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...obsessed campaign on one side and deep-pocketed business and foreign interests on the other. The Justice Department is investigating James Wood, an Arkansas lawyer who became the first political appointee to head the American Institute on Taiwan, the unofficial U.S. embassy there. Natale Bellochi, Wood's predecessor as ait chairman, and Taiwan businessmen had reportedly informed the State Department that the Arkansan was improperly using his post to seek campaign donations for Clinton. Wood denies the charge...
...background check, the contract, the swearing in, the possibility to enlist as an E-4 (specialist or, in even more layman's terms, corporal), the ability to choose one's exact job (from infantry to counterintelligence), the eight weeks of BT (basic training) and four to 52 weeks of AIT (advanced individual training) for every recruit, the 30 days vacation per year, the medical and dental benefits and the opportunity to purchase $100,000 of life insurance for only $8 a month...
...AIT A minute," I said. "Why's that a good thing...
...With Good Luck . . ." Ettinger's book and his TV appearances have spurred the growth of such groups as the Life Extension Society, with a dozen chapters. The society publishes a newsletter called Freeze-W'ait-Reanimate...
...actual soldiering is tougher than ever. During his eight weeks of Basic Combat Training, a recruit nowadays is automatically "recycled," or forced to repeat any week that he fails. After an exhaustive basic proficiency test, he enters a second eight-week period called Advanced Individual Training. During AIT, the recruit learns further skills based on his aptitude and interests, finally qualifies in one of 950 Military Occupation Specialties ranging from "creepy-peepy" (battlefield radar) to computers (by which warehouse sergeants now tot up rations). In all, today's soldier gets four months' training v. eight to twelve weeks...