The Defense Contractor 101 Handbook

This book will have several practical applications as a guide for; defense contract company's, college level graduates, civilians and both military personnel either exciting the service or still in a reserve or guard component and desiring to transitioning into the defense contract industry. The first application being a comprehensive detailed explanation of the processing one must go through as part of the employment and or deployment processing. The second understanding that as you decide to take this journey what to expect, there are helpful tips, information and some do's and don'ts within the industry that include travel, training and career success. The emphasis for this book is on the DoD-CENTCOM AOR, being this is by far and away the most in demand AOR for defense contract work. This book will have applications for other command areas as well.

Experience maybe the best teacher as I have learned throughout my career both in the military from 1983 to 2006 to the defense contract world from 2007 to present time of 2019. My experience includes 23 years serving in the United States Army in combat arms branch as a field artilleryman to an additional 12 years serving as a defense contractor in various fields of technical work still actively engaged in defense contract work overseas. The two main key elements to working in the defense contract industry, the first being 50% is getting along with others, especially if you're on a team. The other 50% is knowing there's always work to be done, stay busy and focused.