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Show Recruits Sought For Air Arm Off Marine Corps Headquarter, U. S. Marine Corps, has launched an extensive campaign for recruits to serve with the Air Arm of the Marine Corps. For the first time, men cnlis-ing cnlis-ing in the Marine Corps may ask for and get duty with aviation units. Marine Corps Headquarters Headquart-ers announced that this temporary tempor-ary policy of permitting men to enlist in the Corps for duty with aviation units was made necessary neces-sary by the serious shortage of skilled technicians resulting from rapid demobilization of aviation personnel. The Campaign anpeal for air personnel is being directed at all men between the ages of 17 and 25 who have not seen service, and at Marines who have served during the war, either in the line or in aviation, and who wish to rcenlist for duty with aviation units. Men now enlisting will have all the advantages of the G. I. Bill of Rights which would permit per-mit a man to enlist at the age of 17 years, return to civilian life at 19, and receive a substantial part of a colledge education at government govern-ment expense. The short enlistments are in keeping with a new Marine Corps policy which permits men to enter the Corps for periods of two, three and four years. Young men who have aspirations aspira-tions of becoming pilots stand an excellent opportunity for obtaining obtain-ing the elaborate pilot's training given all fliers in the naval service. serv-ice. Selection of candidates for flight training in the Marine Corps is made from the enlisted ranks of Marine Aviation. In addition to pilot's training, men enlisting now for aviation duty have extensive opportunities opportun-ities for service as navigators, photographers, radio operators, flight engineers, gunners and bombadicrs. Men serving as air crewmen in flight status draw 50 per cent extra pay for flying duty. Under the plan, anyone accepted accept-ed for duty with an aviation unit will first undergo recruit training. train-ing. After that, he will be assigned assign-ed to an air unit where his special skills can be put to the best possible pos-sible use. Full information on the requirements re-quirements and opportunities of Marine Aviation is available at any of the Marine Corps Recruiting Recruit-ing Station Offices which arc situated sit-uated in the Post Office Buildings Build-ings in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Cedar City, Utah. |