Word: naval
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...gently making it known that if President Clinton lifts the ban on gays and lesbians in the military, he just might resign. General Powell has strong moral and pragmatic objections to the idea, according to close friends. In comments that went unnoticed during a recent visit to the U.S. Naval Academy, Powell said that if "you find it completely unacceptable and it strikes to the heart of your moral beliefs, then I think you have to resign." He may not be alone. Meeting with Secretary of Defense Les Aspin last week, the other five members of the Joint Chiefs forcefully...
...life, as you may have noticed, is not a close-order drill. Even in the Marines things get messy. At the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, known to servicemen as Gitmo, a private is dead -- the result of harassment by two members of his platoon. The victim was a screw-up who compounded his sins by stepping outside the chain of command to report a rules infraction and seek a transfer. A "Code Red" -- informal disciplinary action by his barracksmates -- is suspected. But are the offenders wholly culpable? Or did they act under orders (or tacit encouragement) from superior officers...
Student activism need not approach the politically-charged issues of naval blockades, peace-keeping forces or U.N. resolutions. Non-partisan humanitarian efforts to prevent genocide should take high priority. The Harvard Islamic Society, with the assistance of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel, recently completed a valiant effort to collect warm clothing from students--clothing that will help refugees trapped in besieged cities survive the winter months...
Above all, sexuality has to do with intimacy, especially physical intimacy, and military service can be intensely intimate. Troops share dorm rooms and showers in peacetime and pit latrines in battle. Says Naval Reserve Lieut. Commander Dave Frey of Chicago: "You may be at sea for 90 days. If people are looking over their shoulder wondering, 'What is the other person in the berth or shower thinking about me?' the potential for problems is great...
Perhaps they will, but finally the noose seems to be tightening. Last week the U.N. Security Council approved plans to bar all shipments of strategic goods through Serbia and Montenegro, including fuel, steel and chemicals. NATO and the nine-nation Western European Union last week authorized a naval blockade to intercept sanction-busting vessels in the Adriatic Sea beginning on Tuesday this week. Bulgaria and Romania have started patrolling the Danube and inspecting suspicious cargoes. In addition, Bulgaria has banned petroleum exports to all former Yugoslav republics. "The sanctions regime won't plug all the loopholes," said a Western diplomat...