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Show ROTC Tours Cut Up To 18 Months Thousands of college gnulu-ates scheduled to receive Army this June commissions ROTC will have their active duty tours cut, some by as much as 18 then be released to a guard or' reserve unit. Since the 1961 Berlin Crisis all ROTC graduates have had to minimum serve the two-yetive duty hitch. Prior to that time they were called for either hitches, or two-yethe Hollingsworth Board (named or Maj. Gen. James Hollings-16- , worth) recommended that the short active duty program for ROTC graduates be reinstated but suggested increasing the tour to nine months or one year to make it more equitable. cut-bac- k ar 1 th th ' Moorer Named As JCS Head Admiral Thomas II. Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations has lieen appointed by President Richard Nixon as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to replace Gen- eral Earle G. Wheeler whose term expires July 3, 1970. Admiral Moorer will lie the first Navy man to headl the staff since Admiral Ar- thur W. Radford served from 1953 to 1957. A Naval Academy graduate, he won the Silver Star and Purple Heart during World War II. In one incident, hti managed to land his plane. even though it was in flames. I He was cited for extremely gallant and intrepid conduct" for his feat. Admiral Moorer has lieen the Chief of Naval Operations since June, 1967. WESTERN BOOT Headquarters Htra'i vsf mm Mint yMtl fM ii yw dmcf of nuipM but it Irawi'ii Nm Mockf bewi oc Reg. 18.95 ONLY BROWNS 24 N. Main Baggage Limits Set By MAC WASHINGTON ar the Pentagon said last week that requirements for second lieutenants . are dropping so sharply that 7000 of this years 000-plu-s graduates may be let off active duty after only six months service with the first re- leases becoming effective in late spring, 1971. The Pentagon and Continen- tal Army Command (COXARC) are currently studying the prospect of reducing OCS enrolllevel of ment to the 1800 graduates for fiscal year is needed so 1971. The that the remaining 9000 ROTC graduates can be utilized for tours. their full two-yeEarlier this year Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor had indicated that there would Ire a slight cut in OCS enrollment in At that time the fiscal 1971. 7000 new second lieuwas goal tenants, some 1,300 less than have been turned out during the last two fiscal years. officers that ROTC The achieve an early release from active duty will lie assigned to Army guard and Army Reserve units for the remainder of their ready reserve obligation. At the present time the plan is to assign 5,000 of the early release ROTCi officers to Army Reserve units, f The Reserve is presently faced! with a serious shortage of junior I officers and says it has unit slots! available for the 5,000 officers over a one-yeperiod. The guard has slots for morel than the remaining 2,000 of-ficers, but the problem is that none of the officers can be man-- f datorily assigned to guard units, as they can be to USAR units.' The reserve components would appear to be in for a windfall ofl new junior officers in the next! , . couple of years when this years 16,000 new officers are supple-mented by the nearly 15,000 pro- jected ROTC graduates next A large portion of next June. years new officers will also serve only six months with the plan now calling for those selected for tours to attend a two- (. three-monbranch basic! to course followed by three to four months on active duty. They will S: The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., June 5, 1970 th ar S lLt John Thompson, personnel officer, gives Sp5 Clifford DcWitt the listment oath as SFC Vincent Madore, Career Councilor, looks on. RE-l'P- reen- (AFPS) - The Military Airlift Coin- maud has revamped its re-for carry-o- n and checked" liaggage. bug gage larger than nine dies wide by 13 inclies high 24 indies long mav not be carried aboard MAC air- craft. It must be checked and tagged for storage in the bag-gage compartment. No luggage can lie check- ed that exceeds 3ft inches long by 24 inches high by 30 inches wide. This is comparable in size to a regulation foot lock- - er. MAC officials said. The officials also offered these tips on safeguarding gage: Do not overpack. An over packed suitcase is soring load-i- n ed and may open uiiring nor-b- y mal handling even if locked Identify luggage. Place a copy of your orders inside each suitcase and mark the outside with your name and address, . Protect high value items jewelry, cameras, radios by carrying them with you. I hag-strictin- ns I JOINED THE RESERVE 76 , ser our out nmht a week |