Word: enlisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...AFROTC seniors who may not be commissioned are those who cannot pass the physical for flight training. Instead, they will receive a certificate of completion which will allow them to enlist in the Air Force for a shortened two-year period anytime within two years after graduation...
...summer. The plan stated that candidates in the administrative field of the ROTC who cannot or will not pass physical requirements for flight training will, in most cases, not be commissioned as Air Force engineers but will receive a certificate of completion. This certificate will allow the graduate to enlist in the Air Force for a shortened two-year period and will be valid for two years following graduation...
...well-colored story about Nate's Air Force can hardly be found at fault in its facts . . . However much the Air Force, in its so-called Year I, may hope to hold onto its skilled personnel in larger numbers, it faces a single, simple, unchanging attitude toward re-enlistment in its enlisted ranks-freedom v. institutionalism. Civil life or the same old saluting crud for another four years. We are the freest enlisted men in the world-and even among U.S. services. But . . . not quite free enough. You can re-enlist some of the enlisted men some...
...official in Washington commented that prospects for reenlistment have a direct relation to economic conditions. "As unemployment grows, more enlist, and many stay in. When it is easier on the outside, fewer come in and larger numbers leave." The official expressed hope that the Air Force would not have to resort to the draft...
Start a Crusade. For the News, McKinnon already has the moral support of Democratic politicos and A.F.L. President George Meany, who offered to enlist unionists to sell subscriptions. McKinnon is free to run the News as he wants to, since "Mr. Smith will be active in neither the management nor the editorial end of the newspaper." (In his sale contract, McKinnon also took the precaution to free himself from any responsibility in the $3,475,000 damage suit Sackett has filed against Smith.) McKinnon hopes that, with 50,000 more circulation and a 25% increase in ads, he can lead...