How many people are employed directly or indirectly in the USA defense industry?
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lol, tens of millions.\nhttp://scotthortonshow.com/\nhttp://thestressblog.com\nhttp://www.kaos959.com\nhttp://www.antiwar.com\nmoney, http://www.philipdru.com/griffin_stream.html\neducation, \nhttp://www.philipdru.com/taylor_stream.html\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/gatto_stream.html\nww1 wilson,\nhttp://weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=88\nww2 http://www.philipdru.com/stinnett_stream.html\nnam http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=108\nbush & clinton http://www.philipdru.com/triplett_stream.html\nisrael \nhttp://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=8730\nhttp://www.philipdru.com/webb_stream.html\niran http://www.weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=131\ngovernment explained simply,\nhttp://weekendinterviewshow.com/InterviewDisplay.aspx?i=98
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Two....\n\nOne while on active duty at Ft. Sill, OK detonating Claymore mines in series, "digging" holes with C4 and cutting down small diameter trees with Det cord with 2 British artillery Officers and another FA 2LT from my battery.  It was serious and important training!\n\nThe second was years after leaving the service while working in Iraq on a DoD contract. Myself and some English lads (Royal Marines) were traveling to Basrah.  As I recall we had a RON  at DUKE; a small camp in southern Iraq with the civilian facilities (DFAC, laundry,billeting, etc) run by a great bunch of Australians.\n\nWhile having a small "get together" we were hit by a significant mortar attack by the bad guys.  And true to form what I had hear about the Royal Marines, they made it their 1st priority to make room for the grill and tub filled with ice & Foster's beer in the bunker.
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140 MILLION ARMED AMERICANS OUTSIDE THE MILITARY,\nIT WOULD BE A HUGE GORILLA WAR IN THIS COUNTRY.STILL BE FIGHTING.
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Enron  General electric, Saudiis Some Jewish corporations etc etc. I dont know. Many War industries.....
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Do you mean security clearance, as done by the US government, mostly for defense-related work?\n\nIf you don't know, you don't have it.
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As of January 2005, Wal-Mart employed a total of 1.7 million people, including 1.3 million employees in the United States, making it the largest private employer in the world.
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Small.  As of June 22, 2004, there were ~111,000 soldiers in the IRR.  To date, the Army has recalled a total of around 5,000 soldiers.  Those odds or slim, but they are dependent on your MOS.
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Contact the Dept of Defense.  They should be happy to give you the numbers.\nwww.defense.gov
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yup all of them. Oil lobbies are the second largest behind Defense contractors. Pharmaceutical are up there too
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Most of it goes to Defense or "Homeland Security".\n\nThe rest goes to Haliburton.
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There are hundreds.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_wars
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us government does hire people\nmost require a degree of some kind\njoin the military, now that's a government job almost anyone can get :-)\ngood luck
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Most military engineering jobs are farmed out to private industry.  The military only gets directly involved in field testing the new weapons systems once the private companies have done all the research and development.  \n\nIf you really have an interest in this field, you need to go to college and get yourself an engineering degree.  Then, if you can't get hired by a company that's doing the research you want to be involved in, at least you can come into the military as an Officer instead of a grunt.
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yes.  Look into the government contractors like Honeywell and KBR.  They have contracts to provide the same services that many do in their MOS.  Their contracts are expanding and they are desperate in a lot of cases, hiring people who aren't as qualified as they should be.  Military experience is a plus with them, since they know you can do the job and have experience in it.
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I am guessing both are more than likely trained along the same lines. The US and British military seem to work together well, so that's what made me say that.
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Yes, defense contractors, but if you go deeper the steel industry was booming all of that equipment was made of steel.
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In 2003 there were 873 active duty Generals and Admirals in the U.S. Armed Forces. That number still has to be in the ball park.  Nothing like Rumsfeld's "thousands and thousands."