Show THE GARLAND TIMES GARLAND UTAH Army Strives for Right Man on Right Spot Jewish Years Sail on Rum The Jewish calendar has years six different types owing to the harmonious arrangement of festiVirtually every navy in the Thus a world gives its sailors a daily ratvals etc says Collier’s defective year has 353 days a ion of rum wine or some other regular year 354 days and a per- alcoholic drink an exception beifect year 355 days and a lhonth ng the United States navy in is added to each when it is a which the practice was abolished leap year Hence this new year in 1862 However the American which is 5703 and began on Sep- boys may have as many as a doztember 12 1942 will contain 383 en cups of coffee a day although days because it is a directive leap their average consumption is not more than six cups year of Fighting Efficient Yanks First Aim of Personnel Officers Sorting out and analyzing the occupational skills hobbies education and aptitudes of every man who enters the army and fitting him into an assignment where he can make his greatest contribution to the war effort is the job of more than 6000 skilled personnel officers and men who were carefully selected and trained by the adjutant general’s of- fice of the war department and who are engaged in this most important of all personnel work in nearly every corner of the globe Unlike materiel personnel is never static— it is always changing A man entering the service today and classified as a mechanic or a potential machine gunner may next month or several months later display aptitudes which may make him a potential gunner a Diesel engine mechanic a tank commander or an officer candidate Because some men fail to measure up to the first estimate of their and others abilities demonstrate abilities far beyond anything that their civilian exthe would indicate perience work of the classification and assignment officer has only begun when at the reception center the first duty training assignment is recommended or Various Test ‘Sieves’ Actual requirements of the various arms and services to provide filler and loss replacements for existing and new units are known and get up in requirement and replacement rate tables by the many civilian occupational categories that are required to make up our army and ere furnished service command commanders m accordance with the selective service procurement allotment quota of each service command and also in accordance with the occurrence rate of procurement of each type of civilian occupation In each service command which exhas indicated This properience vides the first sieve through which men are put when they enter the Many of the soldiers in the army today are highly trained technicians of them their technical “talents” being discovered by various tests after induction are receiving such training as these young men who are learning the detail assembly of teletype machines and how to remedy any defects found in them Many him when he returns It summarizes his personal history schooling work experience leadership ability interests hobbies foreign languages and previous military ROTC or CCC experience Additions and changes arc made when necessary insuring an record of information throughout the man’s service The first phase of classification is testing Every man receives the army general classification test which provides an index of his general ability to learn his duties The score on this test and the corresponding army grade are recorded on ttie qualification card before the find a job for to civilian life service A second is given them when they arrive at replacement training centers of the various arms and servHere their records of the ices terview and test grades attained are reviewed and they are placed in the type of within their training arm or service of assignment where It is believed they will do their best work It will be seen from this that the objective of initial classification is to recommend a man for duty or training in an army job for which his civilian indicates he is best experience fitted there are several contributing factors which may result in his being assigned to a duty entirely foreign to his mind to any experience he may have had They include: a surplus of civilian occupations above army many civilian requirements jobs having no army counterpart a personnel history indicating leadership potentialities which the man himself possibly did not realize At the Reception Center Here classification and assignment begin Here all men are interviewed and initially classified Here their basic classification form is filled out This card accompanies every man throughout his army career and will be used in helping to while S' ' The right man in the right place— that’s the idea But the important purpose of the army’s training program is to develop fighting soldiers such as this one Lieut James A Harden ‘‘Bayonet Expert of the 31st Division” hard work Intensive training good food — and plenty of it such is what goes into the daily life of each and every one of Uncle Sam’s soldiers The big grin on this sergeant’s face indicates that he’s satisfied with what is on his tray man is interviewed The mechanical aptitude test is given to all recruits who can read and write English The test has questions on pattern - picture matching shop mechanics and mechanical movements comprehension and information The second phase of initial classification is the interview The interin viewer is skilled in questioning drawing out desired information and in recording it accurately After the Interview When the interview is over the for qualification card is checked completeness accuracy and legibility It is then referred to the classifier who checks the man’s civilian occupations and on the basis of the information on the card recommends his initial duty or training assignment either to a replacement training center or to a unit This recommended assignment is not necessarily the man’s main or even second-becivilian occupation but is determined on the basis of a complete analysis of each individual which includes his occupation education hobbies previous military training intelligence leadership and other pertinent factors It is the practice to distribute men of various levels of educational and mental ability equally among the different arms and services so that in the' average level is equalized all arms and services At Replacement Training Center Here incoming trainees are assigned to the type of training which they may most readily absorb The particular needs of the service however may make it impossible to assign every man to the specific type of training for svhich he was first recommended The first task is to make certain that each man’s training will be in accord with mx aptitudes interests Various means are and experienc® employed to insure training only When the ex qualified personnel spoken It is estimated that after six or seven hearings of the records and a short period of applied study of the the average soldier references memorized sufficient have should an phrases to provide him with for vocabulary speaking adequate needs his 1 i Dr Henry Smith structor of English at Brown university Providence R I and director of the radio program ‘‘Where Are You From?” is in charge lie points out that although the procedure is based on scientific analysis of principles of phonetics and phoncmics it is not intended as a basic conversational study of the foreign language It was evolved only as an expedient for quickly and easily instructing American troops BARBARA Thorndike Conn field In jobs the final matching of men and other factors beside the test scores and work experience are Full utilizacarefully considered tion is made of leadership age previous military experience and any other experience with predictive value If Progress Isn’t Satisfactory While the men are receiving these varied types of training at the Rethe placement Training center classification and assignment officer is continually informed about their progress so that any who are nol progressing satisfactorily may be reclassified and reassigned to a different type of training This is especially important in connection with the training of specialists since these schools have limited space facilities and can be used to train only those men best qualified for the instruction The classification officer is also kept informed when men in the Special Training units are ready to return to regular training so that they may be transferred promptly Near the completion of their training all enlisted men are reported to the adjutant general by the specification serial number of the military occupational specialty in which they will be qualified for assignment to a unit The adjutant general ther issues transfer orders for these men to report to various units and installations for which requisitions ex ist At units replacements are assigned to duties on the basis of the information on their qualification cards For various reasons men may often be reclassified A specialist gains new skills in the process of training a soldier of long service can no longer compete physically with younger men a conscientious objector requests in writing to be assigned to a combat unit or an enlisted man finds it difficult because of physical deficiency or emotional instability to adjust himself to an assignment Reassignments are also made tc balance the available skills anc mental abilities within the units anr through the service Unit command ers report shortages and any over supply of military specialists so that transfers may be made to balance skills throughout the parent unit and the army Personnel Specialists The personnel technician is t classification officer charged witf the administration of classificatior procedures and policies in the unit or installation to which he may be assigned He must have had tec! nical training and experience lr personnel administration and mud demonstrate organizing ability Wit' him rests responsibility for the ad ministration of Classification Tests given to all enlisted men and foi tests giving aptitude and individual when necessary He has on his staff the Personncj Consultant and enlisted men : classified as Personnel Technician who help to maintain the smooth at d efficient functioning of the classifioa tion program Through such classification and assignment the army of the Uni led States is endeavoring to use ava manpower with one and only one object in view— the placemen) of each man in a job or duty where his strength vigor skill aptitudes and intelligence may be utilized ic strike the most telling blow against the enemies of our country Yanks Taught Language of Land Where They Are Stationed Lee Informer It is planned to supply every troop unit with a set of foreign language recordings upon leaving for a destination where a foreign language is SHE'S A “SELF - STARTER a perience data on the soldier’s qualification card are questionable the and if his soldier is particular ability is still uncertain he receives a trade test for thal American troops embarking for 3 land where a foreign language is spoken will be taught an element ty speaking knowledge of that language through a new and simplified method of instruction featuring the ue of phonograph records it was announced by the war department The records are used m conjunction with reference pamphlets containing instructions in pronunciation and a glossary containing furthei information on the language is CORN FLAKES — 'I already designer specializing in school and sports clothes for girls her own aga Barbara says: ‘‘Myfavorita breakfast is the Breakfast' It tastes marvelous but Mom says It's mighty good for me too” - — two of you can look the of each other when you this smart two piecerl short jacket can have a round collar (dressed up with a white collar for contrast) or an opensolidneckline Pair these styles color 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