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Overview of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
2024.05.25 13:35 1811Throwaway2022 Overview of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
This is an updated version of the Overview I did two years ago. This is not an official post from NCIS and any views are my own.
TLDR; Do you want to be a Detective working a diverse caseload, but also travel the world? Then NCIS is the right place for you! If you don’t like working “people crimes” like sexual assaults, domestic violence or child abuse, or you want to stay in one place for the rest of your career, do not apply.
Mission: The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) mission is to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the United States Navy and Marine Corps—ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace.
Official Website: www.ncis.navy.mil.
Qualifications/Eligibility Requirements
Required Training: As a condition of employment, Special Agent trainees must successfully complete the Criminal Investigator’s Training Program and Special Agent Basic Training Program aboard the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
Physical Fitness: Special Agent trainees are required to successfully pass the Physical Efficiency Battery and score at a minimum 25th percentile in each component area for their age and gender. Please visit FLETC.gov to review the required Physical Efficiency Battery scores. There is no physical fitness test as a part of the hiring process, you are only tested while at FLETC.
Degrees and Experience
A Bachelor’s Degree is required, but they will take applications if you are within 6 months of graduating. Your degree does not have to be in anything specific. Work experience makes you more competitive, but you should still apply even if you don’t have a lot of experience, NCIS will teach you everything you need to know.
Military or law enforcement experience is not required. NCIS hires Special Agent’s with diverse backgrounds, I know former teachers, analysts, police officers, and some Agents straight out of college.
We are civilians so you do not have to enlist in order to be hired.
Hiring Process
For an overview of the Special Agent hiring process, click here (https://www.ncis.navy.mil/Careers/Special-Agents/SA-Hiring-Process/). The entire hiring process from application to hiring pool usually takes six to nine months, which is really fast compared to other federal agencies.
Locations/Moving
NCIS has locations all over the world for a full list of locations click [here](https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Locations/). We are required to sign a mobility agreement when we are hired and expected to move every 3-5 years with some exceptions. Exceptions include if you want to stay in place in a hard to fill office like San Diego or Twentynine Palms. Also, if you do a deployment, you can typically extend in place.
When it comes time to move, you will make a list ranking your top locations and the agency will select your next location for you from that list. First locations are typically in the continental US and are most likely in a large office like San Diego, CA, Camp Lejeune, NC, Washington D.C., and Norfolk, VA. If your spouse is Active Duty, NCIS will do their best to colocate you with your spouse. NCIS is doing a huge push to fill our West Coast offices (CA, AZ, WA, HI, IL), and Guam.
Promotions/Pay
Federal pay scales are publicly available online: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule
Most people get hired as a GL 7 or 9 unless you are already an 1811 and lateral in, in which case they typically come in at their current GS level. Automatic promotions are 9, 11, 12, 13. As of today, supervisors at NCIS are still GS 13, but they are in the process of converting all Supervisory Special Agents to GS 14. If you want to promote to a GS 14 you have to compete.
We get Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) which is is fixed at 25% of a special agent's rate of basic pay. We also get locality pay depending on where you live.
Investigations
Most 1811's start in General Crimes (Gen Crim). Like I said above, we are like Detectives and investigate all felony level crimes with a nexus to the Department of Defense. Case loads vary by office, but average 12-15 cases at a time. Investigations include but not limited to:
We have Counterintelligence (CI) 1811’s and you can jump back and forth between CI and Gen Crim. You can also specialize in Fraud, Tech, Forensics, Polygraph, Protection, Cyber, and Child Exploitation as an 1811. In addition to 1811’s we have Intelligence Analysts (0132), Investigative Analysts (1805), Digital Forensic Examiners (2210), Investigators (1801/1810), and admin support. We are doing a huge hiring push for basically the entire agency.
Special Agent Afloat Program
One of the things that makes NCIS unique is the Special Agent Afloat (SAA) program which allows you to deploy on a ship. It is an awesome opportunity to get a lot of experience, work directly with service members and make a lot of money. This is a completely voluntary and highly incentivized program, you will not be forced to deploy.
Benefits
How to Apply?
NCIS does open announcements twice a year, in the Spring (typically April) and in the Fall (typically October). The openings are announced on Instagram, LinkedIn, and USAjobs.
Please comment any questions you may have!
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TLDR; Do you want to be a Detective working a diverse caseload, but also travel the world? Then NCIS is the right place for you! If you don’t like working “people crimes” like sexual assaults, domestic violence or child abuse, or you want to stay in one place for the rest of your career, do not apply.
Mission: The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) mission is to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the United States Navy and Marine Corps—ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace.
Official Website: www.ncis.navy.mil.
Qualifications/Eligibility Requirements
- Must not have reached 37 years of age (exceptions are preference eligible veterans and those currently covered under the 6C Federal Law Enforcement retirement system).
- Must be a U.S. born or naturalized U.S. citizen.
- Must have a valid driver's license.
- Must pass all phases of the hiring process, including a polygraph, medical exam, drug test, and extensive background investigation.
- Must have vision correctable to 20/20 with normal color vision.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
- At a minimum a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Required Training: As a condition of employment, Special Agent trainees must successfully complete the Criminal Investigator’s Training Program and Special Agent Basic Training Program aboard the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
Physical Fitness: Special Agent trainees are required to successfully pass the Physical Efficiency Battery and score at a minimum 25th percentile in each component area for their age and gender. Please visit FLETC.gov to review the required Physical Efficiency Battery scores. There is no physical fitness test as a part of the hiring process, you are only tested while at FLETC.
Degrees and Experience
A Bachelor’s Degree is required, but they will take applications if you are within 6 months of graduating. Your degree does not have to be in anything specific. Work experience makes you more competitive, but you should still apply even if you don’t have a lot of experience, NCIS will teach you everything you need to know.
Military or law enforcement experience is not required. NCIS hires Special Agent’s with diverse backgrounds, I know former teachers, analysts, police officers, and some Agents straight out of college.
We are civilians so you do not have to enlist in order to be hired.
Hiring Process
For an overview of the Special Agent hiring process, click here (https://www.ncis.navy.mil/Careers/Special-Agents/SA-Hiring-Process/). The entire hiring process from application to hiring pool usually takes six to nine months, which is really fast compared to other federal agencies.
Locations/Moving
NCIS has locations all over the world for a full list of locations click [here](https://www.ncis.navy.mil/About-NCIS/Locations/). We are required to sign a mobility agreement when we are hired and expected to move every 3-5 years with some exceptions. Exceptions include if you want to stay in place in a hard to fill office like San Diego or Twentynine Palms. Also, if you do a deployment, you can typically extend in place.
When it comes time to move, you will make a list ranking your top locations and the agency will select your next location for you from that list. First locations are typically in the continental US and are most likely in a large office like San Diego, CA, Camp Lejeune, NC, Washington D.C., and Norfolk, VA. If your spouse is Active Duty, NCIS will do their best to colocate you with your spouse. NCIS is doing a huge push to fill our West Coast offices (CA, AZ, WA, HI, IL), and Guam.
Promotions/Pay
Federal pay scales are publicly available online: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule
Most people get hired as a GL 7 or 9 unless you are already an 1811 and lateral in, in which case they typically come in at their current GS level. Automatic promotions are 9, 11, 12, 13. As of today, supervisors at NCIS are still GS 13, but they are in the process of converting all Supervisory Special Agents to GS 14. If you want to promote to a GS 14 you have to compete.
We get Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) which is is fixed at 25% of a special agent's rate of basic pay. We also get locality pay depending on where you live.
Investigations
Most 1811's start in General Crimes (Gen Crim). Like I said above, we are like Detectives and investigate all felony level crimes with a nexus to the Department of Defense. Case loads vary by office, but average 12-15 cases at a time. Investigations include but not limited to:
- Sexual assaults (make up 30% of our cases across the agency)
- Death (Homicides, suicides, accidents, we work every death with DoN nexus)
- Narcotics
- Domestic Violence
- Child Abuse
- Child Exploitation
- Economic Crimes
- Cold Cases
- Arson
We have Counterintelligence (CI) 1811’s and you can jump back and forth between CI and Gen Crim. You can also specialize in Fraud, Tech, Forensics, Polygraph, Protection, Cyber, and Child Exploitation as an 1811. In addition to 1811’s we have Intelligence Analysts (0132), Investigative Analysts (1805), Digital Forensic Examiners (2210), Investigators (1801/1810), and admin support. We are doing a huge hiring push for basically the entire agency.
Special Agent Afloat Program
One of the things that makes NCIS unique is the Special Agent Afloat (SAA) program which allows you to deploy on a ship. It is an awesome opportunity to get a lot of experience, work directly with service members and make a lot of money. This is a completely voluntary and highly incentivized program, you will not be forced to deploy.
Benefits
- We get take home cars (office dependent, not guaranteed)
- Parental Leave - 12 weeks paid (both parents this is also available for adoptions)
- Holidays - 11 paid a year
- Sick leave - 13 days accrued annually with no carryover ceiling
- Vacation leave - 13, 20, or 26 days accrued annually depending upon years of service
- Exercise Time- 5 hours a week of paid exercise time a week
- Training hours include the range and learning a new language if you are in country that speaks that language
- Liberal teleworking policy (office and position dependent)
- Good retirement
- Lots of TDY and deployment opportunities
- A lot of easy to move to overseas locations
- Overseas housing is paid for
- All moves after initial relocation is paid for, which includes your family
How to Apply?
NCIS does open announcements twice a year, in the Spring (typically April) and in the Fall (typically October). The openings are announced on Instagram, LinkedIn, and USAjobs.
Please comment any questions you may have!
2024.05.19 06:40 Ok-Economy-1267 Can I Sue my Ex of 5 Years for Moving Costs, Emotional Damage, Anything?
My ex and I have been living together and dating for roughly 5 years of time. We met at a university we both attended where we were getting the same degree, and I thought we were deeply in love. We never argued, had the same views and goals for the future, and the 2-3 problems we did develop were communicated and improved in healthy ways. It was a loving relationship that our friends could only hope to have. He had even custom made me a promise ring that I wore every day and never took off. I was a part of his family gatherings in Maine (where he was from), and he was involved with my family back in Michigan as well. We lived together for years, and I had hoped that we would get married after we graduated, like we had talked about. We were living like we were, anyway, so I was under the impression it would be a welcome next step.
A year after we both graduated, he ended up getting a job across the country (Michigan New Mexico). He would have a pretty large salary increase, would be doing things he enjoyed in the workplace, and be closer to his hobbies and a few friends that he had at our university that were older. I would have to move to a state I've never been, away from all of my friends and family, with no personal plan in place (I did not have a job lined up there like he did). However, he told me I could focus on healing from past trauma I couldn't process while I was focused on school, and work on getting my streaming and music career off of the ground, which is something I would've rather done with my life. I had plenty of contacts to realistically attempt something like that. And if it wasn't working, I could always try to get a job where he did. He would cover the rent of the condo we lived at, but I'd still pay all of my own personal bills (food, insurance, phone, etc.). Weighing the pros and cons, and how I believed our relationship to be/where it was headed, I agreed. We went 50/50 on furniture we would need while we were still in Michigan, because the company paid to move our stuff. The moving company damaged some things of mine that were irreplaceable, and I wanted him to deal with the moving company about it, but he never did. When we got there, I unpacked pretty much everything that was moved for the both of us, set up and organized the house, and did all of the cooking, paperwork, and chores I could so my ex could focus on getting settled in his new job. I put together lists of what we still needed, and continued to buy things for the condo 50/50, even when I was running off of low hustle income and savings. I even sold things that meant a lot to me so I'd be able to deal with all of the moving logistics and support myself when my work was "unpacking and settling".
Right before I finished my stream setup, and I was ready to start grinding on my own career, I had stumbled upon evidence of him cheating when I needed to use his computer. I have documented evidence that he has been paying sex workers for various things for the past 2 years, well before this job and move was in the picture. I didn't have access to his socials or accounts to know the full extent of what he had done, but what I had found was more than enough. When I confronted him, he didn't deny it either. I was distraught and depressed. I cut again for the first time in years. I felt lied to, betrayed, suicidal, and alone. I felt unsafe being alone in the condo, so I went to his friend's house after finding out. I told them what was wrong and they were in total disbelief until I showed them the evidence, it was extremely out of character for him. I lost 10 pounds in 2 days. The day of finding out what he did, I had already bought plane tickets back to Michigan for studio work, and couldn't change it. We agreed to take some space to figure out next steps, so I took that flight back to Michigan with two suitcases of my things, not knowing what was happening. I spent another few months unable to work, because my mental state was horrendous, and I didn't want to cash in any favors to get an engineering position when I didn't know where I was even going to be in a month's time. It seemed like we were going to try couple's therapy, because I really wanted to understand why he needed the external validation. I wanted to help him and figure out exactly what went wrong, because I didn't see any signs of this behavior. But we cut it off for good in December, when he had told me he's been seeing his ex. The breakup was slow and painful, and I was constantly living in a state of not knowing what was going on, and suffering mentally and financially for it. All of my plants that were there are now dead because he couldn't care for them, he still has my two cats, and I may have to sell my dream car in order to really afford starting over again. I can't even sell it as is since he didn't turn it on the entire time, so the battery and alternator are now dead too. It feels like my life was ripped out from under me in a blink of an eye, and I was the one being punished for it when I was the one who didn't do anything wrong.
My mom flew me out to Guam in December, knowing how much I was hurting and she wanted to get me away from it all. I was supposed to leave 2 months later in February, but here I am, still here 5 months later. Still essentially living off of two suitcases of my belongings. I am ready to move on with my life. I want my cats and my things back, and I want a fresh start. I have a few jobs lined up for me here to get back on my feet. I had to purchase a new wardrobe for the office, and a new car to get around.
All I asked for him to do was send my stuff back to Michigan, where it came from, so it could be stored at my dad's house until I could get it moved here to Guam. I felt like it was fair to ask, considering he lied to me and cheated on me for two years, when he easily could've just broken up with me before moving for his job. He made the conscious decision to drag me along and shift my whole life for him, when he had no plans to actually be with me. He bragged about the salary increase and I know what it is, I know he can afford to pay for my stuff to be moved out. I have been asking for updates constantly over the past few months, and he gives me spaced and vague answers. He is now saying he wants me to pay for half of it to be moved, which I think is unfair. This situation is entirely his fault, I'm already spending a lot of money starting my life over, and I was the only one unpacking things when we got there. He can pack up my things, and send it back to where it came from. He's also keeping everything we went 50/50 on as well, so I'm still losing even when he pays for the move. Our friends are on my side here, but he isn't cooperating or budging. I wanted to be civil, but he's being difficult to communicate with, and I am on the other side of the world now. Can I/Should I take him to court to pay for my move? Can I/Should I pursue suing him for the other aspects now that he is no longer being civil about this? Will being on Guam while he is in New Mexico complicate a lawsuit? I'm losing my mind at how I have had everything to lose, and he still doesn't have the decency to do what people around me seem to think is the right thing to do. Any advice and further questions to clarify the situation is appreciated.
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A year after we both graduated, he ended up getting a job across the country (Michigan New Mexico). He would have a pretty large salary increase, would be doing things he enjoyed in the workplace, and be closer to his hobbies and a few friends that he had at our university that were older. I would have to move to a state I've never been, away from all of my friends and family, with no personal plan in place (I did not have a job lined up there like he did). However, he told me I could focus on healing from past trauma I couldn't process while I was focused on school, and work on getting my streaming and music career off of the ground, which is something I would've rather done with my life. I had plenty of contacts to realistically attempt something like that. And if it wasn't working, I could always try to get a job where he did. He would cover the rent of the condo we lived at, but I'd still pay all of my own personal bills (food, insurance, phone, etc.). Weighing the pros and cons, and how I believed our relationship to be/where it was headed, I agreed. We went 50/50 on furniture we would need while we were still in Michigan, because the company paid to move our stuff. The moving company damaged some things of mine that were irreplaceable, and I wanted him to deal with the moving company about it, but he never did. When we got there, I unpacked pretty much everything that was moved for the both of us, set up and organized the house, and did all of the cooking, paperwork, and chores I could so my ex could focus on getting settled in his new job. I put together lists of what we still needed, and continued to buy things for the condo 50/50, even when I was running off of low hustle income and savings. I even sold things that meant a lot to me so I'd be able to deal with all of the moving logistics and support myself when my work was "unpacking and settling".
Right before I finished my stream setup, and I was ready to start grinding on my own career, I had stumbled upon evidence of him cheating when I needed to use his computer. I have documented evidence that he has been paying sex workers for various things for the past 2 years, well before this job and move was in the picture. I didn't have access to his socials or accounts to know the full extent of what he had done, but what I had found was more than enough. When I confronted him, he didn't deny it either. I was distraught and depressed. I cut again for the first time in years. I felt lied to, betrayed, suicidal, and alone. I felt unsafe being alone in the condo, so I went to his friend's house after finding out. I told them what was wrong and they were in total disbelief until I showed them the evidence, it was extremely out of character for him. I lost 10 pounds in 2 days. The day of finding out what he did, I had already bought plane tickets back to Michigan for studio work, and couldn't change it. We agreed to take some space to figure out next steps, so I took that flight back to Michigan with two suitcases of my things, not knowing what was happening. I spent another few months unable to work, because my mental state was horrendous, and I didn't want to cash in any favors to get an engineering position when I didn't know where I was even going to be in a month's time. It seemed like we were going to try couple's therapy, because I really wanted to understand why he needed the external validation. I wanted to help him and figure out exactly what went wrong, because I didn't see any signs of this behavior. But we cut it off for good in December, when he had told me he's been seeing his ex. The breakup was slow and painful, and I was constantly living in a state of not knowing what was going on, and suffering mentally and financially for it. All of my plants that were there are now dead because he couldn't care for them, he still has my two cats, and I may have to sell my dream car in order to really afford starting over again. I can't even sell it as is since he didn't turn it on the entire time, so the battery and alternator are now dead too. It feels like my life was ripped out from under me in a blink of an eye, and I was the one being punished for it when I was the one who didn't do anything wrong.
My mom flew me out to Guam in December, knowing how much I was hurting and she wanted to get me away from it all. I was supposed to leave 2 months later in February, but here I am, still here 5 months later. Still essentially living off of two suitcases of my belongings. I am ready to move on with my life. I want my cats and my things back, and I want a fresh start. I have a few jobs lined up for me here to get back on my feet. I had to purchase a new wardrobe for the office, and a new car to get around.
All I asked for him to do was send my stuff back to Michigan, where it came from, so it could be stored at my dad's house until I could get it moved here to Guam. I felt like it was fair to ask, considering he lied to me and cheated on me for two years, when he easily could've just broken up with me before moving for his job. He made the conscious decision to drag me along and shift my whole life for him, when he had no plans to actually be with me. He bragged about the salary increase and I know what it is, I know he can afford to pay for my stuff to be moved out. I have been asking for updates constantly over the past few months, and he gives me spaced and vague answers. He is now saying he wants me to pay for half of it to be moved, which I think is unfair. This situation is entirely his fault, I'm already spending a lot of money starting my life over, and I was the only one unpacking things when we got there. He can pack up my things, and send it back to where it came from. He's also keeping everything we went 50/50 on as well, so I'm still losing even when he pays for the move. Our friends are on my side here, but he isn't cooperating or budging. I wanted to be civil, but he's being difficult to communicate with, and I am on the other side of the world now. Can I/Should I take him to court to pay for my move? Can I/Should I pursue suing him for the other aspects now that he is no longer being civil about this? Will being on Guam while he is in New Mexico complicate a lawsuit? I'm losing my mind at how I have had everything to lose, and he still doesn't have the decency to do what people around me seem to think is the right thing to do. Any advice and further questions to clarify the situation is appreciated.
2024.04.05 22:28 New2Investing1969 FJO
Anyone recently received their FJO? I accepted a position in Guam, currently stateside in Atlanta. My FJO was basically a congratulations letter. There was no mention of my TA or any other benefits I’m eligible for. Is this standard? Does anyone have a FJO they can share with me so I’ll know what mine should look like? Not interested in your salary, so please block that out. I’m hesitant to sign mine since I’ve always been told the FJO should be spelled out to include all my benefits as a Federal employee. TIA!!
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2024.03.29 13:57 Sad-Release-8457 Need some of your thoughts!!!!!!
I plan to apply for Migration in AUS, as per the agency I'm coordinating it will take 12-15 months. Then suddenly I got an opportunity to work in Guam. Based on my research the salary in AUS and what the employer offered me they are on the same range. Then unlike the migration since this is working visa, my employer shouldering all expenses. My US Visa already approved then suddenly I can't get an OEC from POEA due to the direct hiring policy. Now my employer has to coordinate to a manpower agency so I can leave. Its been delayed by 4-5 months now. Now sometimes I'm wondering if i made the wrong decision not choosing going to AUS instead. Need your thoughts mam and ser. Thank you in advance.
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2024.03.21 18:16 SigmaOctantisz Salary Schedules for Overseas Positions?
tldr: looking for salary schedules for overseas positions with DODEA (with locality adjustment if possible)
I'm a new applicant considering teaching overseas for the DODEA. I have 3 years of experience teaching mainly Algebra 1 and 2 in the United States, have a current teaching license in my state, and have a BS in Mathematics and an MA in Curriculum & Instruction.
I've been trying to find solid numbers on what exactly the salary rates are for overseas positions, but I have been unable to find them. I know they are calculated in regards to 100,000+ population school districts in the US, but have not been able to find any specific actual numbers. I'd love to know the actual salary (and locality adjustment, if possible) for different overseas positions with the DODEA, but thus far haven't found any except for Guam. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it!
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I'm a new applicant considering teaching overseas for the DODEA. I have 3 years of experience teaching mainly Algebra 1 and 2 in the United States, have a current teaching license in my state, and have a BS in Mathematics and an MA in Curriculum & Instruction.
I've been trying to find solid numbers on what exactly the salary rates are for overseas positions, but I have been unable to find them. I know they are calculated in regards to 100,000+ population school districts in the US, but have not been able to find any specific actual numbers. I'd love to know the actual salary (and locality adjustment, if possible) for different overseas positions with the DODEA, but thus far haven't found any except for Guam. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it!
2024.02.29 23:22 TemporaryDisaster497 Review of transcript
 | I have some letters that were given to me from the war when relatives were in Guam in the 40s. I’ve transcribed as best I can but definitely made some guesses. Would love some additional eyes to correct the letters. —— submitted by TemporaryDisaster497 to Cursive [link] [comments] Sta #1 Bx #13 Guam Oct 9, 1948 Dear friends, Mom and Dad Bisbee Since it is Sat PM 10:15 and about all has been done that is to be for today. I’ll ans your nice letter of the 4th right back. I was glad to get it at the end of the week in which I had one other from Lavera Mon. But none from the Kansas City McKern’s. They will probably snow me under next week. Coming home from work tonite a friend and I dropped off at Agona. It was my 1st goal stopping. But I had used all my mentholatum. The store was out so I bought a jar of carbolated vaseline. Then we split the taxi fare out to camp cost us a buck each. Had a beer and some salted peanuts and came on up to clean up for chow. Fri fish tonite chop-suey but it was good. I’ll enclose our movie schedule. I went but had seen it twice so I =2= …came home. Gathered up the laundry as another leaking cloud poured rain down on this old tin roofed butter built barracks. Since then it has quit raining I have taken my laundry bundle up and tossed it in. Went over by the barber shop and had a new hair do. I am now parting those long luxurious curls in the middle. And do I look like a long haired musician? Well, you guess. I’m fast shedding this snake skin of mine on the backs of both legs. But like the hunter who got wet sitting in a blind waiting for ducks to come in, or the fisherman who got his seat wet just sitting. Tomorrow I’m going back for more “cat eyes” But both pairs of shorties are in the laundry. You and Dad are getting around quite a lot here lately. That is nice. And Glenn was lucky to miss the hurricane. They are similar to the 3 typhoons that have missed us recently. One went south of us and caused =3= …a great amount of damage in the Philippines. The other two were about 200 miles east of us and hit Iowa then Okinawa. But all we got was high waves wind and rain. And were prevented working on two Sun which cost me $42.00. I suppose Edo has told you I’m getting a buck 75 per hr. So if I and all of us stay well and I feel like I do now I will probably stay over my year’s contract. You see there is no social security nor income tax withheld here. Just 10.50 board. So I should make a fair years salary. I must total it up when I’ve been here 6 mo. Then tell E. To start saving for my coming home period. Well I’m sleep now so I had better close. It is 11 PM. Don’t tell Mrs. Mack but I drank a cup of coffee for supper. Glance at the enclosed photos then send them on over to the McKerns. Starting last week end they the BPM, Police have allowed gambling back into camp again. With all the drinking that is bad. Lots of love and luck Bill McK Sta 1, Bx #13 Guam, Guam, M.I. Sun, Feb, 1949 Dearest mom and dad, Well here it is Sun. Again on our side of the world. Since we are some of the first people to use it. We’ll be glad to pass it around to you. I’m up here at our open air movie house. Sitting under a 20 ft palm in a cooling breeze. Doing my writing on a Jan. 15th Sat. Eve Post. That is the latest issue, So you see you folks do get some things first. Ha. I have so much mail on hand and I don’t see how I am ever going to get it caught up. Week before last I didn’t get a scratch of a line and I was hoping so strongly on getting some pictures from home. I had sorta wanted a real nice photo of E as a birthday gift. But for economic reasons had compromised on the snaps. Then nothing came. Ha. Then last week came the flood of mail. Two groups of letters from my immediate family. Letters, cards, etc. from you folks. Mom and bob Veara and James, Coyza whose birthday was the 10th of Feb. Bill Duncans is the 21st. Ha. (Over please) =2= If you see a great many tracings lines and so forth it is because of the wind blowing my paper around, up and down. But I had to come up here to get away from the noise of the Bks. To get anything accomplished. This was a doubly happy birthday for me altho a bit worried about Billie accidents I and mine were not only well and healthy but our “heel” (that mild) of a boss finished his contract the 3rd. He was just one “dago”. That no one could talk to except the bosses over him. Wh he brown nosed to a fair you well. I hope you get my meaning. And try on give me when I come back if I make bad break in English now and then. This group of construction stiffs are a pretty rough spoken crowd. But under neath their brown leathery hides (that is what it is like) sun tanned they have American hearts. They gave over $2,000.00 to the march of Dimes. I decided mine was needed at home and sent it to Billie. Did donate a buck. Ha. Tell Dad I was more than please to hear from him. It was like hearing from Eugene or my mother. They very seldom write. But when they do you more or less cherish the letter. Altho are very glad to get it. =3= I have moved twice to keep in the shade this tree. The Bowling Alley Pins have started tumbling as the Sun. Business begins. I had a bit of infection in some skinned places (refill) the back of my right hand and the first two knuckles. Last Thursday we were grouting under #3 of the ten big Deisel Motors at Orote Power. And while forcing the grout (rich concrete mix) down the 5 holes along side the 1 1/2 inch bolts which were still embedded into the 110 cu yds of the base of each motor. I scratched the back of the hand on some roughly cute metal around the hole. Fri. It was sore, Also Sat. But rather than go report it I treated it myself. (I don’t like so much red tape for a chance at here compensation). Ha. And this morning the infection and soreness is all gone. (This ink is so old it is grainy and doesn’t feed so well.) I’ll dose more and get a few lines to E and the weekly check. I should have sent it Fri. But you know I had two beers and fish for supper and wasn’t in the writing mood. Then Sat. eve we had a good movie Laurel and Hardy in the Bull Fighter. I could not =4= Miss that. There is a big roller skating derby here at Agava for the next 30 days. U.S. vs. Europe teams. Ha. 40 people all together. I’ll try and attend some Sat even or Sun just to have some place to go, Will send a news clipping or so about it. One fellow on our crew was really down in the dumps last nite. He is from Mankato, Minn. Has three children 2 boys 1 girl. A boy 13 a girl 14 and an older son 16, who does a little high school boxing. And probably is pretty popular. Any way his dad bought him a Model A car last summer. Now it is cold up there and it won’t run as well. The kid is needing class pins clothes etc. to keep up with the hi school gang. So the mother writes for more money which the father doesn’t have and it really knocks the dad for a loop. Mother should have cautioned junior last summer when he was making good money with the hiway dept. That winter was coming..ha. Well again I must close for now. Lots of good wishes for you good health, etc. PS I was nice hear of the Bill Elmira folks WWM Sta 1 Box 13 Guam , Guam, MI Mar 23, 1949 Dear Mom and Dad Bisbee, I haven’t written you for so darn long. Ive forgotten whether I owe you or you owe me a letter. I feel guilty but E. Tells me you have a new home. And are as busy as a couple of beavers getting it going. Well first I want to wish you all the good luck in the world in your new venture. Hope you both stay in good health and see it thru. Even tho E. Was afraid one of you might fall or something. As for myself I’m still well. Never felt better. Would sure like to come over some eve and help you set up house keeping. But no can do. Altho this is some kind an anniversary. I finished 10 months this even. So that is something. Two more than E. Gets her 1st decent check in many moons. $350.00 and no strings attached. Personally I hope she buys something nice for the home. I’m not making any suggestions. Or closes off the west end of the front porch for an upstairs bath. We plan to call it a sewing room and linen closet 1st. Then later add the bath fixtures. So as to… =2= …not jump the taxes to much. Now I’ll close and attend my movie. “Fighting Father Danne” Pat O’Brien. Well the show was just so, so. And a bit more advertising for new prospects for the Catholic Church. They really try to sell the idea. There is news out here today that another girl, this time a Guamanian, ha been murdered. This was down at Agana pronounced Aganya. The same as señor is pronounced senyor. I received a letter from Lavera this evening. She says every one in Iowa is ok at present. But Marcella’s youngest Elizabeth is just over pneumonia. And Linda is just over the mumps. She enclosed a cute cartoon and a note from Linda thanking me for the shells. She said Frank Thomas our old grocery man in Jerome had passed away of a heart attack. His age 84. The youngest children a 2nd or 3rd pair twins are 15 yrs old. Ha ha. What a man. String bean I mean. I’m still working at the Orote Power Plant Bldg. The Co. is starting another at Agana. And is soon going to build a new permanent ships laundry. Why not come over Dad as a watchman. It starts at $1.37 1/2 I think and goes up… =3= …to $1.50 per hour. And you usually work there Sat and Sun at time and 1/2. If you don’t mind the monotony you can make $100.00 per wk. and do it easier than I make $91.00. But maybe your wife might have something to say. Ha. She still sleeps with you don’t she. Ha. I’ll send Veras letter on to E. She can read to you. Again, may the best of luck be yours. And I hope I guess right at the address as ever. Bill PS I am sending along a couple of books of poems. I have had them for several days. Have had your mother in mind. And thinking it would be nice to have some one read some good poetry to her. Then pass them along to Marilyn and Beverly. Yours, WWMc W6 BW NI Fresno Calif 20’00 Wed Radio Time 8 o clock PM Sta #1 Box #1059 Guam, Guam MI Aug 3, 1949 Dearest Mom and Dad, B, B. Darned if I haven’t been trying to get started on an answer to your nice letter of Jul 15. And believe me it has been quite a problem. I planned all last week to get one letter each out to you folks and my mother. But Sun came and instead I sewed the cut off tails of two work shirts up into the shoulders up side down. The shoulders were falling to pieces. So I planned to write Mon eve. Again it was sewing a torn should have a T-shirt a hip pocket on, and hem around the bottoms of the legs of a pair of Marine work pants. So it goes. Last eve I went out to a movie Red Skelton in “The Fuller Brush Man” Tonite I am getting the job started (over) =2= Thanks for Bernices and Geo’s “Dads Day Card”. It contained a nice friendly newsy letter too. I wrote them a couple of times when I first came over and still plan on a visit up there when I get back. Last week I mailed 4 or 5 packages home to “Bill”. Uncle Sam will think he is an importer. Ha ha. But if we took time off to go down and get a customs slip on those things it would cost us time and 1/2 as pay which would be $3.09 per hour. And so it would be cheaper to let them figure the charges there, if any, and pay it. I have one pkg left. A old sheep skin flyers jacket. I think I will send it to Roger. And if Bernice can’t fix it with a zipper or cut the sleeves out of it for him then 5 yr old Diane can use it for a rug to climb out on to of a morning. 3 I would shore like to see Geo, Bernice, and the kids especially. So far at sheet metal have been working on doors for enlisted mens quarters Orote Barracks. But since we are ahead with them are starting to make door frames for the large mess hall to be built at a permanent barracks at 1st Provisional Marine Brigade Camp Wetik. The mess halls and bus are the same type as at Orote. 10 or more 100 man 2 story concrete bus with an enormous mess hall, kitchen and food lockers combined in one building. You see this climate is sure eating up these wartime Luonset buildings. I’ve had a slight cold and sore throat ever since typhoon “Hester” came within 150 mi of us. And wet me down at 2 am. Then when it got going good (my cold) typhoon Irma came by and I went to chow when the black top road way was ankle deep in… =4= …water. That did not help. Or it did. The cold. But I’m not alone. Most everyone in camp seems to be bothered. Ha ha. Misery loves company. But with it all I continue to grow. (In poundage) a week or so ago I weighed before dinner 189 #. Five lbs up from my cement crew weight. Last week I weighted again. This time after eating 192 # Tell my Bill to look to his laurels. I’ll be batting around 210 pounds or better before I go heading home (there it goes again). So you can see what was in my mind all the 7 day work weeks over there at P.H and there 5 to 10 guys taking tumbles each week with no parachutes and it is the same thot over here where things are much safer and quieter. But the thing that troubles me is whether home wants me or not. It sure hasn’t since Sept ’47. So well see. Love and best wishes to all “Bill” |
2024.02.20 11:45 Chance-Ad4794 average salary in guam
With people paying so much in rent and utilities, along with expensive groceries, gas, etc., how do people manage to survive out here? It's costly in CA and NY too, but at least the pay is higher.
What is the average income for a Guamanian?
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2024.01.30 00:48 SoilLow8119 USN Dentist Career Guide: Pros, Cons, and Insights
I’ve written this guide for my friend who is considering working as a USN dentist on active duty. I hope somebody will find this information useful. Thank you.
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PROS:
CONS:
After graduation or during your dental school, you will go to an officer development school (Newport RI) for ~6 weeks. I would suggest going to the ODS after your dental school graduation. Your first year will be an AEGD/GPcredentialing tour usually followed by an operational tour (Marines; CB/Sea Bees/Construction Battalion; or on a ship) for 2-3-4 years.
In general, you will have to stay on active duty for at least 5 years and then stay in the reserves for another 3 (8 years total).
I think it’s a good option to have the Navy pay for your dental school, then serve for 3 years on active duty. At that time, you will have a very good idea if that’s something you may want to continue or not. So you can get out in 2 years from that point and start preparing for that moment (like getting more useful skills and not doing just exams and fillings; preparing for a civilian specialty school (you can use your GI bill)). Or you may enjoy being in the Navy and plan accordingly (like going to a military specialty school [endo, prosth, perio, OS, comp, radiology, oral path, public health] or staying as a genden [nothing wrong w/ that]).
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Sources:
https://www.med.navy.mil/Special-Pays/ (Navy Medicine Special Pays);
https://benefits.va.gov/benefits/ (VA benefits)
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PROS:
- Time off:
- 30 annual leave days.
- Can save up to 60 annual leave days.
- +10 government holidays.
- +10 additional days off (72 hrs or 96 hours of liberty = 3-4 days weekends).
- +5-6 additional days off in December if you don't take any annual leave in December ("port / starboard routine").
- More days off if stationed on a green side w/ Marines (like Super Bowl Monday; and some extra days off for certain federal government holidays).
- Extra day off for your birthday.
- Potentially 2-3 extra days off a year if you get an “outstanding” on your fitness test (every 6 months).
- You can call in sick as needed (like 1-2 times per month if you feel unwell in the morning on your work day).
- Compensation:
- With loan repayment arrangements, stipend options, and different perks, I would say it’s competitive with your civilian peers. Considering that in the Navy you don’t work as hard, I think you get paid more for the amount of useful work you do. As a civilian general dentist, you can earn ~$200k as a W2 employee. However, it’s not very easy to compare salaries because you get more benefits as an active duty service member. But again, I think it’s quite similar.
- Potential Bonuses:
- Sign-in bonuses for licensed dentists: $150k for a general dentist (genden), $400k for a comprehensive dentist (comp; a “specialist” who spent 2 extra years in an AEGD kind of residency. I can argue that any dentist who works for several years becomes a “comp”, but in the Navy, they want you to go to school for 2 extra years for this :-), $600k for surgery (OS).
- Retention bonuses (for signing longer contracts (4-6 years)) after your initial commitment is up. For prosth, it’s around $55k-$65k per year. GenDen $30k/y. Comp $75k/y. OS $115k/y.
- TSP (like 401k savings / investment plan): the government will match your contribution (5% matching).
- Ability to specialize
- Either straight from dental school or during your time on active duty.
- You get paid more as a specialist (bonuses).
- I think you get better treatment from peers/staff/managers (“leadership”) as a specialist; sometimes you can have your department w/ staff and budget (more flexibility but more responsibility and admin workload).
- Workload:
- If you are a workaholic, you can work as much as you want, stay late for 3-4 hours every day. No extra pay, though.
- If you are more relaxed and want more time for yourself, you can just do a minimal amount of work and leave on time every day.
- For your promotion (every 5-6 years or so, you start as O-3), you may want to do more administrative stuff and less clinical work.
- As a genden, you are going to do lots of exams and fillings.
- Work hours are usually from 0630-1530; you get 1 hour lunch. On some days (2-3 times a week), you may get 1 hour per day for the gym.
- Never-ending PowerPoint trainings – some people hate it, but I think it’s more relaxing to sit and listen to lectures instead of working hard w/ patients doing dental procedures. Expect to sit in a classroom for 2-4 hours every week for this.
- You can block your schedule to go to appointments (like doctors). But I’ve seen people blocking time on their schedules to go to the DMV, change tires, pick kids from school, or have an appointment w/ their attorney or a real estate agent :-).
- A few nice base locations
- You can either stay w/ Marines or Navy.
- I enjoyed working w/ Marines better (more time off, better hours, more time outside of the clinic, more gym time, more field military training opportunities, niceeasier patients). I know people who try to stay on a Green Side as much as possible.
- Some bases are nice (Oahu: K Bay, Pearl Harbor; San Diego area; WA state; East coast, Japan, Italy, Spain).
- Nice people:
- Most dentists/specialists/enlisted I've encountered (like 95%+) I really enjoyed working with.
- You can encounter some sociopaths (5%) too but that’s not very often, and you can limit your exposure to them as much as possible. These types of people are already well-known in your organization, so you get a warning early on whom to avoid.
- Training opportunities:
- Military courses, dental CE courses.
- Work w/ specialists in your clinic; most people are very friendly and will gladly teach you and help you to learn a new skill (endo, OS, prosth, perio). Unfortunately, most genden “lifers” just prefer to do fillings/exams. Usually, only dentists who are getting out/separating seek more training with specialists to improve their clinical skills.
- Residency training (either in Bethesda MD or in other universities/hospitals where you are accepted). That will extend your contract (I think it’s year for year plus one).
- War College (1 year, usually for senior O-4 and O-5).
- Legal courses.
- Dental Conferences (usually once every 2 years, the Navy will pay for your course, flight, hotel). Or you can pay by yourself (using a government rate) and get extra days off of work while getting CE credits/knowledge.
- Opportunities to shift careers (especially when you become O-4 and above)
- Spend more time w/ patients.
- Spend more time in administrative work.
- Teaching, research.
- For O-5/O-6. Military planning/organizational careers, like an advisostaff officer at HQ. Officer in charge, large department/clinic. CO of a Command.
- Post active duty service benefits
- VA benefits (disability, GI bill, VR&E, etc).
- Retirement benefits (if served 20+ years).
- Tax breaks. Potentially no state income tax (depends on your "home" state). Portions of your pay are not taxed (like your basic housing allowance). Exempt for some other local taxes (like yearly car registration “sticker”, professional licenses for your spouse).
CONS:
- You have to relocate every 2-3-4 years. They can send you to an undesired area (like 29 Palms CA, Guam, etc) or on a ship (air carriers, landing ships). You don’t have much control of where you are going to be stationed. They ask you for a list of preferred locations, and your detailer tries to accommodate you, but it doesn’t work out all the time.
- You can get deployed on a ship for 8-12+ months or w/ Marines. If you are stationed w/ Marines, you will be issued your field gear that needs to be always ready because theoretically you can be deployed on any day within 48-72 hours if there is a military conflict (w/ PRC, North Korea, etc).
- Too many soul crushing administrative duties (endless reports, inventories, time cards, DMRSHi, supply issues, IT issues, equipment problems, staff issues, paperwork, crappy collateral duties, boring things). I put it in Cons, but if you don’t plan to work hard in the clinic, then just sacrifice clinical time w/ patients and complete these admin duties instead and leave on time. Plan ahead and block your schedule for admin work during business hours. If you don’t plan ahead, you will get overbooked w/ patients and then will have to work during your lunch or after hours to complete these boring admin duties/reports.
- You can’t work part-time; you can’t negotiate your schedule very much. It’s easier to make changes to your schedule as a specialist. For genden, you are more controlled by your managers (“leadership”), so not too much flexibility there.
- Staffing issues, supplies issues. Overall your materials and equipment are good. But it may take months to order and finally receive something (lots of bureaucracy). Also, it’s not easy to get things repaired; may take months (6+ months at times) to get equipment fixed.
- Long dental lab turn around time. It usually takes 3-4 weeks to get your case back from the lab.
- You get a very small "pay raise" every calendar year, but it's much less compared to inflation rate. Essentially you get paid less every year in real purchasing power.
- Dental assistants/lab technicians can be very inexperienced and distracted w/ their collateral duties. So you have to be patient teaching/guiding them. There were shortages of enlisted assistants (corpsmen) in our clinic in the past couple of years.
- It’s hard to travel further away from your base. If you are leaving the local area, there is more paperwork to submit and get approved. If you want to travel internationally, it’s a MAJOR headache! Dozens of forms, months of waiting to get your package reviewed (and kicked back or simply lost :-).
- Sick call duties. Usually for 1 week every 1-2 months, when you have to carry a phone and may have to go to the clinic at night or on a weekend to do a pulpectomy, pull a tooth, fix a chipped tooth, or recement a temp.
- You can’t simply quit w/ a 30-90 days notice. If you don’t like something, you will have to work until your contract ends. It’s possible to back out of a contract but it’s hard, and I wouldn’t count on that. You have to think really hard before signing any retention bonus deals. Sometimes having more flexibility (like an option to get out) can be better than getting extra money.
- “Mandatory fun” events. I was able to skip most of those; you can just say you were too tired or didn’t feel well, but some “Leaders” may not like it. There is some pressure to participate in these group events.
- You can’t change your “Leader” (like Officer in Charge, Director, Department Head); you may be stuck w/ a certain manager in the clinic for 2-3 years.
- For married couples, your spouse may need to compromise their career. Children will have to switch schools/locations often (2-3-4 years). Works better w/ officer couples (like dentist/another military officer [medical, dental, aviation, etc]); you can be stationed together in a location nearby, but that’s not guaranteed.
- You get checked for drugs (urinalysis) every month or so. I don’t know any dentists who got in trouble for drugs, but it does add more paranoia in terms of what you consume and inhale.
- If / when you develop health issues - it may be challenging to get medical treatment depending on your location. You or your spouse may need to wait for months just to be seen by a doctor. And then more waiting (potentially months) to be seen by a specialist or get a study done.
After graduation or during your dental school, you will go to an officer development school (Newport RI) for ~6 weeks. I would suggest going to the ODS after your dental school graduation. Your first year will be an AEGD/GPcredentialing tour usually followed by an operational tour (Marines; CB/Sea Bees/Construction Battalion; or on a ship) for 2-3-4 years.
In general, you will have to stay on active duty for at least 5 years and then stay in the reserves for another 3 (8 years total).
I think it’s a good option to have the Navy pay for your dental school, then serve for 3 years on active duty. At that time, you will have a very good idea if that’s something you may want to continue or not. So you can get out in 2 years from that point and start preparing for that moment (like getting more useful skills and not doing just exams and fillings; preparing for a civilian specialty school (you can use your GI bill)). Or you may enjoy being in the Navy and plan accordingly (like going to a military specialty school [endo, prosth, perio, OS, comp, radiology, oral path, public health] or staying as a genden [nothing wrong w/ that]).
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Sources:
https://www.med.navy.mil/Special-Pays/ (Navy Medicine Special Pays);
https://benefits.va.gov/benefits/ (VA benefits)
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2024.01.28 21:29 AkroidGunter Thoughts on Restructuring the United States House of Representatives to be More Representative.
So I saw this meme on HistoryMemes, and I was like, but Puerto Rico has representation through the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. It got me thinking about how the United States House of Representatives could be more representative.
What is a Delegate/Resident Commissioner?
The U.S. House of Representatives currently has six non-voting members, including a Delegate representing the federal district of the District of Columbia, a Delegate for each of the permanently inhabited territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a Resident Commissioner instead of a delegate. The Resident Commissioner is unique because they are the only U.S. House of Representatives member to serve four-year terms. These non-voting members can introduce legislation, have floor privileges, and vote in any congressional committee they are members of. However, they cannot vote in the full house.
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma have treaty rights to have a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Cherokee Nation is awaiting the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the provision for their Delegate.
The "No taxation without representation" political belief is why the U.S. House of Representatives has those six non-voting members. They have a physical representation in the federal government of the United States, unlike the American Colonists who had virtual representation in the Parliament of Great Britain.
Restructuring the United States House of Representatives.
The organization of the U.S. House of Representatives does need to be revised. The Constitutional Convention originally proposed that the number of Representatives should be one per 40,000 constituents. Still, George Washington changed it to one per 30,000 constituents, and the first presidential veto ever made was to keep that one-per-30,000 ratio. The Apportionment Act of 1911, followed by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, capped the number of Representatives at 435. As of the 2020 Census, the current ratio is one-per-761,169.
If we returned to the one-per-30,000 ratio, we would have over 1,000 Representatives, which would be expensive. The salary of $174,000 per year is excessive for a civil servant. Increase the number of Representatives and lower their pay to compensate for them and to make the positions less for those seeking monetary gains. I know this is against Article 2 of the Constitution, but the congressional districts of the Representatives should not be based on state lines and should be solely designed around population. Have the Representatives represent the constituents of the entire United States of America and not just a part of a state. The Senators of the United States Senate represent the States, and the Representatives of the U.S. House represent the constituents of their congressional district.
There are 574 Native American/Alaska Native Tribes federally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Indian reservations of these ingenious tribes should each be a congressional district. If the reservation population is below 30,000, it has only one Representative. However, the reservation will be divided into multiple congressional districts as the population increases.
The territories of the American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands should all have congressional districts and Representatives. These territories, plus the states of Alaska and Hawaii, should have congressional districts that stay within their borders due to their geographical positions away from the continental U.S.A. The same applies to these states/territories as with the Indian reservations; if the population is below 30,000, it has only one Representative and will be divided into multiple congressional districts as the population increases. This only works with American Samoa if you allow people born in the territory to be natural-born United States citizens instead of non-citizen nationals who cannot vote.
For federal voting purposes only, all United States Uniformed Services locations outside the U.S.A. and all United States Embassy, Permanent Mission, Consulate General, Consulate, Legation, and Honorary Consul areas should also have Representatives. However, unlike the inhabited territories, Alaska and Hawaii, these congressional districts will have to extend across seas, oceans, and national borders due to the locations and sizes of these facilities. This would apply to the vessels of the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marines, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps when outside the territorial water. This would apply to National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts who are on a space station, in orbit, or in space.
Amendment XXIII gives D.C. at least three electoral votes. However, with the reform of the U.S. House of Representatives, that will change, as continental congressional districts will no longer be constrained by borders. D.C. will only have two electoral votes given to it by Amendment XXIII, but it will only be able to gain more, as Representatives are no longer a part of a state or, in this case, a federal district.
How will this Effect the Electoral College?
Since Representatives will no longer be bound to a specific state and now solely represent a congressional district, all states will only provide two votes to the Electoral College. It would no longer be about a presidential candidate winning over a state but how many congressional districts the presidential candidate won in. The majoritarian electoral system would no longer be applicable since the Representatives no longer represent a state. Therefore, each electoral vote will go to the presidential candidate who won in that congressional district instead of the candidate who won most of a state's congressional districts. This change should align the results of the Electoral College close to the popular vote results.
More Representation
These changes would give the constituents of the U.S.A. more representation in the federal government. The U.S.A. has the twenty-third largest legislature in the world with the Parliament of Poland, the National Congress of Brazil, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Italian Parliament, the Parliament of Algeria, the Spanish Parliament, the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the National Assembly of the People's Power (Republic of Cuba), the Federal Assembly (Russian Federation), the General Congress of the United Mexican States, Federal Parliamentary Assembly (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia), Parliament of Morocco, Supreme People's Assembly (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), National Diet (Japan), People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia, National Assembly of Thailand, the Federal Diet (Federal Republic of Germany), Parliament of India, Parliament of Egypt, French Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China having more members. The European Parliament of the European Union also has more members than the United States Congress. Making the changes I suggested earlier would make the U.S. Congress the second-largest legislature in the world. The State of New Hampshire, with the 42nd population (approximately 1,402,052) in the U.S.A., has 400 members in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. That is only 35 members less than the number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives—a one-per-3,505 ratio in New Hampshire compared to the one-per-761,169 for the U.S.A.
Feel free to share your thoughts on this.
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What is a Delegate/Resident Commissioner?
The U.S. House of Representatives currently has six non-voting members, including a Delegate representing the federal district of the District of Columbia, a Delegate for each of the permanently inhabited territories (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States.) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has a Resident Commissioner instead of a delegate. The Resident Commissioner is unique because they are the only U.S. House of Representatives member to serve four-year terms. These non-voting members can introduce legislation, have floor privileges, and vote in any congressional committee they are members of. However, they cannot vote in the full house.
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma have treaty rights to have a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Cherokee Nation is awaiting the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on the provision for their Delegate.
The "No taxation without representation" political belief is why the U.S. House of Representatives has those six non-voting members. They have a physical representation in the federal government of the United States, unlike the American Colonists who had virtual representation in the Parliament of Great Britain.
Restructuring the United States House of Representatives.
The organization of the U.S. House of Representatives does need to be revised. The Constitutional Convention originally proposed that the number of Representatives should be one per 40,000 constituents. Still, George Washington changed it to one per 30,000 constituents, and the first presidential veto ever made was to keep that one-per-30,000 ratio. The Apportionment Act of 1911, followed by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, capped the number of Representatives at 435. As of the 2020 Census, the current ratio is one-per-761,169.
If we returned to the one-per-30,000 ratio, we would have over 1,000 Representatives, which would be expensive. The salary of $174,000 per year is excessive for a civil servant. Increase the number of Representatives and lower their pay to compensate for them and to make the positions less for those seeking monetary gains. I know this is against Article 2 of the Constitution, but the congressional districts of the Representatives should not be based on state lines and should be solely designed around population. Have the Representatives represent the constituents of the entire United States of America and not just a part of a state. The Senators of the United States Senate represent the States, and the Representatives of the U.S. House represent the constituents of their congressional district.
There are 574 Native American/Alaska Native Tribes federally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Indian reservations of these ingenious tribes should each be a congressional district. If the reservation population is below 30,000, it has only one Representative. However, the reservation will be divided into multiple congressional districts as the population increases.
The territories of the American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands should all have congressional districts and Representatives. These territories, plus the states of Alaska and Hawaii, should have congressional districts that stay within their borders due to their geographical positions away from the continental U.S.A. The same applies to these states/territories as with the Indian reservations; if the population is below 30,000, it has only one Representative and will be divided into multiple congressional districts as the population increases. This only works with American Samoa if you allow people born in the territory to be natural-born United States citizens instead of non-citizen nationals who cannot vote.
For federal voting purposes only, all United States Uniformed Services locations outside the U.S.A. and all United States Embassy, Permanent Mission, Consulate General, Consulate, Legation, and Honorary Consul areas should also have Representatives. However, unlike the inhabited territories, Alaska and Hawaii, these congressional districts will have to extend across seas, oceans, and national borders due to the locations and sizes of these facilities. This would apply to the vessels of the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Merchant Marines, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps when outside the territorial water. This would apply to National Aeronautics and Space Administration astronauts who are on a space station, in orbit, or in space.
Amendment XXIII gives D.C. at least three electoral votes. However, with the reform of the U.S. House of Representatives, that will change, as continental congressional districts will no longer be constrained by borders. D.C. will only have two electoral votes given to it by Amendment XXIII, but it will only be able to gain more, as Representatives are no longer a part of a state or, in this case, a federal district.
How will this Effect the Electoral College?
Since Representatives will no longer be bound to a specific state and now solely represent a congressional district, all states will only provide two votes to the Electoral College. It would no longer be about a presidential candidate winning over a state but how many congressional districts the presidential candidate won in. The majoritarian electoral system would no longer be applicable since the Representatives no longer represent a state. Therefore, each electoral vote will go to the presidential candidate who won in that congressional district instead of the candidate who won most of a state's congressional districts. This change should align the results of the Electoral College close to the popular vote results.
More Representation
These changes would give the constituents of the U.S.A. more representation in the federal government. The U.S.A. has the twenty-third largest legislature in the world with the Parliament of Poland, the National Congress of Brazil, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Italian Parliament, the Parliament of Algeria, the Spanish Parliament, the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the National Assembly of the People's Power (Republic of Cuba), the Federal Assembly (Russian Federation), the General Congress of the United Mexican States, Federal Parliamentary Assembly (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia), Parliament of Morocco, Supreme People's Assembly (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), National Diet (Japan), People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia, National Assembly of Thailand, the Federal Diet (Federal Republic of Germany), Parliament of India, Parliament of Egypt, French Parliament, Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China having more members. The European Parliament of the European Union also has more members than the United States Congress. Making the changes I suggested earlier would make the U.S. Congress the second-largest legislature in the world. The State of New Hampshire, with the 42nd population (approximately 1,402,052) in the U.S.A., has 400 members in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. That is only 35 members less than the number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives—a one-per-3,505 ratio in New Hampshire compared to the one-per-761,169 for the U.S.A.
Feel free to share your thoughts on this.
- Note 1: I am focusing on the restructuring of congressional districts and the reformation of the U.S. House of Representatives. This isn't about age limits or voter identification, just structuring of the U.S. House of Representatives.
2024.01.28 13:01 Content_Difficulty19 Got an Engineering Offer at Guam - whats the proper rate should I go for?
Hello Guam Engineers/professionals/techs/experts, I recently have a mid level position offer at a company in Guam! I have only visited Guam for vacation and family help but I never knew the economy and living wages there on Guam.
I would like to know how expensive it is and around what ballpark do entry to mid level engineers have for their salary? My work mainly revolves around design and occasional field work.
I will have an interview next week and would like to at least be able to live on my own for months (my friends will be moving here too). I have seen online forums dictate over the top 6 digit results and that obviously looks unrealistic. Do i go for like 50-80k? Or is that too high there? I don’t really know, non of my relatives are from the same industry so they cannot help either.
I don’t also want to get underpaid because of me thinking thats enough for me to live in the island (I heard its expensive in Guam from friends, my relatives paid everything during my stays there, so I wasn’t keeping track on the expenses back then, i was like 3 yrs old when we moved to the states and I kinda want the island vibe a little more)
If the pay becomes too low, I might just reject the offer.
Thanks in advance!
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I would like to know how expensive it is and around what ballpark do entry to mid level engineers have for their salary? My work mainly revolves around design and occasional field work.
I will have an interview next week and would like to at least be able to live on my own for months (my friends will be moving here too). I have seen online forums dictate over the top 6 digit results and that obviously looks unrealistic. Do i go for like 50-80k? Or is that too high there? I don’t really know, non of my relatives are from the same industry so they cannot help either.
I don’t also want to get underpaid because of me thinking thats enough for me to live in the island (I heard its expensive in Guam from friends, my relatives paid everything during my stays there, so I wasn’t keeping track on the expenses back then, i was like 3 yrs old when we moved to the states and I kinda want the island vibe a little more)
If the pay becomes too low, I might just reject the offer.
Thanks in advance!
2023.11.13 09:57 waypointg What states have similar COL to Guam?
Trying to compare salary info, but can't easily find much about Guam.
Old posts always seem to ask "how expensive is Guam?" but nobody seems to answer in concrete terms other than "I pay $100 for internet" or "Our government is corrupt af."
If you've been to the states, could you please tell me how it compares to Guam? Do you consider Guam to be LCOL, MCOL, or HCOL? Which states' salary data should I be looking at as a sort of susbtitute for Guam, or what do you think is a "comfortable salary" to live on Guam in your opinion?
This is purely to satisfy my curiosity, any subjective answers are welcome.
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Old posts always seem to ask "how expensive is Guam?" but nobody seems to answer in concrete terms other than "I pay $100 for internet" or "Our government is corrupt af."
If you've been to the states, could you please tell me how it compares to Guam? Do you consider Guam to be LCOL, MCOL, or HCOL? Which states' salary data should I be looking at as a sort of susbtitute for Guam, or what do you think is a "comfortable salary" to live on Guam in your opinion?
This is purely to satisfy my curiosity, any subjective answers are welcome.
2023.11.10 18:58 turtled-in expat separation/divorce logistics
The basics: My husband & I are both US citizens, as is our 1 year old son. We got married in Virginia in June 2022. Currently living in Taiwan where he works as a teacher - I’m on a spousal visa (also have a teaching license, but currently a SAHM). We each have our US address listed in Virginia & are up to date on federal & state taxes.
The problem: He’s an alcoholic who refuses to get help. He also has depression & has “forgotten” to get a psychiatrist appointment to refill his antidepressants for the past 3 weeks. He’s currently unmedicated &, as a result, is quick to “spiral” & become depressed, anxious, & angry. I have suspicions that he is drinking daily, although he denies it while out “running” for 3+ hours most nights. He has not proven himself a sustainable partner or father & I’m ready to move on before this downward spiral gets worse.
Questions: 1. What rights do I have regarding leaving Taiwan with our son? I have a job offer at a school in South Korea that would provide free daycare & reduced housing cost, plus salary & full (“alien” resident) benefits upon acceptance. I won’t go anywhere until I am sure I’m not breaking US/Virginia laws, but also cannot physically separate here in Taiwan.
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The problem: He’s an alcoholic who refuses to get help. He also has depression & has “forgotten” to get a psychiatrist appointment to refill his antidepressants for the past 3 weeks. He’s currently unmedicated &, as a result, is quick to “spiral” & become depressed, anxious, & angry. I have suspicions that he is drinking daily, although he denies it while out “running” for 3+ hours most nights. He has not proven himself a sustainable partner or father & I’m ready to move on before this downward spiral gets worse.
Questions: 1. What rights do I have regarding leaving Taiwan with our son? I have a job offer at a school in South Korea that would provide free daycare & reduced housing cost, plus salary & full (“alien” resident) benefits upon acceptance. I won’t go anywhere until I am sure I’m not breaking US/Virginia laws, but also cannot physically separate here in Taiwan.
- I understand Virginia requires 1 year separation with children involved. Is there chance I’d have to live in Virginia (or the US in general) for the separation period for any reason? My financial prospects are much greater if we move to Korea. I also would have more support from current friends there, too.
- Any other legalities or options I should know about, I am very open to them. I’ve seen mention about getting divorced in Guam, but don’t know what my best options are in this current situation.
2023.10.10 11:16 Impressive_Cat_1340 Moving to Guam Island - Life of Cost
Hello all,I'm Mechanical Engineer. Recently, I took a job offer from a construction company in Guam. We set for the position and responsibilities. Now I'm expecting work packet details.
as a European, I know nothing about the island's economic dynamic. I'm wondering what is the average cost of living in Guam ( I know it is a subjective topic) and what is the mechanical engineer salaries on the island?
Thank you....
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as a European, I know nothing about the island's economic dynamic. I'm wondering what is the average cost of living in Guam ( I know it is a subjective topic) and what is the mechanical engineer salaries on the island?
Thank you....
2023.10.01 10:29 Sad-Release-8457 From Guam/Saipan to Australia
Good day everyone, I am planning to migrate in Australia however I got an offer to work in Saipan. Initially based on my estimate I will be able to migrate in AUS earliest 2025 but my employment in Saipan start in 1Q of 2024. Sayang naman yung opportunity to earn almost x5 of my current salary. Plan ko is to work muna in Saipan for atleast a year then re-evaluate if ituloy ko pa yung plan to migrate in AUS. Atleast medyo malalim na yung bulsa. Question ko is anyone here who work in guam/saipan then migrated in AUSor even NZ. Thank you in advacnce.
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2023.09.07 14:13 Key-Examination2968 SSHO Salary in Guam
Hi All, I had an interview for SSHO position in Guam recently. Initial and technical interviews passed smoothly. They asked me about my salary expectations but I simply asked for offer in their range. It might be a bad idea or not I'm not sure of it. I have 10 years of experience in Safety with DoD and DoS projects specialty and CHST title. Problem is I'm not U.S citizen but never had a problem working with those contractor. So I'm not sure if my range will be same citizen's or not.
My questions are ; what should be the hourly or monthly range for me ? What do you think ?
Thanks in advance.
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My questions are ; what should be the hourly or monthly range for me ? What do you think ?
Thanks in advance.
2023.09.06 03:08 DutyAdministrative8 Job Opportunities with CEMML
Hello Guam! I am a pretty active member of this subreddit on my main account, and I've seen people posting here lately about employment opportunities on island (or lack thereof). I wanted to share some openings currently available with my employer, Colorado State University.
First some quick background on who we are and what we do.
The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) is a department within the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. CEMML enters cooperative agreements with DoD agencies on installations across the US to help manage natural and cultural resources on DoD lands in a variety of ways. In particular here on Guam, we have a Biosecurity Program that cooperates with Naval Facilities and Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas and provides support for invasive species management, monitoring and prevention.
We currently have 3 full/part time positions available, which I will briefly detail below.
Lastly, here is a link to the CEMML Careers page where you can also find these postings as well as any other opportunities with CEMML on Guam: https://cemml.colostate.edu/careers/#careers
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First some quick background on who we are and what we do.
The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) is a department within the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. CEMML enters cooperative agreements with DoD agencies on installations across the US to help manage natural and cultural resources on DoD lands in a variety of ways. In particular here on Guam, we have a Biosecurity Program that cooperates with Naval Facilities and Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Marianas and provides support for invasive species management, monitoring and prevention.
We currently have 3 full/part time positions available, which I will briefly detail below.
- Vegetation Management Technician
- Full Time (40hrs/week), Temporary (9 months)
- Salary: $21/hr
- Link to posting: Vegetation Management Technician
- Field Technician (Little Fire Ant Control)
- Full Time (40hrs/week), Temporary (9 months)
- Salary: $17-20/hr, DOE
- Link to posting: LFA Technician
- Administrative & Logistics Professional
- Full Time (40hrs/week) OR Part Time (20hrs/week), Temporary (9 months)
- Salary: $17-20/hr, DOE
- Link to posting: Admin & Logistics Assistant
Lastly, here is a link to the CEMML Careers page where you can also find these postings as well as any other opportunities with CEMML on Guam: https://cemml.colostate.edu/careers/#careers
2023.08.23 00:52 Mattau93 Yearly average median Software Engineer pay across the US and the EU. Based on self-reported salary information. 2023
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2023.06.10 21:14 TrueReconsillyation By hanging onto the top leadership of Soka Gakkai/SGI with every last bit of energy he could channel into his bony, grasping fingers, Ikeda has doomed his own cult and destroyed his own legacy
Now that Ikeda's so old, all the highest-ranking Soka Gakkai leaders are also extremely old (see Crypt Keeper Harada). These are the ones who make the decisions for the Soka Gakkai and its international SGI colonies. They have been in top leadership for decades themselves.
They're the ones who hold the reins of power, and because of Sensei's stupidity and selfishness, it will ever be such in the Soka Gakkai. This means NOTHING will ever change, not there, not here, not anywhere.
This article from 1965 describes Ikeda thusly:
Now the bureaucracy of the Soka Gakkai is so top-heavy with old men all depending on the Soka Gakkai for their salaries (i.e., their livelihood), they are NOT going to permit ANY changes to the established structure. That paradigm, if you will, is fixed, for better or worse (mostly worse, as it turns out). It is a thoroughly CORPORATE structure, focused entirely on the money those oldsters (and the younger oldsters coming up in their wake) will protect above all else. The Soka Gakkai will never "pivot" or "move in zig-zag" or any of the other corporate clichés suggesting "change".
Not that they'd have many young, handsome, executive-type candidates to choose from. The Soka Gakkai is aging and dying, just as SGI-USA is, so those Japanese Olds will likely ride that gravy train to their graves.
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They're the ones who hold the reins of power, and because of Sensei's stupidity and selfishness, it will ever be such in the Soka Gakkai. This means NOTHING will ever change, not there, not here, not anywhere.
This article from 1965 describes Ikeda thusly:
In the past, militancy, intimidation, and even violence by bands of Gakkai youths have accompanied the propaganda. The strategy changed somewhat with the death of Toda in 1958 and the inauguration of young, handsome, executive-type Daisaku Ikeda as president in 1960. SourceThose admiring accolades will never be applied to any Soka Gakkai or SGI leader ever again. Ikeda has made sure of that. What a loser. More interested in the spotlight for himself than for anyone or anything else.
Now the bureaucracy of the Soka Gakkai is so top-heavy with old men all depending on the Soka Gakkai for their salaries (i.e., their livelihood), they are NOT going to permit ANY changes to the established structure. That paradigm, if you will, is fixed, for better or worse (mostly worse, as it turns out). It is a thoroughly CORPORATE structure, focused entirely on the money those oldsters (and the younger oldsters coming up in their wake) will protect above all else. The Soka Gakkai will never "pivot" or "move in zig-zag" or any of the other corporate clichés suggesting "change".
Not that they'd have many young, handsome, executive-type candidates to choose from. The Soka Gakkai is aging and dying, just as SGI-USA is, so those Japanese Olds will likely ride that gravy train to their graves.
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2023.05.01 23:08 lostindanet Está tudo bem. Yearly average median Software Engineer pay across the US and the EU. Based on self-reported salary information. 2023 data 🇺🇸🇪🇺🗺 [OC]
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