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Recruiters join forces with Navy Special Warfare
never-quit attitude and who stress
success under arduous conditions,
as I am the recruits.”
“Successful SEAL candidates
do a lot of preparation and study-
ing on their own, via the Internet,
library and any other place to get
information about SEALs,” added
Licause. “We are going to make
that information more readily
available to them.”
of helping hands
Disposal (EOD) and DIVE pro-
grams.
While there, the coordinators will
learn first-hand what future recruits
are expected to accomplish and how
to screen them effectively.
Upon completion of this pro-
gram, coordinators will return to
their respective NRD. When a pro-
spective recruit decides to enter
one of the Special Warfare/Special
Operations programs, the coordi-
nator will meet with the candidate
to screen, identify, and ensure the
applicant can meet the rigorous
demands of each community’s spe-
cific training.
While many new recruits want
to become a Navy SEAL, not all
can actually pass the qualifying
Physical Standard Test (PST) and
even fewer make it through the
tough SEAL training.
“You don’t have to be a star ath-
lete to become a SEAL. But we
know that potential recruits who
score above minimum swim and run
times on the PST have almost twice
the graduation rate than those that
just come in at the minimum level,”
explained Licause. “Young men
who are physical, team players, in
Story by Jeffrey Nichols
Navy Recruiting Command
(CNRC) and Naval Special Warfare
Command (NSWC) have joined
forces this month to begin the first
of several national recruiting initia-
tives that are designed to bolster
Naval Special Warfare recruiting.
With the Global War on Terrorism
(GWOT) still the Navy’s most impor-
tant mission, more qualified candi-
dates are needed to fill the NSW.
“The reason we are focusing so
many resources toward the prospec-
tive candidate is because Special
Operations forces are required to
combat terrorism,” said ETCM
(SEAL) Victor Licause, Naval
Special Warfare Program Manager,
at CNRC. “Operations focused to
combat terrorism are not routine
deployments. We are going where
we can make a difference.”
The first initiative created a
Naval Special Warfare /Special
Operations Coordinator at each
Navy Recruiting District (NRD).
Each NRD will send its coordinator
to Coronado, Calif., for familiar-
ization training on SEAL, Special
Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen
(SWCC), Explosive Ordinance
March is Red Cross
Month:
shape and enjoy competition are the
recruits we are looking for.“
According to Licause, parents
and coaches are the influencers of
youths that succeed in these elite
teams. “Coaches are influencers
of athletes,” said Licause. “Most
coaches know whether their stu-
dents are going to college or not. I
am as interested in the coaches who
deliver the message on teamwork,
celebrating a long history
Sailors from Navy Seal Team 5, and Navy Special Boat Unit
22 Detachment, practice beach incursions during Northern
Edge. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Brian Snyder)
“I request that during that month (March)
our people rededicate themselves to the
splendid aims and activities of the Red
Cross.”
—President Franklin D. Roosevelt, first
Presidential Proclamation of March as Red
Cross Month, 1943
Each year the president of the United States pro-
claims March “Red Cross Month.”
The American Red Cross uses this opportunity
to promote its services to the American public and
for fund raising.
How did this tradition come about?
For the first quarter century of its existence,
the Red Cross held no regular fund-raising drives.
Since Clara Barton created the organization in
1881, it was largely dependent for publicity and
funds on the spontaneous support of people who
learned of catastrophic events and the Red Cross
response to them.
News of an event broke, the American Red
Cross rushed to the scene with help, and people
around the country came forth with outpourings
of volunteer assistance and donations of funds and
supplies.
This rather haphazard manner of operat-
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ing changed abruptly in 1917, when the United
States entered World War I. After declaring war,
President Wilson ordered the American Red Cross
to raise funds to support its aid to the military and
civilians affected by war, as Congress had man-
dated.
In response, the Red Cross held its first national
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Within a few days, more than $115 million was
raised.
Then in December 1917, the Red Cross held its
first “Christmas Roll Call.” People were asked to
give a minimum of $1 to join the organization’s
membership rolls. This drive also proved highly
successful, as did an additional War Fund drive
and another Roll Call in 1918, the last year of the
war.
After the war, the Red Cross decided to make
the Roll Call an annual membership and fund-
raising drive.
In addition, it conducted special appeals from
time to time in response to major disasters, such
as the Dust Bowl drought of the early 1930s and
periodic flooding on the Mississippi and Ohio riv-
ers.
In November 1941, with war in Europe, the Red
Cross conducted a highly successful 25th Annual
Roll Call. A few days later the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World
War 11.
As it had done in the previous World War, the
Red Cross responded immediately by declaring a
War Fund campaign. By June 1942, it had raised
more than $66 million.
Rather than go back to the public with a third
appeal in one year, the Red Cross decided to can-
cel its 1942 Roll Call.
Instead, after discussions with President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the honorary chairman of
the Red Cross, the whole month of March 1943
was declared “Red Cross Month.”
The Red Cross set a goal of $125 million, the
largest amount ever requested in one campaign by
any American organization.
Again, the response was overwhelming.
It took less than six weeks to reach the target,
and by June 1943 donations totaled nearly $146
million.
Roosevelt called it “The greatest single crusade
of mercy in all of history.”
This success caused the Red Cross to repeat the
March drive during the remaining years of the
war and then to make it the occasion of its annual
membership and fund-raising efforts ever since.
(As a historical footnote, the last radio speech
Roosevelt gave, a few days before his death, was
in support of the 1945 Red Cross campaign.)
As part of the tradition, the president custom-
arily issues a proclamation each year declaring
March as Red Cross Month.
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