Army Reaching Out to Hire the Wounded

[unhappycamper]

Army Reaching Out to Hire the Wounded
October 20, 2008
Army News Service|by Gary Sheftick

WASHINGTON - Army personnel officials are launching an outreach program as part of a push to hire more wounded warriors and their spouses as civilian employees.

In the past four years, 43 Soldiers wounded in action have been hired as civilian employees Army-wide, G-1 officials at the Pentagon said. But they emphasized that new initiatives have the potential to bring many more veterans and their spouses into federal service.

An executive order signed by President Bush Sept. 25 authorizes non-competitive appointments in the Civil Service for spouses of disabled veterans and surviving spouses of servicemembers killed in action.

Dr. Susan Duncan, the Army's assistant G-1 for Civilian Personnel Policy, said she expects the Office of Personnel Management to issue implementing guidance that will allow the Army to begin hiring spouses of wounded warriors under the executive order by first of the year.

"Many times, our wounded warriors' source of income is their spouse's work," Duncan said. She added, though, that the Army personnel community is also redoubling its efforts to hire wounded veterans into the civilian workforce.


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[tazkcmo]

1. OMFG!

Bush? He Ok'd this? Did he know what he was sgning? I am in total and utter shock that the Boy King actually did something good for the military! Has to be a mistake....