Word: naval
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...time, this calculation led Kuwait's government-in-exile to urge that thousands of American ground troops remain in Kuwait indefinitely. "That's changed," says a Kuwaiti diplomat. "We want U.S. military equipment in place, just in case, and an increased American naval presence, but security on the ground should be left to Arabs." Toward that goal, the Gulf Cooperation Council (the gulf states and Saudi Arabia) is busy concocting an enhanced military defense scheme they call "GCC Plus." Two army components of approximately 30,000 ground troops each will probably be deputized as trip- wire forces to be stationed...
...strategy is aimed, ultimately, less at Iraq's weapons and troops than at the enemy's mind. Ground units would make deep, rapid thrusts through enemy lines; troops would take advantage of the combined effect of artillery, air support, naval bombardment and armored assaults on targets carefully chosen to throw the enemy off balance by spreading fear, confusion and dismay. Says Lieut. General Charles Horner, commander of the combined air forces in the gulf war, who worked closely with the Army on the latest version of Field Manual 100-5: "The idea is to feed the enemy in bite-size...
...days after his troops overran Kuwait -- but this time with even more conditions for an Iraqi pullout from the ravaged emirate. Iraq demanded not just an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza but also the removal of all allied troops from the Persian Gulf, including naval forces that have been on patrol there for decades. Plus forgiveness of all Iraqi debts. Plus reparations for the destruction caused by allied bombing. Plus...
...congressional action has spurred inquiries by three other federal bodies, including a criminal investigation by Naval Investigative Services. The result could be an across-the-board reevaluation, and perhaps reduction, of indirect cost rates at private universities...
...addition, the Office of Naval Research has lowered Stanford's rate by four points during the investigation. According to Robert L. Byer, dean of research at Stanford, each percentage point drop in the indirect cost rate translates into a $750,000 loss for the school each year...