Army faces projected officer shortage (free grad school offered)

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The U.S. Army is offering free grad school to entice officers to stay on and calling back other officers to stem a predicted shortage of active-duty officers.

The Washington Post said the Army projects it will be short 3,500 active-duty officers by 2007 -- officers that will be needed for new combat brigades and other units critical to the planned expansion and reorganization of ground forces.

The Army is offering full-rides to graduate school, an expansion of the current program, for officers who agree to serve three years in the Army for every year of free study.

Col. Mark Patterson, chief of officer policy for the Army, called it being proactive.

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