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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1973
Recruiter Emphasizes, ‘Military a Liberal Institution
By LYNNE EDWARDS
Armed with a stack of colorful
brochures and three years of per
sonal experience, Lt. Marilyn
Britten, Women’s Army Corps,
was at A&M recently on her fall
recruiting drive.
In an interview, Lt. Britten dis
cussed the role of women in “To
day’s Army.”
“There is a definite need for
women in the military, because
the size of the Women’s Corp will
be doubling within four years,"
the petite brunette said. “The rea
son it was decided to take more
women is called good manage
ment, tapping all good resources.’
Originally formed during World
War II to release men from ad
ministrative jobs for combat, the
Women’s Corps was removed from
auxiliary status and made a per
manent part of the Army in 1948,
she said.
“All jobs in the Army are now
open to women except combat
arms,” she reported. “That is ev
erything except carrying a rifle as
an infantryman, running a tank
as an armorman and firing a how
itzer.”
A new program for college wo
men considering joining the Army
is one of Lt. Britten’s recruiting
points. She explained that women
who have completed their junior
year may go to summer camp for
four weeks and receive a cadet
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Alpha Phi Omega will operate
its ticket exchange booth Thurs
day for the Texas A&M-Texas
football game, though more buy
ers than sellers are expected.
The booth across fi'om the post
office in the new Memorial Stu
dent Center will be open from 10
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., announced
Eric Baddour.
“We’ve already got two tickets
to sell,” Baddour noted, “and a
waiting list of 200 who want to
buy.”
The chairman of the national
service fraternity project said
tickets will be sold Thursday on
a first-come, first-served basis.
“While tickets may be hard to
come by, we’ll be open for opera
tion,” he remarked.
The exchange is operated as a
public service. No charge is made
for ticket exchanges, but APO
will accept contributions for its
campus-community service proj
ects or for Campus Chest.
Baddour estimated the booth
did about a $2,000 business for
the A&M-SMU game. APO mem
bers also man Campus Chest bar
rels at Kyle Field exits. Campus
Chest contributions go into
Student Senate fund used to help
students in time of need.
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corporal pay ($400). The Army
provides uniforms, transportation
to and from Ft. McClellann Ala.
and basic military orientation.
“If the young woman decides
she likes the Army and has done
well at camp, she may apply for
the Student Officer Program. If
accepted she will then receive $550
a month during her senior year
and be commissioned upon grad
uation, incurring a two-year ac
tive duty obligation. If she doesn’t
like it after camp, she is under
no obligation whatsoever,” she ex
plained “It is similar to a cadet in
the Corps signing a contract, but
there are no meetings and no uni
forms.”
When not recruiting, Lt. Brit
ten is a military police officer. She
is one of 36 WACs assigned to the
police branch. She is currently
completing her master’s degree in
criminology and corrections at
Sam Houston State University.
“I don’t think Women’s Lib has
had any effect on the military,
particularly the Army” she com
mented. “You have to remember
that if anyone was Women’s Lib
advocat it was the Army. We have
been getting equal status, equal
pay for years. Now all of a sud
den, everybody’s taking notice.”
‘If the Women’s Rights” amend
ment is ratified, will women be
drafted ? “I really don’t know. It’s
really dependent on what society
will accept. Will our society ac
cept women being drafted and go
ing into combat?” she remarked.
When talking to Corps staff mem
bers while at A&M, the Israeli wo
man was brought up as an ex
ample of females in combat.
“That’s part of their culture,”
answered Lt. Britten.
During her stay at A&M, Lt.
Britten came in contact with some
Corps traditions. She received un
hesitated salutes from cadets and
made her way through a fish whip
out. She had dinner at Duncan
dining hall and said she would
not forget that experience soon.
Dressed in her winter “greens”
uniform which came to the regu
lation length of two inches above
the knee, Lt. Britten explained
her reasons for joining the Army.
“After I graduated from college
with my degree in education, I
did not want to teach because I
felt that I couldn’t teach in a
liberal enough school settin,
felt it would be too eonfi^
she said. “I knew the military
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