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March 05, 1980 - Image 5

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Michigan Citizen, 1980-03-05

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If 3 or 4 years in the
Army al ys seemed too Ion ,
no you can choose a two-year
enlistment.
Which means you can
earn good Army pay ($448.80
to tart before deductions),
get to so of the orld
(possibly Europe), learn a
valuable Army skill, and be
hom in 0 years ith educational
benefit to for college.
Plus, you can do hole lot of maturing in two
y in the Army. When you think of all you can get,
t 0 years is no a lot to give.
You're an individual. And
the Army appreciates that.
That is hy, of the hundred
of skills you can learn in the
Army there may be on that
especially excites your inter­
ests and complements your
qualifications. If there is e
can guarantee you training in that ·U. It's pan of
the Delayed Entry Program, in hich e match your
desires . th our future needs. So if you're a high
hool graduate, or about to become one, you can
choose your training, get it guaranteed, then t up
to a year to repo for duty.
The Army
needs certain types of soldiers mo than
it needs others. So e're illing to pay
you bonus to be hat e need ypu
most to be.
It' very simple. If you enlist for
years to be a Radio Operator,
an Infantryman, an Armor Crewman,
an Interrogate or one of the 28
other pecialties e need e'll give
you a lump sum bonus bet een
S 1 000 and S3,000.
Ye , it mean doin some of '.
the mo t challenging ork in the Army.
But it's also some of the most
r� arding.
You can no ccumulate
money for colleg hit
you're still in die Army. 'This special program
is called VEAP, hich stands for Veterans'
Educational Assistance Program.
If you contribute a certain amount 0
your Army pay each month t� ard your ed­
ucation,' the government will match your
o for one. In addition, the
Army i currently offering an educational
bonus to VEAP participants who qualify
and enlist for certain skills.
You could accumulate up to
SI l00forafour-yearenli tment. p
to S12 100 for a three-year enlistm nr.
And up to $7 for a two-yearenli t-
d a to tart colleg .
tour of duty
in Europe could be the xperience of
a lifetime.
You could ork in the shado of
900-year 0 d castle, experience the
excitement of Oktoberfest, or even
ki the Alps on a eekend.
In exchange, you have some
of the tough t and most important
duty in the Army.
And so you spend a lot of
time training, keeping ready.
Butwhcnyouoo� c
to the States after 18 months,
you'll be glad you had th
experience.
You'll be better for
it, too.
d
toll-
. 1 800-942-1990

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