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For Volunteers
New opportunities for direct enlistment- into thirteen branches of the Army have been announced by SFC. James P. Keesecker, local U. S. Army recruiter. Under a new program, young men and women can select, and be accepted for, a guaranteed assignment in the branch of their choice. These arrangements are made before enlisting, so the volunteer knows de-, finitely, before he is sworn in, v that he will get his selected assign, ment.
Before this announcement, young men from the Washington*, Va., area were able to enlist directly fof only • Regular Army, Unassigned, and Airborne, Unassigned. The new policy throws open whole new fields of chosen training and service for today's enlistees.
According to SFC James P. Keesecker, the branches now open for enlistment include; Adjutant , General's Corps, Airborne, Armor, Army Medical Service, Artillery, Chemical Corps, Corps of {Engineers, and Infantry.
There are also.new'openings in the Military Police Corps, Ordance Corps, Quartermaster C o r, p s Signal Corps, and Transportation Corps.
In the past, men already in the „ sepric^ljay^ been able to choose a „ ^specrficbfalffch 'upon reeifliSting,~ but the new program now makes this opportunity available to all ’ new volunteers.
Anyone enlisting with SFC James P. Keesecker, now, will rev ceive valuable, specialized training and epperience in the field of his g choice. At the game time he fulfills his military obligation. In return, the Amy has the services of
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