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Show Armed Forces Reserve Act Classification Clarified by Officers Military officials at Headquarters Headquar-ters U S Army Military District. Utah, have released a classifica-tion classifica-tion on the recent changes to the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1955. Heretofore U. S. Army reserv-' ists who enlisted under the eight year program of the Armed Forces Forc-es Reserve Act were required to serve six months of active duty and seven and one-half years as active members of the ready reserve. A new ruling issued by the Secretary of the Army, has shortened the time to six months on active duty, four and one-half years in the ready reserve and three years in the standby reserve. re-serve. Standhv reserve service does not require the Individual o attend drills or summer camp, but places him on call for an emergency. Ready reservists drill once weekly and attend 15 days summer camp. Lt. Col. James W. Brandon, Personnel Procurement Officers for the Army Reserve, reported that although the new rulings do not become effective until April 1, 1957, young men can enlist en-list under the Armed Forces Re-serve Re-serve act between now and April 1, under the old program with the guarantee that their obligated obliga-ted time will be adjusted to con-form con-form to the new rules on April 1. This adjustment will also effect ef-fect those young men who initially in-itially enlisted under the Feder-al Feder-al Armed Forces Reserve Act for the eight-year program since August 9, 1955. The new law Is retroactive and cuts ready re. serve time for those currently serving in this category to six months active duty, four and a half years in th2 ready reserve and three years In the standby reserve. "One of the major differences between service in the standby reserve and the ready reserve." Col. Brandon pointed out, "is that the ready reserve can be called to active duty by the President Pres-ident alone, while standby re-'servists re-'servists can be called up only by Congressional action." |