Show 7 army strives for right ma man n on right sport fight fighting inet efficient yanks first aim of personnel ea officers sorting out and analyzing the ahe occupational cupat ional skills hobbles education and aptitudes ot of every man who enters the army and fitting h him i M into an assignment where he ca can n make his greatest contribution to the war effort Is the job of more than tha n skilled personnel onnel officers and men who were carefully selected and til trained by the adjutant generals office of the war department and who are engaged in this most important of all personnel work vork in nearly every corner comer of the globe unlike materiel pers personnel banel is never static it is always changing A man entering the service today and classified as a mechanic or a potential machine gunner i may next month or several months later display aptitudes aptitude S which may make him a potential antiaircraft anti aircraft gunner a diesel engine mechanic a tank commander or an officer candidate because some men tall fall to measure up to the first estimate of their abilities and others demonstrate abilities tar far beyond anything that their civilian experience per peri leace ence would indicate the work of the classification and assignment sign ment officer has hag only begun when at the reception center the first duty or training assignment Is recommended various test sieves actual requirements of the various arms and services to provide filler and loss replacements tor for existing and new units are known and set up in requirement and replacement rate tables by the many civilian occupational categories that are required to make up our army and are furnished service command corni manders in accordance with the selective service procurement allotment quota of each service command comi and also in accordance wl with I 1 the occurrence rate of procurement of each type of civilian occupation 1 0 n in each service command which e experience x peri ence has indicated this abie provides the first sieve through which men are put when they enter the service A second Is given them when they arrive at replacement training centers of the various arms and services lc s here their records of the interview and test grades attained are reviewed and they are placed in the type of training within their arm or service of assignment where it is believed they will do their best work it will be seen from this that while the objective of initial classification is to recommend a man for duty or training in an army job for which his bis civilian exper experience lenci indicates he is IB best fitted there are several contributing factors which may result in his bis being assigned to a duty entirely foreign to his mind to any experience he maya may have had they include a surplus of civilian occupations above army requirements many ci civilian villan jobs having no army counterpart a personnel history indicating leadership potentialities ali ties 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 bis army career and will vu be used in helping to 1 I N 9 the right man in the right place hats the idea but the important purpose of the ardys training program Is to develop fighting soldiers such as this one james A harden bayonet expert of the division r x many of the soldiers lold lera in the army today are highly trained many of them their tech technical talents talent being discovered by various text tes 8 after induction are receiving uch such training a as these yunc young men who ar are learning the detail assembly of teletype machines machine and how to reined re m edy any defects found in them find a job for him when he returns to civilian we life it summarizes his personal history schooling work ex per lence leadership ability interests hobbles foreign languages and previous military ROTC or experience additions and changes are made when necessary insuring an up to date record of information throughout the mans service the first phase of classification is testing every man re calves the army general classification test which provides nn an index of his bis general ability to learn his duties the score on this test and the corr corresponding esp army ram V grade are recorded on u the th e qualification card before bedfor the intensive training hard bard work good food and plenty of it such Is what goes into the daily life of each and every one of uncle sams soldiers the big grin on this sergeants face ace indicates that hes satisfied with what Is on his bis tray inan man is interviewed the mechanical ch cb 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 fi Is the interview the interviewer is skilled in questioning in drawing out desired information and in recording it accurately after the interview when the interview is over the qualification card is checked for completeness accuracy and legibility it Is then referred to the classifier who checks the mans 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 re recommended omm assignment Is not necessarily the mans main or even second best civilian occupation but is determined on the basis of a complete analysis of each individual which includes his occupation education hobbles hobbies previous military training intelligence leadership and othir 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 the average level is equalized in all arms and services at replacement training center here incoming trainees are assigned to the type of training which they m may ay most readily absorb the P particular macular needs of the service however may make it impossible to assign every man to the specific type of training framing tor for which he was first recommended the first task is to make certain that thai each mans training will be in accord with his bis aptitudes interests and experience various means are employed to insure training only qualified personnel when the ex perlener per lenee fence data on the soldiers qualification fi card are questionable the soldier Is interviewed re inter viewed and if his particular ability is still uncertain he receives a trade test for that field in the final matching of men and jobs other factors beside the test scores and work experience are care carefully fully considered full utilization is made of leadership age previous military experience and any other experience with predictive I 1 value if progress satisfactory while the men are receiving these varied types of training at the replacement training center the classification and assignment officer ts is continually informed about their progress so that any who are not 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 st the classification officer Is also kept informed int ormed when men in the special training units are ready to return to regular training so that they way may be transferred promptly near the completion of their training all 11 enlisted men are reported to the adjutant general by the specification fi serial number of the military occupational specialty in which they will be qualified for assignment to a unit the adjutant general then issues transfer orders for these men to report to various units and installations stal lations tor for which requisitions exist 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 la in the process c of training a soldier of lo 10 long nig service can no longer com compete pete physically with younger men a in conscientious objector r requests eques S in writing to be assigned to a combat unit enlisted man finds buds it difficult because of physical deficiency or emotional instability to adjust himself to an assignment reassignments are also made to balance the available skills and mental abilities within the units and through the service unit commanders report shortages and any oversupply of milita military ri specialists so that transfers may be made to balance skills kills 6 throughout the parent unit and the army personnel specialists the bers personnel onnel technician is a classification officer charged with the administration of classification procedures and policies in the unit or installation to which he be may be assigned he must have had technical training and experience in personnel administration and must demonstrate organizing ability with him rests responsibility for or the administration of classification tests given to all enlisted men and for giving aptitude and individual tests when necessary he has hai on an his staff the personnel consultant and enlisted men also classified as personnel technicians fans who help to maintain the smooth and efficient functioning of the classification program through such classification and assignment the army of the united states is endeavoring to use available manpower with one and only one object in view the placeman placemen pla cemen of each man in a job where his strength vigor skill aptitudes and intelligence may be utilized tc strike the most telling blow against the 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