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Show Opportunities . Bright and Ambitious People Needed For Army Careers Are college costs getting you down? Would you like to learn a vaJuable skill AND gain funds for college or technical school? Would you like to "Be All You Can Be'"? If so, the U.S. Army has a program for you! Through the Army College Fund, qualified high school grads can enlist for just two years and gain skill training and more than $15,000 for college. col-lege. If you enlist for three or four years, the Fund could top $20,000. Auto repair and data communications are among the skills learned by today's Army recruits. What kind of skills will you learn? Under the Army College Fund, you could be trained in fields such as data communications, legal specialties, spe-cialties, police work, auto repair, even broadcasting. Skills that are valuable in the civilian job market. How do you accumulate the money? Easy. Soldiers save from $25 to $100 of their pay each month. For every dollar you put in, Uncle Sam puts in five. It's like a bank account that gives 500 percent interest! Can you save up to $100 a month on soldier's pay? Sure. Starting pay in the Army is now more than $550 a month. Plus, the Army provides room and board, clothing, health care and other living expenses. You also get 30 days earned vacation per year. Besides a marketable skill and educational funds, what else can you get from an Army enlistment? Just a few other benefits like experience, ex-perience, perspective, confidence confi-dence and maturity. It's worth a look. More facts about the U.S. Army College Fund can be found in a series of advertisements ad-vertisements appearing in pirs, c, Reader's Digest. |