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Show Army Reserve Procurement Headquarters Chief Points Out Enlistment Advantages fTlnfH!-rr with a U. S. Army Call for 18,000 draftees for the first four months of 1956 issued last week from the Pentagon, military officials at this headquarters simultaneously simultan-eously sounded a call for more U. S. Army Reservists in the State of Utah. Lieutenant Colonel James W. Brandon, who heads the U S. Army Reserve Procurement Section at Utah Military Mili-tary Headquarters indicated that although draft quotas were high and were likely to go higher, young men of 17 to 18H could, before reaching draft age, enlist in home-town Army Reserve units thereby becoming be-coming draft exempt. "In view of today's shaky world situation," said Colonel Brandon, "It is extremely difficult for a young man to forecast his own future unless he himself decides to act before he Is drafted. The U. S. Army Reserves Is the solution solu-tion for those young men who can't afford to gamble with the Draft Board." Requirements Listed Current Department of Defense V rulings permit U. S. Army Re- servists to fulfill their military obligations by perfoming six months of active duty at Fort Ord, Calif., upon completion of of active duty to Include service high school. Draftees are required requir-ed to serve a fuU two-year tour at overseas establishments. Both Army Reservists and Selective Service irrductees must fulfill a total of eight years of combined 'active duty and hometown reserve re-serve service under the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1955. Since September of 1950 a total of 2,020,430 Selective Service inductees in-ductees have been called to the nation's colors. The bulk of these men have served the required two years of active duty time and have been released to fill the U. S. Army Reserves Control Groups. The control group system places an ex-lnducee, not in an active reserve unit, on a standby basis for a specified number of years. Similar to a "replaceable pool," these men are subject to recall In an emergency. The Army Reserve, recently au-thorlzed au-thorlzed to increase its strength, serves as a training ground for officers as their peacetime mission. |