US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Chaffee, AR)

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hnical schools and what they teach Army schools teach more different kinds of subjects than perhaps any other single school, college, or university in the world. There's a 300-page Army School Catalog lllepartment of the Army Pamphlet 20-2U which lists and briefly describes allnof the school courses. You will not get all of that information in these few pages. However, here's a partial listing of the great variety of general fields of study which you will find in Army schools: Ag-Cgnnting Optical lnslruments Repair Airplane Maintenance and Repair PClClfl-Ng and Crating Automotive Operation and Repair Personrlel Procedures Business Machines Operation and Repair Rllarlnacy Chemical Laboratory Techniques l'lL0150grflplly Construction l'llySiCl1l Therapy Cryptggraphy Prillliflg Diesel Engine Repair PSyCll0l0gy' Drafting Public Information Electricity Rflllflf Elegtmnicg Radio Operation and Repair Explosives Handling Railway Operation and Maintenance Food Service and Management R6ffigCTUli0fl Gasoline Engine Repair Social Work Heating and Ventilating Sound Recording Helicopter Operation and Repair Sl6v6ll0fiHg A Languages Tabulating Machine Operation and Repair Laundry Operation Telephone Equipment Installation and Repair Mapmalting Television Operation and Repair Marine Engineering Transportation and Distribution Management Medical Care Warehousing and Storage Medical Laboratory Techniques Watch Repair Motion Picture Photography Welding Office Methods and Management Woodworking u'3.I

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The Army will assist all personnel, enlisted men and officers, in the payment of tuition to the amount of 75 percent, up to a maximum of 57.50 for each hour or point credit taken. Thus, a soldier taking 6 hours of college work at a cost of S12 an hour will have a total tuition of 5572. The Army will pay 3545 1357.50 x 6 hoursl, and the student must pay the balance of 3527 and purchase textbooks and special materials from his own personal funds. Many schools will allow him to pay his part of the tuition on an installment basis. The Academic Levels of Instruction Include 1. INTERMEDIATE C5th Through Sth CradesD 2. HIGH SCHOOL C9th Through 12th Grades? 3. TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL fflenerally on High School Levelb 4. COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY University oversea branches have made the Ameri- can university campus worldwide. In the Caribbean area, a serviceman can enroll for courses taught by facility members of Louisiana State University. The University of Maryland makes similar arrangements for soldiers in Europe. The University of California serves the Pacific area, the University oflHawaii con- ducts classes for men in the central Pacific islands, and the University of Alaska serves troops in that territory. Each university determines its own entrance re- quirements. When a serviceman completes any of these courses, he can be sure he will receive the academic credits granted by the sponsoring institution.

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