A federal hiring freeze imposed since February — along with deferred resignations, early retirements and regular turnover from attrition — will yield a decrease of 30,000 full-time personnel through September and eliminate the need for sweeping layoffs.
A federal hiring freeze imposed since February — along with deferred resignations, early retirements and regular turnover from attrition — will yield a decrease of 30,000 full-time personnel through September and eliminate the need for sweeping layoffs.
Chad Pfeifer of Caldwell, Idaho, is the only military veteran who was fully exempt from qualifying for the U.S. Adaptive Open Championship and will be competing in the lower limb impairment category.
From the Stars and Stripes archives: A Lithuanian soldier observes artillery fire from inside a camouflaged enclosure during Operation Dynamic Front in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Mar. 8, 2017.
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![Hed: Operation Dynamic Front, 2017
Grafenwoehr, Germany, Mar. 8, 2017: A Lithuanian soldier observes artillery fire from inside a camouflaged enclosure during Operation Dynamic Front.
More than 1,300 soldiers from nine NATO countries participate in the Feb. 26 through Mar. 9, 2017 training to ensure that when two or more countries' forces work together, their artillery and communication is synchronized for maximum impact and avoidance of what could be catastrophic friendly fire.
Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/news/2019-03-07/europes-largest-annual-us-led-artillery-exercise-underway-in-germany-1489099.html1
Source - Stars and Stripes
Read Stars and Stripes' coverage of the exercise here. [https://www.stripes.com/news/2017-03-09/nato-forces-harmonize-the-big-guns-1532059.html1]
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