Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days later, when they crossed the Jordan River into Israel, their hosts ushered them into two huge air-force helicopters for an inspection tour of the Israeli side of the battle line and a detailed briefing by Raphael Eitan, the major general who heads the Israeli "Northern Command." Standing on a destroyed Soviet T-62 tank, Eitan said pessimistically: "No power hi the world can guarantee us that the Syrians are not going to attack except our own strength in these hills...
Instead, the recruits get tough, demanding and useful training under the command of their drill sergeants, men who wear their distinctive campaign hats down low over their eyes and who are the key to the whole operation. Most of the sergeants are Viet Nam veterans; all have had 13 to 20 years' service, and all have gone through a special training course hard enough to flunk 35% of those enrolled...
...composite contingency plan assumes a cutoff in oil to the West because of another Middle East war, an Arab oil embargo and a White House command to the U.S. military to lift the embargo. At this order, two massive U.S. strike groups would get under way. One would move through the Strait of Malacca, across the Indian Ocean and into the Persian Gulf. It would include carriers whose jets would secure air control, and ships carrying at least a division of Marines (15,000 men). The second force would include two brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division...
While Griffin was controlling Harvard's offense, Lou Silver was in command of the backboards. The Crimson co-captain picked off 13 on the night, many of them during a crucial stretch towards the end of the first half when Harvard broke a 16-16 deadlock and raced into a commanding 41-26 lead at the intermission...
Also, Professor Gagliardi helped Honeywell develop its series 60 computer line, which includes the level 6000 computers. These computers, according to Air Force Magazine, are "at the heart of the World Wide Military Command and Control System."--known as Wimmix. Little is known about the exact purpose of Wimmix, or about the Pentagon's plans for it, but it is apparently intended to be a massive military intelligence system which would be used in the event of military conflict. The Honeywell Information System was awarded $8 million Wimmix contracts in 1973 and was scheduled to receive another $8 million last...