Word: commander
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...rose steadily under Chun. After his retirement from the military in 1981, Roh was named Minister of Political Affairs and oversaw national security and foreign relations. In 1985 he became second-in-command, after Chun, of the ruling Democratic Justice Party. By early this year, after rivals resigned from the government amid a police-brutality scandal, Roh was poised to become Chun's chosen successor...
...members of the same sex served together. But the small number of female officers meant there were relatively few all-women teams. This led to scheduling problems as well as resentment among the men, who served many more shifts. The change, says Major Suzanne Randle of the Strategic Air Command in Omaha, "simply reflects an evolution of existing policy...
Miranda also detailed instances of alleged double-dealing by Noriega. He charged that the Panamanian general regularly informs Nicaragua's Chief of Army Intelligence Major Ricardo Wheelock of military movements involving the U.S. Southern Command in Panama, which is the U.S. military headquarters for Latin America. Miranda charged that last August, as relations between the Reagan Administration and Noriega soured, the Panamanian told Wheelock that he wanted to send arms through Nicaragua to the Salvadoran rebels. Miranda claimed that top Sandinistas approved the scheme, but he does not know if the shipment took place...
Last week the game came to a sudden end, the result, said Brigadier General Ramon Montano of the capital's defense command, of "plain detective work." As darkness fell on Las Villas de Valle Verde, an exclusive residential park in suburban Manila, 35 soldiers raided a town house in the enclave. Battering in windows and pounding their automatic rifles against walls, the squad rounded up the elusive Honasan and three associates as some of them relaxed over a meal. Some soldiers in the raiding party saluted as their captive was led away...
...offers an extraordinary week of gab and glasnost, as two leaders and twelve presidential candidates command prime time...