Iron County Record | 1955-11-10 | Page 15 | US Navy Department Unwraps 'Career Package' Plan

US Navy Department Unwraps 'Career Package' Plan Getting ready for another month of busy activity, the Petty officer in charge of the Navy Recruiting Re-cruiting station in Cedar Ci'tv, H wrapping a rovNod "career pa k-age" k-age" at the recruiting station. "The Navy," he said, "Is determined deter-mined to meet its present manpower man-power shortage with an honest career plan for deserving voiim; men and women, and is eiYi,,;-, that the majority ef future Wave ami bluejackets will he volunteer regulars and not inductees," Chief Wilson adiled that the revised career plan will ,,ffer upmost up-most attractive list of bone! its and advantages ever assembled for the youth of America. Outlining a few choice parts of his package, the Navy man touched briefly on the increased pay of the Armed Forces. $10,000 free Jifo insurance policy, medical medi-cal benefits for the servicemen and their dependents, and new Navy procedures for getting the bluejacket or Wave in the duty location of their choice. A special inducement to new-comers new-comers to the Navy is the Air, man program which puts the aviation-minded fellow, and the girls, into that vital echelon of the Navy; and there is even a "Buddy" plan which allows friends to enlist together and remain re-main together throughout their basic training.