Christina West - Army Strong Stories

Life lessons and Super-Cool Underwater Robots

Christina West — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:37:00 GMT

By: Christina West
Hello All; Here's an update from Sunny (well, not so much) California. Basically things have settled down a little here at Boeing, but myself and my venerable companions are still reaping the benefits of being around very smart, successful people. This week we worked more on our Android Apps, trying to create an autonomous umbrella program in SOSCOE so that it would be a lot easier to add more simple reports like Medevac and CBRN for future programmers. We also are adding a...read more

18 hours of meetings and 1 all-nighter

Christina West — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:28:00 GMT

By: Christina West
Well we arrived in sunny California on Sunday, and got all checked in to the hotel, got the car and most importantly a MAP. Then on Monday we left for Boeing Corp. When we arrived it seemed that the building was a little dead. Then we were told that there were a few meetings that we should attend. This started the gajillion hours of meetings on this Boeing produced middleware called SOSCOE which it was trying to sell to the army. So here was my to-do list: Google SOSCOE, wikipedia...read more

Once upon a time....

Christina West — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:24:00 GMT

By: Christina West
Far far far away in the little quiet town of Huntington Beach, CA a young, impressionable cadet starts her internship. Hi, I have never really been one to journal or write at all which is why I became an engineer major, but here I am, requested *Ahem* to talk about my experiences this summer. I just flew back from Gunatanimo Bay, Cuba on Weds to Chicago, where I live, and then leave for California on Sunday to start work on Monday. I have already had 6 plane rides this...read more