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employee stories

Must be (g)love!

Luke is Kevin DeHaven’s much was left of his gloves in favor of others, but he would have none of
beloved 6-year old grandson. it. Eventually Luke’s mom asked Kevin if he might be able to get
Luke is also a special needs child him another pair.
with a form of autism that can According to Kevin, when presented with the new MIL
cause somewhat unusual traits. gloves, “his face lit up, his breath drawn, the old gloves (rags)
One of Luke’s special quirks immediately came off, he smiled and laughed and rubbed his face
is a love of tight clothes and with the new gloves. They only come off after he goes to sleep, and
gloves. Knowing his grandson’s they go back on the moment he awakes. He wears them to school
uncommon affinity, Kevin gave and they let him keep them on. We’ve got him to take them off at
Luke a pair of MIL-branded meals, but don’t try to pick them up while he eats!”
“touch-gloves” that he had
received at the annual MIL Along with being one great grandfather, Kevin is also a member
banquet in January. Luke was of MIL’s C5IS Sector currently supporting the National Geospatial
thrilled with his gift because he Agency West project as an infrastructure systems analyst.
wore them night and day until the glove’s fingers were gone and
all that was left was a blue band wrapped around each thumb and
palm. The MIL logo also still showed, prompting many people to
ask, “What is MIL?” Luke’s mom tried to get Luke to give up what

What’s it like working For MIL?

By: Dominic J. Digiovannantonio
I was asked by Tom Clark, Senior Vice President of the C4IS Within this group, the end goal would be to acquire a full-time
division, to write a newsletter article about what it’s like working job and gain as much experience as possible leading up to that
at MIL from a technical summer hire perspective. I decided to day. MIL recently had a previous technical summer hire to do
go out and interview multiple summer hires to obtain different just that. When asked if he had any advice for current technical
points of view. We not only vary in age and experience, but also summer hires seeking full-time employment, he stated you
our career paths. After receiving a slew of contrasting answers, I should always strive to seek new opportunities, work diligently,
came to summarize our thoughts and experiences as a whole. and most importantly take initiative.
Year in and year out, MIL provides a very friendly, diverse Once again, we all thank MIL for this opportunity and hope to
environment according to their technical summer hires. With this be here again next summer!
group varying in age, MIL believes that it’s important to provide
a multitude of opportunities to each and every employee. It
provides technical summer hires more exposure and administers
more opportunities for future endeavors.
Whether you are striving for an engineering degree, finance
degree, or a computer science degree, we have all come to
a general consensus that we’ve seen all aspects of the C4IS Have a great story
division. This not only makes us well-rounded individuals, but
also helps us learn how to network with professionals outside of from your team?
our realm. Many technical summer hires have worked in other
industries prior to MIL, such as the restaurant industry, sales, E-mail us at:
and even construction/labor. Regardless of our prior occupations,
we have all individually agreed that MIL was a tremendous communications@milcorp.com
stepping stone in our young careers. MIL has proved to be a very for newsletter consideration!
organized as well as professional environment. It’s refreshing
to know that from employees, to upper management, there will
always be someone willing to lend a helping hand, especially our
supervisors.

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