<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Fri 22 Feb 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:MTC Technologies jobs</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 22 Feb 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:"Wren, Elizabeth" <<a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Wren@mtctechnologies.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Elizabeth.Wren@mtctechnologies.com</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:MTC Technologies jobs</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[This is a slightly different version of the note that ran on Nov. 30th--dil]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Greetings,<br><br>I wanted to see if you could assist me and the company I work for, MTC<br>Technologies, Inc. We are part of a new overseas initiative to provide<br>cultural liaison, social research, and community building in Southwest<br>Asia. This is in conjunction and the cooperation of the US Armed forces<br>in the Mid East. <br><br>Working towards addressing shortcomings in cultural knowledge and<br>capabilities MTC, working with the Foreign Military Studies Office at<br>Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is overseeing the creation and direction of<br>the Human Terrain System (HTS) Teams. So that U.S. forces can operate<br>more effectively in the human terrain in which local communities live<br>and function, HTS will provide deployed our Soldiers direct<br>social-science support in the form of ethnographic and social research,<br>cultural information research, and social data analysis that can be<br>employed as part of the our program to bring greater cultural<br>understanding, more intelligent decision making, and reduce the level of<br>insurgency and violence.<br><br>Here is a brief description of some of the individual positions:<br><br>The Social Scientists and Cultural Analysts are members of the Human<br>Terrain System (HTS) that will collect and analyze data to obtain<br>cultural and political awareness in order to sustain and foster<br>stabilization. The HTS project is designed to improve the gathering,<br>interpretation, understanding, operational application and sharing of<br>local population knowledge at the BCT and RCT and Division levels. <br><br>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>The position requires an MA/PhD in Cultural<br>Anthropologist/Sociologist/Political Scientist/International Relations<br>or related fields from an accredited U.S., Canadian, British or<br>Australian University. <br>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Competent in Geographic Information Systems software. <br><br>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Local-language ability sufficient to perform field research. <br>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>US citizen and capable of acquiring a Secret clearance. <br><br>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Direct experience studying and teaching about the region,<br>including in-region research. <br><br>Initially, these positions will undergo training and preparatory actions<br>at Fort Leavenworth, KS with a follow-on assignment to the area of<br>responsibility for a period up to one year. While deployed, these<br>positions will be compensated at 72 hours per week and receive Hazardous<br>Duty and In-Country Differential Pays.<br><br>I understand if you are comfortable in your current roll and perhaps not<br>looking for a change. However I would like to see if you could help me<br>by reaching out to your network of associates and academic contacts to<br>help us form teams to that might be interested in this opportunity.<br><br>Regards,<br>Liz Wren<br>Senior Recruiter<br>MTC Technologies, Inc.<br>Office (801) 773-1047 x2307<br>Cell (801) 388-7603<br><a href="mailto:elizabeth.wren@mtctechnologies.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">elizabeth.wren@mtctechnologies.com</a><br><br>We also invite you to our website at <a href="http://www.mtctechnologies.com/careers" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.mtctechnologies.com/careers</a> to<br>review and apply for the positions supporting the HTS program,<br>Requisition # mtc-00002493 - # mtc-00002498. There you will be asked to<br>submit a resume and complete other pertinent data. We appreciate your<br>interest in MTC Technologies.<br><br>MTC is an equal opportunity employer.<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 22 Feb 2008</div></body></html>