US Army Training Center - Armor Yearbook (Fort Knox, KY)

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ti MAKING TIME ll.. X. rnutfw 'Z .42 ,I THII UGH EIIUIIIITIIIN In addition to job training, the modern Army otlers each man the opportunity to pursue his formal education. The United States Armed Forces Institute conducts the largest correspondence school in the World and has helped thousands upon thousands ot' soldiers to get their high school diplomas. The Army has also arranged with many civilian schools and colleges to permit soldiers to attend courses in their off-duty hours. Under the Tuition Assistance Program, an ambitious soldier can get a college degree. What's more, there are Education Centers in hundreds of Army posts which daily teach subjects the soldiers themselves have asked for. The modern Army has found that the greater an education a soldier has, the greater contribution he makes to the Army itself. This is why the man in Modern Army Green is urged to carry his education forward as far as possible.

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JUB TRAINING equipment, the best facilities in the world. Other men will find they can learn their job best through on-the-job training. In this case, they will learn by doing, supervised by experts who know the requirements of the job from the ground up. Whatever his job assignment and whatever type of training he receives, every man in this class will become a specialist at his duties, with the skill that assures a job well done. QW

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