WASHINGTON, D:. C. —•r - (NAVNEW3) .— The Navy*s.'2,300 recruiters attained
an all-time high during fiscal year 1962 when 102,000 qualified men enlisted
in the U... 3, Navy* This, exceeded by more than 14,000 any previous year
since 1956, when the draft was utilized*
Navy recruiters estimate that in.order to obtain individuals who -best
meet the Navy’s requirement- that a recruiter processes an average of three
applicants.for 'each one finally accepted for enlistment.
VOLUME' 11 / Number -3&
FY ’62 BE3T YET FOR NAVY RECRUITERS
Nearly 7,500 more..young-men Unlisted under the Navy’s High School Grad
uate Training Program than "over before. Under this program a recruit wno
is a high school graduate is gauranteed assignment to a Navy technical
school upon completion of recruit training or as soon as a school seat
becomes available, .
Of the total;number enlisted, over 67,000, or two-thirds, attained
scores on mental tests indicating a potential for technical schools, ihis
number included 'non-high school graduates in the higher mental categories
who could not be; guaranteed school assignment, but who in most cases w'ill
be assigned to schools at a- future date based on tlge Navy’s needs and on
the personal desires and-'aptitudes of the individual.
On an individual basis, Navy recruiters averaged 45 nien each during the
year. Using an average enlistment of four years, this means that each was
responsible for obtaihing^i^O'.yeaX-srQf. service for the. Navy. Adding the 30
percent of these meh'%hat;'are expected to reenlist at the end of their en
listment to make t\ie Navy a career, brings, the total service obtained by
each recruiter up to 400 years* ~.r ...
These figures do not include broken service reenlistments, WAVE recruits
or officer candidates.