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...Cohort known as Gen Y, born between 1978 and 1990 and now flooding into the workplace, "will be more difficult to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage than any other new generation." Why? Raised by once rebellious boomers attempting to be perfect parents, Gen Yers have been coddled since birth, says the author. But given the right structure and boundaries, he says, including "specific deadlines with measurable benchmarks along the way," Gen Y will be "the most high-performing workforce in history for those who know how to manage them properly...
Simmons said that between concentration requirements, Expository Writing, foreign language citations, and newly created secondary fields, a six-category Gen Ed program would have been more manageable...
...without a clear enemy. Anything waged against a shapeless, intangible noun can never truly be won - President Clinton's drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey said as much in 1996. And yet, within the past 40 years, the U.S. government has spent over $2.5 trillion dollars fighting the War on Drugs. Despite the ad campaigns, increased incarceration rates and a crackdown on smuggling, the number of illicit drug users in America has risen over the years and now sits at 19.9 million Americans. And a large portion of their supply makes its way into the country through Mexico...
...trust between the U.S. and the various Iraqi Security Forces is becoming less important to the country's future as a countdown begins to major U.S. withdrawal in 2010 and 2011. The real problem is likely to emerge between the Iraqis themselves - particularly between Arabs and Kurds. According to Gen. Caslen the Multi-National Division North Commander, conflict between Arabs and Kurds is "the most dangerous course for Iraq right now. It is very dangerous, very serious, and it is going to require a lot of action and transparency to deal with the issue." (See a month-by-month catalog...
...these technology upgrades are necessary, says Rickey Smith of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, because "the Taliban have evolved and the more robust they get, the more counterinsurgency and elements of national power are needed to kick into the effort." The urgency felt by the Pentagon is reflected by Gen. Richard Cody, formerly the Army's vice chief of staff, as he talked about fielding ODIN throughout Afghanistan: "We are building as many as we can as fast...