GENERAL INFORMATION

Navy and Marine Corps recruiting offices, installation commanders, and Naval District Commandants or Directors of Marine Corps Districts (see lists above) can answer general inquiries concerning the Navy and Marine Corps, and their community and public information programs.

MILITARY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Navy. Information concerning the numerous career fields available within the Navy, as well as the various enlisted and officer training programs, can be obtained by writing the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, 4015 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. 22203, or by calling, toll-free, the Navy Information Center, 800-841-8000.

Naval Reserve. Information concerning Naval Reserve opportunities can be obtained from Chief of Naval Reserve Headquarters, New Orleans, La. (Code 111). Phone, 504-9475554/5.

Marine Corps. The Marine Corps conducts enlisted and officer training programs which require various lengths of service, assurances of specialized training, and other benefits.

The Marine Corps provides opportunities for training in a variety of technical skills which are necessary in support of ground and aviation combat operations. Radar operation and repair, meteorology, engineer equipment and automotive mechanics, artillery and armor repair, data processing, communications-electronics, jet aircraft repair, avionics, and air control are but a few specialized fields available.

The Marine Corps participates in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Program for commissioning officers in the Marine Corps.

Platoon Leaders Class is a Marine Corps program for commissioning officers in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve. Freshmen, sophomores, or juniors in an accredited college may apply for the PLC. The PLC Program provides for financial assistance to undergraduates.

The Officer Candidate School is another program for commissioning officers in the Marine Corps. Applicants for OCS must be college graduates or must be in their senior year.

Information on the above programs is available at most civilian educational institutions and Navy and Marine Corps recruiting stations. Local telephone directories list the address and telephone number of the Recruiting Station and Officer Selection Officer under U.S. Government. Interested persons may also write directly to the Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code MMRE), Washington, D.C. 20380. Phone, 202-694-2914.

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, Md. 21402
Phone, 301-268-7711

The United States Naval Academy offers a 4-year program of academic, military, and professional instruction for the training and education of young men for the naval service. Completion of the program normally leads to a commission in the United States Navy or the United States Marine Corps and a bachelors degree in one of 27 fields of study ranging from engineering through oceanography and mathematics to history, economics, and inter

national affairs. The needs of the Department of the Navy require that 70 percent of each class be enrolled in engineering, scientific, or mathematics majors, but this permits a sizable number of enrollees to choose their majors in the fields of the humanities or social sciences. Information concerning the United States Naval Academy may be obtained by writing the Commandant, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 21402.

H. B. ROBERTSON, JR., Rear Admiral, JAGC, U.S. Navy,

Acting Judge Advocate General.

Director

Deputy Director___.

Director, Human Resources Research_

Director, Information Processing Techniques_
Director, Materials Sciences__.

Director, Nuclear Monitoring Research_.
Director, Program Management_-_

Director, Strategic Technology_.

Director, Tactical Technology--
Director, Technology Assessment__

The Advanced Research Projects Agency, established in 1959 as an operating agency under the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, was redesignated as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on March 23, 1972, and made a separate agency of the Department of Defense under the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense. Staff supervision is exercised by the Director of Defense Research and Engineering who provides scientific and technical policy direction.

DARPA provides for the conduct of basic and applied research and de

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USAF.

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ERIC H. WILLIS.

RUSSELL W. BEARD.

CRAIG W. HARTSELL.

KENT KRESA.

VERNE C. FRYKLUND.

velopment for such advanced projects as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense. In the performance of its projects, the Agency utilizes the services of the military departments, other Government agencies, private industrial and public entities, individuals and educational or research institutions. The Agency's objective is to carry advanced programs to feasibility demonstration and then transfer them to an appropriate military service. Approved.

Director

Deputy Director____

Deputy Director (Operations) –

Executive Assistant___

Special Assistant to the Director___

Special Assistant to the Deputy Director--Military Assistant_.

General Counsel____

STEPHEN J. LUkasik, Director.

JOHN E. DAVIS.

GEORGIANA H. SHELDON.

RICHARD C. KENDALL.

ROBERT E. YOUNG.

OLIVER J. WILLIFORD.

HERBERT E. KUNDE.

COL. GEORGE H. PATRICK III,

USA.

CHARLES M. MANNING.

Education Advisor____

Equal Employment Opportunity Officer___.

The

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) was established by direction of the Secretary of Defense, and began operations May 5, 1972, as a separate agency of the Department of Defense under the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Director of DCPA reports directly to the Secretary of Defense. The mission and operation of DCPA is designed to provide an effective and viable National Civil Defense Program, in accordance with the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.), Executive Order 10952 of July 20, 1961, and Executive Order 11749 of December 10, 1973; and to provide planning guidance and assistance to local governments in their achievement of total disaster preparedness. DCPA guidance stresses planning for dual-use of resources-to make facilities and systems serve both in the everyday routine of government services and in emergencies; or capable of being used effectively either during peacetime or in event of nuclear attack.

ACTIVITIES

The function of DCPA, as set out in

DOD Directive 5105.43, dated July 14, 1972, is to coordinate and provide direction to the activities of Federal, State, and local governments in the development and execution of the following:

A shelter program including evacuation and movement to shelter;

A chemical, biological, and radiological warfare defense program; Steps to alert the population of enemy attack upon the United States;

All functions pertaining to civil defense communications, including an appropriate warning network and ra

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JAMES M. RIDGEWAY.
CHARLES J. WARTMAN.

diological monitor reporting capabil-
ity;
Emergency assistance to State and
local governments in a postattack pe-
riod;

Protection and emergency operational capability of State and local government agencies in keeping with plans for the continuity of government;

Programs for making financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes;

Efforts toward a nationwide postattack assessment of the nature and extent of the damage resulting from enemy attack and the surviving re

sources;

Arrangements for the donation of Federal surplus property for civil defense purposes;

Use of a civil defense communications system for warning the affected population of impending natural disasters;

Providing planning assistance to State and local governments in their development of natural disaster preparedness plans and capabilities; and

DCPA is also responsible for supporting programs including training and education, research and development, emergency public information, participation by industry and national organizations and foreign civil defense liaison.

ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

DCPA provides planning, technical training, and financial assistance, and donates Federal property to State and local governments for civil preparedness purposes.

Financial assistance includes matching funds with State and local governments up to 50 percent of the costs

and

for, among other things: constructing Emergency Operating Centers; procurement of communications warning and other emergency equipment; personnel and administration costs of State and local civil preparedness programs; student travel and per diem expenses for training in civil preparedness management skills at the DCPA Staff College; and education and training courses conducted by local governments for their emergency personnel.

Emergency-type equipment, such as fire and rescue trucks, communication vans, and radio systems are loaned for 5-year periods when this procedure is more economical and appropriate than cash grants.

DCPA fully funds development of Community Shelter Plans, which show

Sources of Information

INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS

locations of public fallout shelters, and tells citizens where to go and what to do in a civil defense emergency; and for State government planning to incorporate civil preparedness instruction in school curricula. DCPA also funds courses for architects and engineers in shelter analysis and design techniques, educational seminars for local civil preparedness personnel, and simulated emergency operations exercises for local officials.

In actual emergencies, DCPA may loan, upon request, personnel to State and local civil preparedness organizations for liaison and operations purposes; and lend emergency generators and water purification and pumping systems from stockpiled equipment located at 15 depots throughout the United States.

bers, and technical and specialized audiences.

PUBLICATIONS

Region

DCPA publications of interest to all groups, including the general public,

Rico, Virgin Islands.

Address

Federal Regional Center, Maynard, Mass. 01754.

Director.

Acting.