Word: medications
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...headed the Veterans Administration under Jimmy Carter, "there is probably something that says, 'Bad war, good soldier.' " Their fellow Americans are only now coming to appreciate that distinction and, as Cleland says, "separate the war from the warrior." Mike Mullings of Bethany, Okla., a medic in Viet Nam, agrees that "things are changing. It might sound corny, but people have become a little more caring. It feels pretty good...
...microphones of their radios. An Argentine antiaircraft gunner in Port Stanley described how he shot down a British Harrier: " 'Holy Mother of God'-and bang, bang, I knocked it down from heaven." A wounded 18-year-old Argentine conscript lay dying this week, but confided to the medic treating him, "I pray to God that I get better soon and go back to fight...
...land, one of the wounded tries to disentangle himself from the limbs of the dead. A soldier in regular uniform starts throwing gear onto the ground, then the dead. The corpses are arranged around the gunship, one here, one over there, one face up, another face down. A medic leads the stowaway off. The crew still stands by the craft, but no one wishes to move or speak. It is a moment of shock and disgrace. I squeeze the pilot's shoulder. "You see," he says, "here there really is a war going...
...mollify prosecutors, he handed over $2 million, his last remaining assets from a business that once reaped a $12 million profit in 90 days. His marriage broken, his friends in jail, his career ended, Steinberg still sees himself as much the same gentle youth who served as a medic in Viet Nam for eight months in 1968. Says he: "Marijuana doesn't hurt anybody. We never saw ourselves as really doing anything wrong...
Manpower. This may be the most critical problem of all. As Republican Senator Roger Jepsen of Iowa puts it: "We can spend billions annually on the most modern and sophisticated weaponry, but in the final analysis it is the infantryman, sailor, pilot and medic that will determine our nation's strength." For the moment, all the armed services are meeting their enlistment goals and the quality of recruits has improved dramatically. From October through March, 68% of all volunteers joining the Army were high school graduates, vs. only 37% a year earlier. The increase coincided almost exactly with the effective...