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Show AFR0TC Cadet Active Duty Order Cancellation Cleared Part of the confusion surrounding sur-rounding the cancellation of orders or-ders to active duty for recently commissioned air force ROTC graduates was cleared up with the publication in the west coast edition of the Air Force Times 'not an official publication) of an article by Bruce Callander, announced Lt. Col. Oliver W. Harris of the College of Southern South-ern Utah's Air Force ROTC detachment. de-tachment. The article by Mr. Callander, which was headed "AROTC Recall Re-call Is Delayed", says "active duty orders for several thousand Air Force ROTC graduates were suspended temporarily this week rending a review of the Air Torce manpower picture". Mr. Callendar goes on to say "the exact number of AFROTC graduates gradu-ates suspended from recall has not been disclosed. However it is known that some 7000 were graduated. grad-uated. Of these more than 2000 have qualified for flight training and will be called. "Another group of probably several hundred has already come on active duty and other graduates will have specialties critically needed by the Air Force. It is unlikely these will be affected by the suspended recall re-call groups. "The significance of the term 'temporary' has not been explained ex-plained by the Air Force. The report said simply that the graduates grad-uates would probably get new instruction in the near future. "The Defence Department position posi-tion has consistently been that all ROTC graduates should be called since they have been draft-deferred during training and represent a sizeable investment invest-ment in government money. Any indefinite suspension of AFROTC graduates would be counter to this view." Newly commissioned Air Force recond lieutenants' in the Cedar City area affected by this suspension sus-pension were Theon Thorley, James Watson, Gerald R. Sher-tatt, Sher-tatt, Bruce Gardner and Richard Scuthwick. |