Posted: Mar 13, 2006  15:12

Stacey D. Gaither has joined the United States Army under the Delayed Entry Program. The program gives young men and women the opportunity to delay entering active duty for up to one year.

The enlistment gives the new soldier the option to learn a new skill, travel and become eligible to receive as much as $50,000 toward a college education. After completion of basic military training, soldiers receive advanced individual training in their career job specialty prior to being assigned to their first permanent duty station.

Gaither will report to Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville, Mo., for active duty on April 10, 2006.She is the daughter of James and Cheryl Banks of Kingston, ID.