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...armed forces have undergone a top-to-bottom transformation since the end of Vietnam. Nowadays, says U.S. Air Force Academy spokesman Colonel Mike Wallace, "the military is a different breed of cat. It is no longer a place to hide society's misfits; it represents a large section of America's middle class, who are better informed and better trained than before." Today every man and woman entering the armed forces has at least a high school diploma, and nearly all officers have earned at least a bachelor's degree in subjects ranging from political science to European history. Lieut...
...nonalcoholic beer and practicing the steps to a new Marine-invented dance, the "Gas Mask Rag," the outside diversion is welcomed. "It is very important to keep up morale in the midst of such a lonely and isolating experience as a war in a desert," says Army Lieut. Colonel Robert Dawson, deputy director of the military broadcasting center in Los Angeles, which gathers the bulk of its programming from U.S. radio and TV stations. The armed forces usually pay a small fee for entertainment, but scores of producers and show-biz executives are donating their programs. Both the Super Bowl...
Most of the Iraqi prisoners are conscripts or enlisted men of low rank, in their 20s. About 5% are low-ranking officers; the highest is an infantry lieutenant colonel. But none are from Saddam's most formidable unit, the 150,000-man Republican Guard. From interrogating these soldiers, usually through volunteer Kuwaiti interpreters, the allies have developed a richly detailed picture of the Iraqi army's condition. Items...
...colonel running the military briefing cautioned at the outset that he would not be able to answer questions involving sensitive information. But the first questioner paid little heed: "What date are we going to start the ground attack?" Sorry, the officer replied, can't comment. "Where would you say our forces are most vulnerable to attack, and how could the Iraqis best exploit those weaknesses?" was the next query. Another no-no. Still the reporters kept blundering on. "Are we planning an amphibious invasion of Kuwait," asked one, "and if so, where exactly would that...
...with poison gas was gruesome enough: in World War I, both sides used it, causing 91,000 deaths, many of the victims dying miserably after coughing up mouthfuls of yellow fluid. Since then, chemical weapons have grown more sophisticated, but so have the techniques to combat them. Says Lieut. Colonel Glenn Tripp, a doctor at MedBase America, a medical evacuation center in the Saudi desert: "The chemical threat is overrated...