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[[image - black and white photograph of members of the Pershing Rifles Trick Drill Team with trophies]]
[[caption]] PERSHING RIFLES TRICK DRILL TEAM pose with some of the more than 250 trophies and awards won in national competition [[/caption]]

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[[caption]] AWARD CEREMONY. Hampton Institute cadets being congratulated by attractive coed during spring awards ceremony. [[/caption]]

are awarded to students already in the program on the recommendation of their Professors of Military Science and approval of regional Army officials in the areas in which the schools are located.

Lt. Col. John D. Moorer, Jr., Chief of Minority Officer Procurement for the ROTC Directorate, said that in the 1973-1974 school year 100 three-year scholarships will be allocated to cadets attending Army ROTC host institutions with the largest percentage of students whose families have incomes of less than $6,000 per year. Twenty institutions fall into this category and 16 of them are made up predominantly of students from minority parents.

Even those students enrolled in Army ROTC who are not scholarship students can have the program help pay their way through school if they remain cadets during their junior and senior years. All junior and senior Army ROTC cadets receive the $100 a month subsistence allowance for up to 10 months of the school year.

Aside from financial benefits, Army ROTC offers college students another valuable asset - the chance to develop their ability to lead and motivate men - qualities highly prized by industry. This is an especially valued asset for young black men at a time when industry seeks qualified persons to assume supervisory positions in management.

All Army ROTC cadets who complete the programs will not necessarily face the prospect of extended active duty. A growing number will spend three to six months on Active Duty for Training and then will be able to join an Army Reserve or National Guard unit in their own hometowns. They spend only 16 hours a month (usually on a weekend) and two weeks of Annual Training each year (usually during the summer) at their Reserve or Guard duties. Their training with their Reserve Component units does not interfere with their civilian occupations.

So whether they choose a career with the Active Army, or decide to become members of the "citizen-soldier" Reserve Components, the Army ROTC graduates are ahead of their contemporaries because of their leadership and managerial experience.

To find out more about the benefits and opportunities offered by the Army ROTC, write, Army ROTC, Fort Monroe, Va. 23351.