NAVY COLLEGE PROGRAM
OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES
WASHINGTON ( JTS) The first candidates
wifi isceive. orders for college train—
ing -in May I960 under the Navy’s newly
revised Enlisted College Education
program. • g
This action will result from a mer
ger of the Enlisted 'Advanced school
Program and the Enlisted Scientific
Education Program, officials said.
Graduates of the combined courses
tfill be. sent to Officer Candidate
School . and'later be commissioned en
signs. . . _ »
The program;-is scheduled to be di
vided/ into two parts: ... ;
l) Engineering studies aimed at -pro
ducing personnel....qualified in systems
engineering.
;2) Science—engineering courses now
taken by NESEP- students, attending
four year courses at colleges and uni
versities.
As in the past NESEP candidates will
jet nine weeks of training at the Na-,j
aal Preparatory School, Bainbridge,Md.
>r the Service School Command San Die-,
jo, Calif. -. vf;
It is estimated that 220 candidates. -
/ill be chosen for schooling under the
lew NESEP during Pascal Year i960.
All candidates for the NESEP. course
should file applications with .- their
jommanding officers before August 1.
(Chaplain’s corner con’t from page 1)
lere are three samples:
•JEWISH:
"Blessed art Thou, 0 Lord our Cod,
ving of the.Universe, who hringest fo
oth bread fr_m the earth, for the sus
tenance of Humankind. Amen."
iOMiJT CATHOLIC:
"We give Thee thanks Almighty God,
L i r thes ' and all Thy blessings which
/e have recieved from Thy bounty,
through Christ our Lord, Amen."
PROTESTANT:
"Oh Lord, we thank Thee for life
•nd the joy of living, for health and
strength, and for these blessings
'resh from Thine hand of love. Through
'esus Christ. Amen."
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FALCON CHIEF—Major Gen, Wil
liam S. Stone has been na ed
now superintendent of the Air
*\orce Academy. He was former
commander of MATS Atlantic div
ision.
WAVES' BIRTHDAY JULY 24TH
JACKSONVILLE (NAVNEWS) VADM R. B. Pirie,
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air
will deliver, the principal address at the
WAVE'S 17th anniversary reunion, which
begins here July 24.
More than 2,000 people are expected
to attend the three-day conclave. Also
scheduled to speak during the meeting is
Capt. Winifred p,uick, Director of WAVES.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ARMED FORCES
TO SUPPORT PAN-AMERICAN GAMES
Voluntary Contributi ms will be solicit
ed from members of the Armed Forces to
support, the American teams in the Pan
American Games of 1959 and the Olympic
games of i960.
BUTERS instruction 1710.3 of June 25>
authorizes the "hat passing" to -aid in
overall support, including military team
members, of the Pan American Games in
Chicago, in August, and the Olympic ga
mes to be hold in Squaw Valley, Calif.,
and Rome, Italy, next year.