Word: forte
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hundred recruits in an airy classroom at Fort Ord, Calif., sat clustered around six 23-in. television sets, intently jotting down notes. "Nobody sleeps through these classes," marveled Army
Teaching recruits a multitude of martial skills through TV gets into high gear this year, following a two-year study by the Army, which first began experimenting with the tube in 1952. In coming months, Fort Ord will expand its closed-circuit television network so that 30 of a rookie's 60 hours of classroom work during basic training are likely to consist of televised instruction By mid-1968, eleven basic-training installations will muster a total of 60 TV-training channels...
Soldiers trained by TV learn their lessons more thoroughly; scores at Fort Ord have jumped by as much as 20% since video tapes were first used to teach the military code of conduct. "It's more relaxing because the man's not watching you," said Recruit Dwight
Shaw, 19. "You forget about yourself and you pay attention." Even so, the brass is still making sure that rookies do not turn into armchair warriors. "They will walk a total of 200 miles and fire the rifle 784 times," declares Major General Thomas A. Kenan, Fort Ord's commander. "Basic trainees will always have to do some things the hard...
...under control is not. Backing up the D.C. Metropolitan Police Force next week is the 2000-member D.C. National Guard, and should more men be required, there are about 8000 soldiers now stationed in the area of the capital. After these, two brigades of the 82nd Airborne division at Fort Bragg are available for Washington duty, and a series of further brigades "in great number" will be available as needed, according to the Pentagon...