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...mess hall, a new movie nightly in the wardroom. Navy Seabees were bus ily installing a saltwater conversion plant which would ease the perennial water shortage, thus doing away with the "honeypot" latrines that have created a gleaming yellow man-made gla cier in the middle of the base. Navymen naturally echo the Rodgers-and«Ham-merstein plaint, "We ain't got dames," but ham radio at least gives them a chance to talk to wives and girls back home at less than the cost of a normal Stateside long-distance call. McMurdo's post office...
Plenty of gloom is evident in the Pentagon these days. Air Force officers grumble bitterly about Defense Secretary Robert McNamara's decision to cancel the Skybolt missile and his refusal to request more than minimal funds for development of the RS-70 bomber. Navymen are aghast at McNamara's doubts about the utility of aircraft carriers. But the unhappiness of the Air Force and Navy contrasts strikingly with the contented smiles of the Pentagon's Armymen. The U.S. Army is exceedingly pleased with Secretary McNamara. Bubbled an Army general last week: "It is wonderful to have this...
SEALS are Navymen with sea, air and land capability, trained for "unconventional warfare." Tell that to the Marines, who have always practiced it. The new U.S. emphasis on counterguerrilla training is shown in six pages of color photos. (See THE NATION...
...Belgrano naval base, a group of officers wanted an end to all talk about elections, argued for the ouster of Guido as President and the establishment of a "benevolent dictatorship" that would attempt to stabilize the economy and "normalize" the political situation. Though his forces were small-25,000 navymen and 17,000 marines, compared with 87,000 men in the army and 22,000 in the air force-Admiral Palma enlisted the support of a clutch of retired army officers, hoping that they would encourage army and air force units to come over. He was also pledged help from...
...challenging situation, such as having to do tests in a room kept as noisy as a boiler factory, extra sleep reduced efficiency for some navymen. High strung subjects, after loss of sleep, turned in better-than-usual performances. A full night's sleep seemed to restore their tensions...