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Show "It; Array Opens Doors To Specialists And Technicians telle . The Army today announced an opp;: extension of the current volun- starc tary enlistment program to include in-clude a long list ' of urgently , is needed specialists. Army veterans vet-erans with sufficient military sa" training and experience in any one of 378 listed specialist classifications, classi-fications, may now be enlisted in the Army in the grade for which they qualify by reason of H0Kl length of prior military service in their technical field. The new program applies to to) all Army veterans discharged since May 12, 1945. It continues in effect in its present form until July 1, 1946. rr., Under former directives, enlist - ? 'j ment in grade was limited to veterans who made applications , ii for reenlistment within three months from date of discharge. The effect of the new extension is to extend to veterans who have been out of service longer than the three month period, the opportunity to re-enlist in a u relative higher grade, depending upon the military specialty and , the length of prior service in that specialty. No enlisted man, how ever, may be accepted in a grade lt higher than that held by him 0. I at the time of discharge. I As an example of the operation 01 , of the new directive, an Army cl veteran who served for 30 months ! as an accountant, communica-oi-, tions technician, financial tech-L-cd i nieal clerk, weather forecaster. c" . ordnance supply technician, or aerial engineer (to name but a " few specialties listed) and who &, rose to the rank of technical ser-geant ser-geant or master sergeant, might now be re-enlisted in the grade 3f of technical sergeant although he :EL had been out of the service since l'. late May or June of 1945. -yt According to Lt. Colonel Wal-T Wal-T ter A- Bear. Commanding Offish Offi-sh cer of the Utah Military Person-jj.S Person-jj.S nel Procurement Service, all Army Recruiting Stations under gr his comamnd within Utah, Southern South-ern Idaho or Eastern Nevada, have been supplied with complete com-plete information concerning this newly extended enlistment pro-gram pro-gram and will welcome inquiries from former service-men as to I specialists listed and grades a-vallable a-vallable upon re-enlistment. |
