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Secretary MILTON. This shows a figure of 233,664. This is the Army's experience since you passed 262.

Mr. PHILBIN. That is all the Reserve program now?

Secretary MILTON. Including the National Guard.

Mr. PHILBIN. The whole Army Reserve.

Secretary MILTON. The whole Army Reserve.

Of that 233,664, 175,959 of them have already completed their training.

Mr. PHILBIN. But not in the 6-month training program alone, that embraces every other 6-month training. Would that 175,000 represent those people who have taken the 6-month training course, or does it embrace people who have taken any Army training course? Secretary MILTON. These are all 6-month people. This does not include the 2-year man.

Mr. RIVERS. This is exclusively 6 months?

Secretary MILTON. Yes.

Mr. WINSTEAD. Mr. Chairman, just one minute. That is the total 6-month trainees. The thing I am getting confused on is the fact we want these units ready to go into battle, and if I understood, the 6-month training wouldn't put them in that position. What I am trying to find out now is how many out of this 251,000 in the Reserves as of now

Secretary MILTON. I am going to give you that figure in just a moment. We have the figure but I wanted to give you this first, if I could.

Mr. RIVERS. Go right ahead.

Secretary MILTON. We have 29,072 now in training. We have 16,713 awaiting training. Now, of that 16,713 there will be some of them who are high-school youngsters, who will not go in until July or August. There are others who will be fed in, in the remaining months of this year.

Now, I would like to give you the exact answer to Mr. Winstead's question. The figure is 110,000 of the 251,000 who are 6-months trained.

Mr. WINSTEAD. Within 110,000.

Mr. RIVERS. They are not ready for the line, are they?

General ABRAMS. Yes, sir.

Mr. VAN ZANDT. What line are you talking about?

Mr. WINSTEAD. Suppose you are getting ready for battle. This program was designed 4 years ago when we attempted to get the units ready in short order. The testimony was at that time that in case conflict comes we would be ready to throw so many units, as such, in the National Guard and Army Reserve, into battle. If I recall, that was the big argument for this.

I am getting worried right now when they tell us so many in the National Guard will be ready for that and then I am trying to figure in my own mind the facts we are getting here, and then when I consider the size of the Army and how many are ready for combat, I am getting somewhat worried.

Secretary MILTON. I wonder if I might reply to that this way: We are talking about those we trained in 1955 and 1956 too, who have had additional Army training and additional schooling. Many of these youngsters we will sent to our enlisted schools. In addition, they have had two or three summer camps and by this training will enhance the posture of their units.

Mr. PHILBIN. When you say the enlisted schools, do you mean the enlisted schools that they attend after they finish the 6-months training?

Secretary MILTON. After they finish the 6 months.

Mr. PHILBIN. How many do you have in those schools at the present time?

Secretary MILTON. I cant' tell you the exact number and I doubt very much whether we have

General ABRAMS. We put in approximately 20,000 a year between the guard and the Army Reserve.

Mr. PHILBIN. Could you furnish the committee with the figures that you have in the schools, the number trained in the distribution of the program in the enlisted schools, and the number that you have now in the enlisted schools?

Secretary MILTON. Yes, sir; we can.

Mr. VAN ZANDT. That is, 6-months graduates.

Secretary MILTON. Yes; that is all you are interested in.

Mr. PHILBIN. So now, out of 250,000, roughly, that you have in the Reserves, you have 110,000 who came out of the 6-months program during the past 3 years, roughly. You have trained and you have channel into your Army Reserve about 110,000 out of the total number that you have; would that be correct?

General ABRAMS. That is correct.

Mr. PHILBIN. That would be something over 35,000 a year, or thereabouts?

Secretary MILTON. That is just about right.

34066-59-No. 7-4

(The information requested is as follows:)

U.S. ARMY

Question. What number of 6-month trainees are now in service schools by school and training specialty?

Answer. Summary of RFA trainees in Army service schools.

A. Enrolled on Feb. 16, 1959

School

Major specialties

Number

enrolled

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Flight engineer, airplane and helicopter mechanic, flight
simulator specialist.

Bridge specialist, construction foreman, engineer equip-
ment repairman, and mechanic (all categories of engi-
neer equipment), draftsmen (all categories), topo-
graphic specialist, printing specialist (platemaker,
offset pressman), other technical engineer skills.
Surface-to-surface missile specialist (meteorology, fire
control, electronics repair, communications crewman,
radar), wheel and track vehicle mechanic.
Parachutist (pathfinder), ranger, rifle marksmanship
(advance coaching, sniping), operations and intelli-
gence, communication specialist.

Atomic weapons specialist (assembly, electronics), mis-
sile specialist (electronics, fire control guidance, repair,
radar, propulsion, instruments), other technical ord-
nance skills.

Radar specialist (warfare, countermeasures, repair),
electronic specialist (navigation, warfare, counter-
measures, repair, operator), communications specialist
(radio, teletypewriter, repair, operator, cryptographer,
cryptomaterial), meteorological observer, other tech-
nical signal skills.
do.

Parachute rigger, repairman (leather, canvas, QM equip-
ment), QM specialist (supply, parts, petroleum labo-
ratory, petroleum and subsistence storage), other
technical QM skills.

Aircraft and helicopter mechanic, repairman (steam and
diesel locomotive, railway car, aircraft, helicopter,
marine hull), railroad specialist, marine engineer, other
technical transportation skills.

Decontamination supervisor, smoke generation super-
visor, repairman (chemical equipment), chemical
specialist (staff, laboratory, supply)..

Finance clerk, audit specialist, accounting specialist...

Specialists (administration, personnel, machine ac-
counting, recruiting), bandsman, tabulating equip-
ment repairman, postal clerk, stenographer.
Specialist (information, radio TV, communication
media).

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Total....

B. SERVICE SCHOOLS PRESENTLY BETWEEN CLASSES
[The data reflected below indicates attendance of RFA trainees as of Dec. 31, 1958]

2,636

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Question. How many 6 months' trainees have attended service schools after graduation from 6 months' training?

Answer. In addition to the 6 months' training the following numbers of enlisted reservists have attended service schools yearly:

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What number of 6 months' trainees are now in service schools, by school and training specialty? What number of 6 months' trainees have attended service schools after completion of 6 months' training?

As of December 31, 1958, a total of 1,712 6 months trainees were on active duty for training. An average of 65 percent of this number were attending the technical courses of Air Training Command. The exact number enrolled in each course is not immediately available; however, training is conducted in 72 career fields. For example within the electronics career field there are 10 courses in which these individuals are being trained.

Information is not immediately available concerning the number of individuals who attend service schools subsequent to completion of 6 months' active duty for training. Such individuals are eligible for additional school training, if required.

AIR NATIONAL Guard

3. (a) Number of 6-month trainees in service schools by school and specialty and cumulative total.

(b) Number who attend a service school after completion of training by school and specialty.

(a) On December 31, 1958, the Air National Guard had 129 airmen enlisted under section 6(c) (2) (A), Universal Military Training and Service Act undergoing training in the 6-month training program. The men were entered in courses conducted by USAF Air Training Command. No breakout of the number in specific specialties is available. The cumulative total of this type personnel who had completed training since the inception of the Air National Guard program was 941.

(b) No graduates of this program have been knowingly entered into further service schools.

U.S. MARINE CORPS

SIX-MONTH TRAINEES AT SERVICE SCHOOLS

The Marine Corps utilizes only one service school in the schedule of training for 6-month personnel. Upon completion of 12 weeks basic infantry training required of all enlistees, aviation 6-month trainees are assigned to Aviation Fundamentals School (P) NATTC, Jacksonville, Fla., which specializes in aviation fundamental technical training. As of December 31, 1958, 348 6-month trainees were undergoing training at this school and a cumulative total of 1,757 trainees had completed this school. No specific service school program exists for 6-month trainees after they complete the initial active duty for training. The number who may have been assigned to such a school is not available, but is known to be negligible and would probably not be in excess of 150.

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