I will be up front and state my bias as a former career military with a tour of duty as an instructor in a technical field. The 1970s was the introduction in the corporate take over of government. You began hearing things like the military should be run like a business. With this thinking, it was stated that the government spends money on technical training for individuals who leave service after 4 years. This was the justification for closing many technical training centers. What this really translates to is, corporate contacts to do the work previously done by military personnel. Even though a percentage of individuals did leave service after 4 years. For those 4 years they did provide a ready source for manpower for any event that may happen in the country or the world. Additionally, these individuals had training and job experience to fill the needs of civilian industry. Now industry complains about not having qualified people to fill technical jobs. The answer is for government to spend money to educate civilians to fill the jobs. At least active duty military personnel provided a service to government while getting the training and job experience. I personally know several people from homes without resources for further education, who left the military to be self supporting and raise a family. Several also used the GI bill to get college degrees and entered engineering fields. Many of you may be to young to be aware, but post WWII, people had jobs. Many jobs derived from military experience. Cooks open a restaurant or burger joint, aircraft and motor pool mechanics open an auto repair shop, radar technicians open a Radio/TV repair shop, heavy equipment operators to support construction, medics go into the medical field. There is a reason we do not have people fill technical jobs. Those most suited for technical jobs don't have the resources or opportunity for training and experience.
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
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