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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1982)
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Officer programs thriving Pay, changing attitudes draw recruits By Frank Shaw Of the Emerald The black cloud hovering over the United States economy has a silver lining for military recruiters Capt Donald Durden, a Ma rine Corps recruiting officer from Portland, estimates that interest in officer training pro grams has nearly dou bled since 1979 The Marine Corps is not accepting all ap plicants, Durden stressed, only the best ' We re looking at the cream of the crop” he continued, 'the upper percent physically and mentally ” Air Force Master Sgt Gary Gunnels says applications for AFROTC have doubled in the year he has been working in the North west He also stressed that the Air Force is only taking the top ap plicants Capt Gary McCarty, a University ROTC in structor, thinks feelings about the military have changed "Attitudes have shifted,” he says, "and there is no longer an antagonistic feeling towards the military ” Durden agrees, say ing college students "see the military as a valid career and they feel that they are in fact serving their country " The University ROTC program has increased from eight third-year students last year to almost 30 for the up coming school year-, McCarty says All the recruiters agree that the poor state of the economy is not the only reason for the increase in interest, but do think that it's a contributing factor Another reason may be the pay The starting salary for a second lieutenant in the military is about $17,000 a year Newly commissioned officers make $1,056 a month in base pay, a $279 housing allowance, a $95 per month food allowance and IS YOUR FUTURE IN THE AIR? 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Rm 576, 1220 SW 3rd Ave , Portland, OR 97204 800-452-5554 Toll Free receive free medical and dental care, Durden says One reason for the increase in interest is that the people who are considering joining the pro grams were not directly ex posed to the Vietnam War, and Photo by Mark Pynes Thanks to a depressed economy and recent pay hikes, Uncle Sam is having much better success pointing out officer candidates see the military in a better light, Gunnels says "One of the keys to the suc cess of the Navy and Marine programs," says Lt Cmdr Mi chael Barton, a Navy recruiter, is that both give the candidates the option to withdraw after they attend the first training session "Why wouid we want to of ficer someone who doesn t want to be in the service?" 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The military is providing a ready source of trained professionals for the use of the civilian in dustry, he continued The Army gets most of its officers from either the U S Military Academy at West Point or college ROTC pro grams, McCarty says The Marines, however, receive most of their officers through other officer training pro grams. The Marine Corps has three programs for commissioning of ficers, says Durden They are the platoon leaders class, the of ficer candidates class and the military academies Each of these, he says, is designed for different people The platoon leaders class is for freshman and so phomores in college, while the officer can didates class is for col lege seniors and graduates The Navy has two programs other than ROTC, Barton says It has an aviation pro gram called AVROC which guarantees can didates admission to flight school, and a program for engineers that pays $1,100 per month for the junior and senior year of school, with a $3,000 bonus when the person joins The Air Force relies primarily on its ROTC programs and on the Air Force Academy for of ficers, but it does have a pro gram for college students, says Gunnels "It's not a free ride," warns McCarty "We put quality peo ple in the service "
