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Show Guard Announces Trainee Openings Recent reshuffling of units following their release from active ac-tive duty (has left some 150 vacancies va-cancies for six-month trainees in the Utah National Guard, Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, noted today. Three dates have been set for the trainees to start their training train-ing cycles. They will leave for Ford Ord, Calif., on Sept. 17, 20 and 27. Deadline for applicants is Sept. 15. The vacancies have been allocated allo-cated to all 27 cities throughout the state where the Utah National Na-tional Guard operates, Gen. Rich said, and a young man can get into almost any type unit in his home town that he wished. Enlistments may be made at any Utah National Guard Armory Ar-mory in the state. Applicants must be at least high school graduates, in good physical condition con-dition and capable of passing a few tests. While on active duty they will have eight weeks of basic combat com-bat training, eight weeks advanced ad-vanced individual training and eight weeks of additional advanced ad-vanced or on-the-job training. Communications is one of the areas where personnel are needed. "These latest vacancies offer young an opportunity to serve their country in their home towns, after serving their six months of active duty training," Gen. Rich concluded. |