Partnership for Youth Success and NCL Join Forces

The U.S. Army runs a program called Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS), which is an arrangement between the military and about 500 American corporations and public sector agencies. The goal is that PaYS helps Army soldiers re-integrate into the civilian workforce when their military service is completed. PaYS was set up so that talented and ambitious young people will not see the military as a detour around a career but that they can complete a tour of duty and still find a good civilian job down the road.

Some companies participating in the PaYS program are well known to American consumers: Pepsi, BellSouth, Sears, and Dell are on the list.

Now, too, is Norwegian Cruise Lines. In fact, it's the first (and at this moment the only) cruise line to be an official partner in the PaYS program.

Soldiers who enlist may express interest in any of the PaYS positions with the understanding that they will interview for those jobs when their service is over. Right now, about 30 enlisted soliders have expressed interest in working for Norwegian Cruise Lines once they finish their terms.