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Show Navy Opens Vocational Trade Schools Navy vocational trade schools have been opened up for unlimited quotas of new enlistments by high school graduates during the month of June, it was revealed today by Chief Bennett, Recruiter in charge of the Provo Navy Recruiting station. stat-ion. Particular emphasis, he said, is placed on obtaining new men to be ! trained as electricians, radiomen, and yeomen. Twenty-four Navy trade schools are available, however, how-ever, for individual selection at Navy Recruiting Offices by high school graduates. These schools offer specialized training in the numerous skilled trades required to operate and maintain Navy aircraft, air-craft, submarines, the "Sea-Bees" and various general service surface sur-face ships. Schools open to new Navy enilstecs range through the metal, mechanical, and electrical Navy ratings, clerical and commissary commis-sary trades, to marine surveying. Although unlimited quotas for Navy schools, and individual choice i of schools at the Recruiting stat-j stat-j ions is restricted during June to high school graduates only, Chief Bennett explained that non-high school graduates could still qualify and be selected for Navy Speciality I schools upon completion of their "boot" training at San Diego, California, Cal-ifornia, Naval Training Center. He said that more than 60 per cent of all men in the Navy attend these shore based schools at some time during an enlistment. Until today, the Navy Recruiting service has been allowed a certain quota each month for enlistment in what is called "The High School Graduate Training Program". In May this quota was 29 men, and all school quotas were filled in this district. With an unlimited quota, during June for each of the 24 Navy Schools available the probable number of June enlistments is estimated es-timated by local Navy Recruiting officials at 50 per cent of all new enlistments made for the month, from among both high school graduates grad-uates and non-graduates. The Navy operates over 50 shore based trade schools located in different diff-erent sections of the continental United States giving specialized trade training to the men who must operate and repair the highly technical tech-nical Naval establishment. |