Annual Wake County Veterans Stand Down – May 18, 2012  The Stand Down Committee needs help!  The Dental Bus has been reserved for this event. However, they need 2 dentists and/or hygienists to volunteer their services on the bus. Do you know of any one that would be willing to volunteer? If so, please have them contact Mr. John Youker at (919) 857-9428 or via email at John.Youker@wakegov.com.

SCAM ALERT:  Annoucement from DFAS (http://www.dfas.mil/) on their homepage:

Beware – scam emails – that appear to be sent by DFAS employees!  There are emails being sent to individuals, including military members, military retirees, and civilian employees, which appear to be sent by a DFAS employee.  Although the email appears to come from a DFAS employee and displays a dot mil address it is actually from a non-government email account.  This is an example of what’s called “spoofing.” The emails indicate that individuals who are receiving disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) may be able to obtain additional funds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  These emails are not issued by DFAS and will likely result in a financial loss if you comply with the suggestions in the email.  Bottom line – do not send your personal information or copies of your tax returns and 1099s to the individual listed in the email.  Go to DFAS website for more info. 

April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  An invitation is extended to attend the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Concert at the Raleigh NCNG JFHQ Auditorium on 20 April 2012 at 1230.  440th Army Rock Band will be performing as well as presentations of key awareness messages.  Anyone who wants to attend needs to let let Jeffrey Travers know by 1200 on the 19th so that names are on the roster to be let into the compound.  Jeffrey J. Travers, Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, NCNG,  919-418-4867
Support Military Missions In Actions’s current fundraiser.

The Rex Hospital Open is an official week-long event on the PGA TOUR’s Nationwide Tour, held at TPC Wakefield Plantation in North Raleigh, May 31 - June 3, 2012. By purchasing tickets for this event through Military Missions in Action (MMIA), you are helping to support a local non-profit raise funds that will go towards helping a military veteran with home repairs that he/she would not otherwise be able to afford. Tickets are $10 for the entire four-day event. Children ages 16 and under are admitted for free with an adult who has purchased a ticket. If you are interested in helping support MMIA but are not interested in attending The Open – you can still purchase tickets and donate them back to MMIA; who, in turn, will provide the tickets to local active duty military members and veterans.

To learn more about the Rex Hospital Open, please visit their website at www.rexhealth.com/rexopen or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RexOpen

To learn more about Military Missions In Action, please visit our website at www.militarymissionsinaction.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MilitaryMissionsInAction

To purchase tickets, please contact MMIA at (919) 552-1603.

Kelly Engineering Resources is currently recruiting 15 Process Technicians (Mechanics) for a project with a Green Energy research facility. Process Technicians are responsible for operation and maintenance of the Carbons to Liquids process systems at pilot scale. Technicians should be familiar with safe work procedures involving high pressure and high temperature industrial processes. Mechanics should also be able to follow standard practices and procedures to accomplish tasks/duties that are varied but standardized. This project based opportunity allows employees to gain experience in the Green Energy Industry.

Job Requirements:
· Candidate must have hands on Mechanical experience working with boilers, air chillers, and complex machinery in a heavy industrial environment

· Candidate may have a related military background – Navy Nuclear and/or Machinist Mate

· Candidate must have experience with high pressure and temperature systems – pressures and temperatures range from 27 psi to 380 psi and up to 1500 degrees F, respectively.

· Candidate must have at a minimum a high school diploma or GED, preferably also possess an Associate’s Degree in a related field

· Candidate must be flexible in regards to the work schedule

Job Responsibilities:
· Maintain and assist in repair of components including valves, piping, and electrical, hydraulic and mechanical machinery

· Perform assembly of related mechanical hardware

· Operate and maintain equipment including gasifiers, syngas cleaning, syngas to liquid fuels via Fischer Tropsch synthesis and emission control technologies.

· Complete material & energy balances for new projects & process modeling using Aspen ++.

· Modify gas inputs and temperatures in order to achieve desired exit stream.

Contact: Kim Shearer Soltmann | Engineering Recruiting Consultant Kelly Engineering Resources | 1 Copley Parkway, Suite 302| Morrisville, NC 27560

Phone: 919.462. 3575 | Fax: 919.468.2967 | kimberly.shearer@kellyservices.com

Veteran’s can use this website to check on status for claims with the VA:

VA Inquiry Routing & Information System (IRIS)

The VBA employee (VSR) working that case has 5 business days to respond with a real answer on claims and other processing within the VBA. The person answering the 800#, cannot always see what is really happening during the adjudication process and may not always be able to give the most accurate information. Plus if there is a delay in the processing, it does bring that particular claim back to the attention of the VSR and can make a difference on the time it takes to resolve. The Veteran decides on how the VARO contacts them, via mail, email or phone call.

For over 20 years, Outward Bound has run wilderness expeditions specifically
designed for war veterans.  Outward Bound draws on the healing benefit of teamwork, challenge, friendship and the natural world to help with transitions back into life at home whether you have retired from the military or are home between deployments.

Upcoming trips:

North Carolina – Mountains Backpacking and Rock Climbing.
North Carolina – Outer Banks Sea Kayaking.
Florida – Everglades Coastal Canoeing

Now, through generous funding, this tremendous opportunity for adventure, challenge and self-discovery is available TUITION FREE* to Veterans and Service Members!
For more details or to enroll call Veterans and Service Members Program Manager Matthew Rosky at 1-866-699-6262 or visit www.ncobs.org/veterans.

TRAVEL COSTS: North Carolina Outward Bound covers the cost of Veterans and Service Members travel to and from course.

VSM Brochure

*COMMITMENT FEE: Veterans and Service Members must place a credit card number on file at the time of their enrollment. Veterans and Service Members will be charged a $250 Cancellation Fee Penalty ONLY if they cancel 30 days or less prior to their program start.  If a Service Member is on active duty or a member of the National Guard or Reserves and receives orders to deploy, the Cancellation Fee will be waived.

Tarheel Retiree Homecoming 2011

Old Hickory Association May-June 2011-Newsletter

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