Word: reenlistment
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Marine Staff Sergeant Michael Robinson, 26, works as a career planner at El Toro Marine Base near Santa Ana, Calif., charged with persuading first-term Marines to reenlist. Now, ironically, Robinson himself is leaving the service after eight years, passing up a $10,000 re-enlistment bonus, to manage apartment houses. Says Robinson: "I like the corps but I can't get by with the low pay and the diminishing benefits...
...surprisingly, Robinson has found it harder and harder to persuade others to reenlist. Says the departing staff sergeant: "The job has become much more difficult in the last year...
...Barns quit at the end of his enlistment in 1974 to study electronics in his native Dallas. Two years later, he decided to give the Navy a second try and was assigned to a nuclear at tack submarine, the U.S.S. Pintado. But when it came time last week to reenlist, Barns decided to return ashore and begin a civilian career as a digital equipment repair man. Says Barns: "It wasn't worth ten more years of my life for what I was getting...
Most of the accused themselves expressed surprise on hearing of the charges; at least two of them voiced public denials. They had relied on former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's promise to "forgive and honor" returned P.O.W.s. Two men had been taking steps to reenlist, until Guy's charges hit them. One of these men, Private Frederick Elbert of Brentwood, L.I., made a telling remark: "Colonel Guy has been through a hell of a lot-and so have the rest...
...appears the military is becoming more like an educational institution and the university more like the military. Strange that the Navy has to be the first to understand and appreciate the value of today's youth. I hope they keep up the good work; I may reenlist...