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January 30, 1980 - Image 5

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Michigan Citizen, 1980-01-30

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...
If 3 or 4 years in the
Army al ays seemed too long,
no you can choose a to-year
enli tment.
Which means you can
earn ood Army pay ( .80
to start before d duction )
get to some of the orld
(po ibly Europe), learn a
valuabl Arm skill, and be
ho in 0 years . th edu
nefit to for college.
Plu , you can do a hoi lot of maturing in t 0
years in the Army. n you think of all you can get,
t 0 years is not a lot to give.
You're 'an individual. And
the Army appreciate that.
That is hy, of the hundreds
of skills you can learn in t
�.-...'� Army, there may be on that
· especially excite your inter­
ests and complements your
.=�j qualifications. If there i e
can guarantee you training in that kill. It's part 0
the Delayed Entry Program, in hich e match your
desires . th our future needs. So if you're a high
school graduate, or about to bee one, you can
choose your training, get it guaranteed, then take up
to a year to report for duty.
As corny as it may sound U ncle
Sam needs you. More than th
loading dock needs you, more than the mbly
line needs you. Certainly more than the ero d
on the comer needs you.
So besides all the ns for joining
Army listed abov - the pay, th
bonuses, the travel, the training­
maybe you'd just liR to expe ience
the pride that comes from .
needed, fQUy needed.
Bcca the Army really
you. So if you t to serve yo
country you serve yourself,
local Army
klDrescotati e listed in the
under
-_ ...... t � Or call th toll-
free number
Th Army
needs certain types of soldiers more than
it n ed others. So e re illin to pay
you a bonus to be hat we n d y,ou
mo t to be.
It s very simple. If you enlist for
year to be a Radio Operator.
an Infantryman an Arm r ere man,
an Interrogator. or on of the 28
other specialtie e n ed e 11 give
you a lump sum bonus between
S 1, and S3 000.
Ye it means doing some of
the mo t challenging or in the Army.
But it's som of the most
re arding.
You can no accumulate
mon y for college hile
you're still in the Army. Thi special program
is called EAP, hich stands for Veterans
Educational sistance Program.
If you contribute a certain amount of
your Army pay each month to ard your ed­
ucation the go ernment ill match your
savings two for one. In addition the
Army i currentl offering an educati nal
bonu to VEAP p rticipant ho qualif
and enlist for certain kill .
. You could accumulate up to
SI lOOforafour-yearenli tm nt. p
to Sl2, 100 for a three-year enli tm nt.
And up to S7 for a to-year enli t-
mente ot a b d ay to start coll gee
tot
youll be
exper:ie
You'll be better for
it, too.

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