Word: jointly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Enjoyed your Dec. 23 article, "Break Up the Joint Chiefs." I feel that the military situation would be enhanced greatly if this were done. As a starter, the Pentagon should conduct a thorough study of the German World War II Armed Forces Supreme Command. They might find many fertile ideas...
...military men of sound and sober judgment in Washington today who are willing to place national interest ahead of interservice politics. To the extent that the Indians in the Pentagon will let them, they are slowly succeeding. The men I refer to are the chairman and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...annual Joint Military Ball of the three Harvard ROTC units will be held this year on March 1, from 2000 to 2400, in the Georgian Room of the Hotel Statler...
...J.C.S. system, its critics say, only contributes to the confusion. Except for the chairman, each member of the J.C.S. wears two hats-one as chief of his own service and the other as a joint chief. General Thomas White, as an example (which applies equally to the other service heads), spends most of his week as Air Force Chief of Staff, working on Air Force problems, expounding Air Force doctrine, fighting Air Force battles. But then comes the moment when he walks into a secret Pentagon room, sits down at a table with the three other members of the J.C.S...
...Harry Truman will declare, "Eisenhower is sick, sick, sick." The HYDC says "Those guys are crazy." Eisenhower has not been seen for three weeks. The Harvard Liberal Union will write a folk song commemorating the death of five executives of the Harvard Young Democratic Club. The Joint Chiefs of Staff will deny any inter-service difficulties as the Navy continues to send waves of Marines into the Pentagon via helicopters. Perry Miller gives Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. his harpoon and kayak as a going away present...