Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...villagers during the Israeli incursion into Lebanese Arqub area, a four-day attack in February and March 1972. That Israeli retaliation to fedayeen raids brought the largest military operations to date against Lebanese villages--which caused even the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Israel. Again, heavy civilian Lebanese casualties were sustained the following June when the Israelis staged air attacks on Lebanese villages following a renewal of fedayeen activity...
...what of the helplessness of southern Lebanese villagers during Israel's recent massive invasion into Lebanon when Israel used U.S.-supplied CBU-72 "cluster bombs" during their military operations which wantonly killed, mutilated and maimed thousands of civilian men, women and children? (These were devastating antipersonnel bombs used against Palestinian guerilla forces and Palestinian refugee camps--the use of which was a distinct Israeli violation of the secret 1976 agreement with the U.S. to use such weapons only in wars comparable in scale to the 1967 or 1973 wars and only against Arab armies...
SOUTH AFRICA'S invasion of Angola last Thursday reveals once again the Vorster regime's appalling contempt for human life. Over 500 civilian refugees from South West Africa (Namibia), a territory South Africa has ruled illegally since 1966, died at the hands of the South Africans...
Today's vastly improved mood is the result of the determination of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations from 1970 to '74, to bring the life of young sailors into line with that of their civilian contemporaries. He radically changed the service's restrictive dress code by permitting modish haircuts, beards and sideburns and eliminating the requirement for frequent uniform changes during the day. (This does not apply, however, to the lowly inductee, whose hair is still cropped when he enters bootcamp.) Zumwalt also revised the duty rotation system and the fleet's operating schedules...
...warship docked at the base thus becomes a kind of factory where a sailor puts in a day's work and then leaves, just like any civilian worker. Single enlisted men often head for the Scuttle Butt, a lively disco bearing no resemblance to the "slop chute" E.M. clubs that former Navy men knew. The new informality is striking. According to some officers, today's sailor does not always say "Yes, sir," but may just as frequently say "Yeah," and then add, "Have a nice...