Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Force raised the estimate to $3.1 billion, then raised it again to $3.4 billion to reflect a change in specifications. The actual cost has been nearly $1 billion more than the highest estimate. Yet Colonel Beckman said two of his civilian superiors in the Pentagon approved a juggling of the cost reports to protect the price of Lockheed's common stock. (One of the civilians resigned last year; the other is scheduled to leave Government service when his replacement is confirmed in the Senate...
Dropouts. Supporting the in-service dissenters are a variety of civilian antiwar groups, which provide the servicemen with free legal advice, moral support and assistance in publishing their protest papers. Coffee houses that feature recorded music, long-haired girls and endless talk about the Viet Nam war have sprung up near several military posts. Interestingly, the dissent movement is far more active in the U.S. than among units overseas...
...heterogenous group. Although higher draft calls have brought more college men into the service, few of them seem willing to risk the stigma of a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge to protest the system. Most of those involved are college and high-school dropouts. Some are misfits with poor civilian and military records who use opposition to the war as a rationale for their conduct and attitude. Many others, of course, are sincere in their rebellious attitude. A.S.U. Chief Stapp says that as many as 5% of the country's 3.5 million men in uniform are willing to stand...
...have to co-operate with the government and we cannot refuse that cooperation merely because of details. We think it's a necessary thing to train Harvard people for the Army in order to have both civilian and military officers...
...statement about cooperation with government is also accurate. I certainly did not say or imply that the Army can't get along without Harvard men, although I did say that thought it a good thing that some officers come into service through civilian college programs rather than purely military academies...