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Show Unit training change set for Utah Guard obligation by serving in a reserve re-serve component unit, however. That part of the reserve program pro-gram has not changed. J June 30, 1965, will be an historical his-torical day for the U.S. Army and the Utah National Guard. On that date the United States Continental Army Command Com-mand will initiate a curtailment curtail-ment in the Basic Unit Training Train-ing under the Reserve Enlistment Enlist-ment Program. Basic Unit Training for infantry, armor engineer, field artillery, military mili-tary police and air defense artillery ar-tillery trainees will be discontinued discon-tinued June 30, 1965. Purpose of the change is to realign the training of the newly-enlisted reserv i s t s to the active army, according to the U. S. Continental Army Command. "The new program will give a new guardsman more time at home to train with his home unit, the unit he'll spend most of his military days with," Maj. Gen. Maurice L. Watts, Utah Adjutant General, pointed out today. The Army will continue to provide Basic Combat Training, Train-ing, Advanced I n d i v i dual Training and technical courses in Army schools for individuals who enlist in the National Guard or Reserve, the general noted. However, the trainees will not rceive unit training while on active duty. They'll get that with their parent, home unit. This will mean a shorter active ac-tive duty tour for many men in the reserve enlistment program, pro-gram, averaging about five months in the combat arms branches instead of the six months currently served. These individuals will be required to complete the six year service |