,000 veterans. The plans were to be announced as part of...
Incarcerated Veterans Train Dogs

Incarcerated Veterans Train Dogs

Hazard Wilson’s new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can’t be contained by steel doors: a 5-month-old golden retriever. Yardley is one of three canines assigned since September to inmates at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland for...
Panetta Orders Probe of Military Day Care

Panetta Orders Probe of Military Day Care

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered a worldwide review of hiring practices at all U.S. military day care centers after the Army revealed that it discovered problems with security background checks of workers at a Washington-area center. Shortly after the...
Navy Beats Army for 11th Straight Time

Navy Beats Army for 11th Straight Time

By: Dan Gelston   PHILADELPHIA – Trent Steelman walked off the field, about ready to burst into tears. Army’s quarterback finished his career 0 for Navy. Four starts, four losses. So many around him felt his pain. Army officials hugged him. Navy coach...

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