Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Joint Chiefs believe, professionally, that the war is being lost because the French tactics have been poor. From a strictly military viewpoint, the chiefs would like to 1) install a U.S. commander, 2) support him with U.S. air power and a naval blockade of the China coast, 3) give him money and men to develop independent native armies-much as General James Van Fleet developed them in Greece and the Republic of Korea...
...airmen in Indo-China will soon be reinforced by 150 more. Their job: to get the bogged-down French air force flying efficiently again. The next move may be a blockade of the Indo-Chinese coast (but not China) to prevent reinforcement by sea. This would require a naval carrier task force to move into the South China Sea. If these measures do not bring victory, the President may be asked to consider stronger measures...
...direct ban on Germany's alliance with "any power" which fought against Hitler. It would be allowed "such national armed forces (land, air and naval) as shall be required for the country's defense...
Without a certain esprit de corps, any military unit would be useless in battle. the NROTC edict requiring all members of the Unit to join Taffrail Club was undoubtedly issued in the hope of building up Naval morale and unity in the College...
...defined by Pentagon officials: They agree that the military academics manufacture enough straight-backed career officers, and look to the ROTC units for emergency officers trained in a liberal, rather than a military, college. When the NROTC encroaches upon this valuable academic environment with edicts which belong on a naval base, it weakens its very reason for existence...