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Each of the women's services - the WAC (Army), the WAVES (Na\y), the WAF (Air Force), the Women Marines, the Army, Navy, Air Force Nurse Corps, and the service’ Medical Specialist Corps - are in great need of volunteers if the defense machinery is to continue at a high state of effectiveness.
In the WAC alone, there exists an urgent need for at least 18,819 more enlisted women and 925 officers to boost its overall strength within the next few months to 32,000.
The total personnel strength of the WAVES today is but a fraction of what it was in World War II. There are only 6,311 WAVES presently in the Navy, and the Department of Defense wants to “ bring WAVE strength up to 10,000 officers.
The fact underlying the Air Force's appeal for 38,299 more enlisted women and 3,397 officers is that theye simply are not enough men to meet military needs as well as the nation’s industrial requirements during the mounting crisis. At present, WAP strength is only 8,175 enlisted and commissioned.
The need for more women volunteers is as urgfent for the Marine Corps as it is for the other ser
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