Word: civilians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...country's air defenses are largely helpless against Iraqi missiles. And even though some Israeli officials believe Saddam may indeed have managed to equip those missiles with primitive chemical warheads -- contrary to Arens' assertion a few weeks ago -- the government still refuses to issue gas masks to the civilian population...
...argued for a 10-year phase-down and continued U.S. access to Clark air base and Subic Bay naval base. In reply, Manila's negotiators called for the return of Clark by late next year, after which the Aquino government says it hopes to turn the facility into a civilian airport...
Similarly, great pains have been taken to isolate the American troops from the Saudi public and minimize cultural clashes. Alcohol and pornography are forbidden to the Americans. Their bases are located away from cities and towns, and when they must venture into settlements, they are under orders to wear civilian clothing and to go unarmed when possible. Violations of this rule have evoked complaints from the Saudis, though both sides are eager to downplay such frictions...
...people I worked with cared. I remember my section seargant's shock when we heard that the U.S. had accidently destroyed an Iranian civilian aircraft over the Persian Gulf. I remember telling my buddies about a Harvard class on Latin America that described how the U.S. manipulated Central American governments and delivered them to the hands of right-wing dictators. Rather than confront the argument, we concluded that my professor was a typical ivory-tower, America-hater who either embellished the story or left out crucial information that vindicated...
Despite the hardships, there seems to be little grumbling of the sort that attended previous reserve call-ups. Like the regular military, today's reserves are an all-volunteer force whose members joined for various reasons: extra income, a chance for free training in a specialty allied to their civilian jobs, or travel (reserve units have trained with regulars as far away as Egypt). Some may have joined thinking they would never be called, but most have long accepted that they might be. Now that it has happened, many view their service as a necessary repayment for whatever benefits they...