L-3 GS&ES Sponsors Honor Flight for WWII Veterans
L-3 GS&ES has been selected to sponsor the October 25th, 2009 Tennessee Valley Honor Flight. The “Honor Flight,” is a one-day event in which approximately 125 World War II veterans are flown, free of charge, to Washington, D.C., to see the war memorials and to remember their fallen comrades. The Honor Flight program was conceived by Earl Morse. His vision was to honor fellow veterans by taking them to Washington, D.C, to see the WWII Memorial. As you know, most of these senior heroes are in their 80s & 90s and they will need resources and physical assistance to take this momentous journey. The Honor Flight program has chapters in several different national regions - GS&ES will be supporting the October 24th flight out of Huntsville, Alabama.
On the morning of the event, October 24th, our group of veterans will fly from Huntsville to Reagan National Airport, escorted by a group of volunteers. At the airport, they will be met by GS&ES escorts, called “Guardians.” The Guardians will greet and assist them throughout the day. The veterans should arrive at Reagan about 9 am, board tour busses, visit the WW II Memorial, have lunch at the Women’s Memorial at the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, tour Arlington, visit the Iwo Jima and Korean Memorials, and end with a city tour before going back to the airport around 6:30 pm. Each Guardian will be with their assigned veteran for the duration of the visit, ensuring their safety and facilitating their enjoyment of the occasion.
The Tennessee Valley Honor Flight will also include a 12-person medical team, 2 emergency-room physicians, 10 paramedics, 4 media personnel and 5 staff members. As in the past, we will have a detail of active-duty Air Force personnel in D.C. to meet us and assist with wheelchair loading/unloading and lunch.
For more information about Honor Flight or to make a donation to this non-profit organization, visit www.honorflight.org . For information on what GS&ES is doing in support of the 24 October Honor Flight, please contact Patrick Dennis at Pat.Dennis@L-3com.com .
College Intern Program
GS&ES is committed to supporting academic excellence and lifelong learning by providing a meaningful work experience that compliments a student’s career direction. The objective of the GS&ES Intern program is to provide a feeder system of highly qualified and highly motivated students for permanent hire upon them graduating into GS&ES or any other high technology organization. GS&ES takes part in many events geared towards students, new graduates and experienced industry personnel. Search events by state to see if we’ll be near you any time soon. Or search by date, and see where GS&ES will be represented during the month you’re interested in. You can also search by keyword, which is a good way to find out, for example, if we have planned events at your college or university.
Benefits of GS&ES intern program
- Gain real work experience while attending college or university
- Competitive salary
- Receive career and development and training
- Work with leading edge technology
- Work on challenging projects
Transitioning Military
Understanding the Rules Governing Post Government Employment and Compliance with L-3’s Corporate Policy
L-3 Communications must avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest in connection with hiring discussions and employment of former military personnel and federal government employees, including legislative branch members, and White House personnel, hereinafter referred to collectively as government employees. This policy applies to activities associated with hiring current and former government employees or retaining them as consultants or independent contractors.
Basic Rule: a federal “employee shall not participate personally and substantially in a particular matter that, to his knowledge, has a direct and predictable effect on the financial interests of a prospective employer with whom he is seeking employment” (5 CFR 2635.604a)
Cure: If a federal employee wants to seek employment from a firm and such efforts would violate the basic rule, the employee must formally disqualify himself in writing from any further duties related to the matter before he seeks employment with the company. (JER 2-204c)
Right Approach: A federal employee is interested in seeking employment with L-3, but a new contract has been awarded and it will involve him participating substantially in a matter of interest to L-3. Before he approaches L-3, he disqualifies himself from further participation in writing and obtains the permission of the Agency to send L-3 a resume.
Wrong Approach: An L-3 program manager works at a government facility with a talented government employee that is responsible for developing task orders under the contract. The manager asks the government employee to submit a resume. This places the employee in a position where he may have to report the contact and can lead to allegations of impropriety against L-3.
The “Terminal Leave” Rule
Basic Rule: Commissioned military officers and federal civilian employees are prohibited from representing non-Federal organizations before any Federal agency. (18 USC 202(a))
Application: Only applies to “commissioned officers and federal civilians;” “Representation” is broadly defined
Military Ranks Enlisted (Private, Seaman, Airman, Specialist); E-1 to E-4 Noncommissioned Officers (Corporals, Sergeants, Petty Officers, Sergeants Major) (These are senior enlisted positions); E-4 to E-9 Warrant Officers (These are commissioned Officers); WO1, CW2 to CW5* Officers (Lieutenants, Ensigns, Captains, Majors, Commanders, Colonels) (These are Commissioned Officers); 0-1 to 0-6 Flag Officers (Generals, Admirals) (These are commissioned Officers); 0-7 to 0-10
*Although still referred to as warrant officers, they now hold their federal appointments by commission
