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At present, the Navy considers four years of R.O.T.C. enough training to fit a man for duty. But the Army trains its R.O.T.C. second lieutenants in its own schools for at least three months after graduation; the Air Force must still send its R.O.T.C. graduates through long months of flight school before it can qualify them as military pilots. So far the program has failed to persuade as many college students as the armed forces had hoped for to make the service a lifetime occupation. But as a recruiting agency, R.O.T.C. has paid off. It is filling the armed services' need for reserve second lieutenants and ensigns; thousands of undergraduates have been exposed to at least a smattering of military training.