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...with incomes below the poverty line. Yet college-educated young men stood a 12% chance of being shipped off to the war, in contrast to 21% for men who did not attend college. "Basically the feeling was, That's for other people. It's not for us," says Lawrence Korb, an associate at the Brookings Institution and an Assistant Secretary of Defense from...
...upshot: many critics fear that, for all Carlucci's vows, the necessary cutbacks will once more be accomplished largely by the tried-and-untrue methods of stretch-out and reductions in readiness. Says Lawrence Korb, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense: "Already the Air Force and Navy are flying less and steaming fewer training hours than necessary, and already there are cutbacks in necessary operations and maintenance...
...make an even more tempting target for enemy missiles. Though women are banned from Navy destroyers, they may support and supply vessels that steam in dangerous waters. Women piloted tankers in the 1986 air strike on Libya and flew cargo planes in the invasion of Grenada. Says Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon official and Brookings Institution military expert: "It's kidding oneself to think these aren't combat roles...
...middle ranks. Some 18% of female Army officers are second lieutenants, compared with 11% of male officers. But only 1% of female officers are colonels; 5% of male officers hold that rank. "They're not allowed in the jobs which are critical for competitive promotion," says Korb. The Pentagon's new policy could go a long way toward solving that dilemma...
...areas are less visible than the abandonment of entire weapons systems. Says former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger: "We will see a decline in readiness." Pentagon officials hope that Congress will be flexible in imposing the freeze. "All we hope is that it's balanced," says Assistant Defense Secretary Lawrence Korb. "If they funded airplanes before, we want them to fund pilots and runways now. Don't buy guns without buying ammunition...