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  2. Modernization of the People's Liberation Army - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, past promotion practices were to be discarded in favor of greater emphasis on formal training, higher education levels, and selection of more officers from technical and noncombat units. With the reduction in force begun in 1985, professional competence, education, and age became criteria for demobilization as well as promotion.

  3. Defense Officer Personnel Management Act - Wikipedia

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    In the aftermath of World War II, Congress drafted legislation that attempted to address three (sometimes competing) objectives: create "uniform" rules for officer management between Army and Navy (and later Air Force), promote a "young and vigorous" officer corps, and retain the capacity to rapidly remobilize if necessary. [4]

  4. Early Commissioning Program - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 1980s, the Early Commissioning Program played a major role in officer production. In some years, ECP officers constituted over 60% of all ROTC second lieutenants. [5] The program is a major financial incentive for students who could receive their commissions early and serve as officers while still attending college.

  5. After staff objects, WFISD School Board to reconsider ...

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    The Wichita Falls ISD School Board will meet 6 p.m. Thursday at the Education Center at 1104 Broad St. to reconsider having a reduction in personnel.

  6. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps - Wikipedia

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    NJROTC cadets visiting USS Theodore Roosevelt in November 2005. According to Title 10, Section 2031 [1] of the United States Code, the purpose of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is "to instill in students in [the United States] secondary educational institutions the values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment."

  7. Reorganization plan of United States Army - Wikipedia

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    The program will use the First Army training roles at the Army Combat Training Centers at Fort Irwin, Fort Polk, and regional and overseas training facilities. [221] The pilot program complements FORSCOM's total force partnerships with the National Guard, begun in 2014. [222] Summer 2016 will see the first of these units. Associated units [223 ...

  8. Military discharge - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, service members selected for involuntary discharge due to a Reduction in Force (RIF) typically receive an honorable discharge, assuming their conduct while on active duty met or exceeded standards. Individuals with honorable discharges will also, under certain circumstances, be allowed to re-enlist in the US military.

  9. Aviation Cadet Training Program (USN) - Wikipedia

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    The NavCad program was shut down again following the end of the Cold War, a commensurate reduction in U.S. naval aviation force structure and a service personnel decision to return to limiting naval flight training to commissioned officer college graduates. The last civilian NavCad applicants were accepted in 1992 and the NavCad program finally ...