Military recruiting university graduates

Military recruiting university graduates

JAKARTA (JP): The Armed Forces (ABRI) is currently recruiting
900 university graduates to be trained as military officers at
the School for Military Career Officers and for Short-term
Voluntary Officers.

Lt. Col. C. Soerachman, head of the Military Academy's public
relations office based in Magelang, Central Java, reported to
Antara that 780 men and 120 women will be enrolled in the army,
navy, air force and police academies.

They will be selected from 1,189 applicants, consisting of
1,022 men and 167 women.

Soerachman said the selection is based on administrative,
physical health, psychological, mental and ideological criteria.

For medical and pharmaceutical school graduates, the Academy
settled on a minimum average grade point of 2.10 (from a maximum
of 4.0). For graduates of other schools the minimum is 2.80.
Those possessing a bachelors degree must have an average grade
point of 2.50.

Soerachman said those who pass the entrance tests will undergo
basic military training for five months. Male cadets will be
trained at the Academy in Magelang and female cadets at the
School for Women Army Corps in Bandung.

He explained that the career opportunities of these graduates
will be the same as those who joined the military academy
directly after finishing high school. This means that they too
can attain the rank of generals and reach commander positions.

After completing the five-month program, these university
graduates will be given the rank of second lieutenant. Graduate
students stand to be promoted more rapidly compared to those with
bachelor degrees. (pwn)