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A defense contractor (or military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military department of a government. Products typically include military aircraft, ships, vehicles, weaponry, and electronic systems. Services can include logistics, technical support and training communications support, and in some cases team-based engineering in cooperation with the government.
Military contractors do not generally provide direct support of military operations. Under 1949 Geneva Conventions military contractors engaged in direct support of military operations may be legitimate targets of military attacks. Compare to a private military contractor.
Defense contracting has expanded dramatically over the last decade, particularly in the United States, where in the last fiscal year the Department of Defense spent nearly $316 billion on contracts. Contractors have also assumed a much larger on-the-ground presence during recent American conflicts: during the 1991 Gulf War the ratio of uniformed military to contractors was about 50 to 1, while during the first four years of the Iraq War the U.S. hired over 190,000 contractors, surpassing the total American military presence even during the 2007 Iraq surge and 23 times greater than other allied military personnel numbers. In Afghanistan, the presence of almost 100,000 contractors has resulted in a near 1 to 1 ratio with military personnel.
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004. Williams was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2007, and in 2010, a prominent media observer dubbed him "the Walter Cronkite of the 21st century."
Williams was reared in a middle-class Irish Catholic home. His father, Gordon L. Williams, was an executive vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, in New York. During childhood, his family moved from his birthplace, Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Elmira, New York. He lived in Elmira for ten years before moving to Middletown, New Jersey, when he was in junior high school.
He graduated from Mater Dei High School, a Roman Catholic high school in the New Monmouth section of Middletown. While in high school, he was a volunteer firefighter for three years at the Middletown Township Fire Department. His first job was as a busboy at Perkins Pancake House.
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Actors: Robert Vaughn (actor), David Michael Frank (composer), Robert Clotworthy (actor), Roddy McDowall (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Michael Winslow (actor), Joe Namath (actor), Bud Cort (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Bill Pullman (actor), Dean Cain (actor), Eddie Frierson (actor), Rif Hutton (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Clayton Landey (actor),
Plot: Inernational disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces.
Keywords: navy, periscope, sea, submarine, torpedo, u.s.-navyActors: Robert Vaughn (actor), David Michael Frank (composer), Robert Clotworthy (actor), Roddy McDowall (actor), Richard Masur (actor), Michael Winslow (actor), Joe Namath (actor), Bud Cort (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Bill Pullman (actor), Dean Cain (actor), Eddie Frierson (actor), Rif Hutton (actor), Wayne Fitzgerald (miscellaneous crew), Clayton Landey (actor),
Plot: Inernational disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces.
Keywords: navy, periscope, sea, submarine, torpedo, u.s.-navy