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Show Young Men Are Offered Delayed Enlistment Now Young men can enlist now and delay military service for 120 days. According to officials at Salt Lake City Recruiting Main Station, qualified personnel person-nel may enlist for guaranteed assignments in the United States Army and serve a maximum max-imum of 120 days in the Army Reserve before starting their active military service. Major Dennis B. Ziolkowski, Commanding Officer, Salt Lake City Recruiting Main Station, said "under a special arrangement arrange-ment called the Delayed Entry Program (DEP), high school seniors who will graduate midyear, mid-year, January or February, may sign up now, but their schooling will not be interrupted interrupt-ed and they will not be required to participate in training sessions. ses-sions. Time in the Reserve will count oward longevity and pay purposes." The 120-day Delayed Entry Program provides flexibility for enlistment in the Regular Army so that an applicant may select in order of preference one of three enlistment options, a school course, an Army Career Car-eer Group or a special assignment. assign-ment. Sergeant Sheldon Clark, of the local Recruiting Station in Provo rated the program as excellent for qualified young men who want to enlist for guaranteed assignments in a specialized field. "If their first choice is not available at the time they want to start their active service they will be given giv-en their second or third choice, whichever is available," the sergeant said. Interested personnel may obtain ob-tain additional information on the program by contacting Sgt. Clark at 1 West 1 North in rrovo, or 374-5011, ex. 7295 |