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Army Specialized Training Program
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<p>The Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was a military training program instituted by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> to meet wartime demands both for <a href="/facts/Junior_officer/Tc6NtaxS">junior officers</a> and soldiers with technical skills. Conducted at 227 American universities, it offered training in such fields as engineering, foreign languages, and medicine. </p><p>The ASTP differed from the <a href="/facts/V-12_Navy_College_Training_Program/EKYbp2f2">V-12 Navy College Training Program</a> in producing technically trained personnel rather than officers as its primary goal, though recruits were told that they had the opportunity to become officers upon completion. The program was approved in September 1942, implemented in December of that year, and drastically curtailed in February 1944. </p>