Word: noncombatant
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...criticism brought against President Ngo Dinh Diem was that he kept some of his best officers in noncombat jobs for political reasons. One promise made by Diem's successors was to appoint aggressive new commanders and give them a free hand. Last week the first such new commander found him self sacked and ordered to a desk exile that even Diem had not thought of-military attache in Formosa...
...away 600 men from the garrison there, then declared his intention to remove the 3,500 men of the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment from Germany, the Bonn government reacted frantically. The Pentagon intends to reduce the U.S.'s Germany contingent by still more troops, most of them noncombat types. But to soothe jangled German nerves, the withdrawals were suspended until last week's Big Lift exercise demonstrated just how swiftly the U.S. troops could be returned in case of trouble...
...candidate to lead the party is Bundestag Vice President Carlo Schmid, 62. Convivial, mellow-voiced Carlo Schmid is by all odds the most articulate Social Democrat advocate of broadening the party's middle-class appeal. He was once an officer in Hitler's army, but in a noncombat occupation job in France, where his command of the language is said to have enabled him to give secret help to the French underground. He is a professor-the most respected title in Germany-and an excellent speaker...
...already among the 2,100,000 drawing "disability compensation" for an in-service injury (75% noncombat), any man who wore the uniform 90 days can at 65 get a full federal pension ($78.75 to $135.45 a month) simply by showing 10% disability (virtually automatic at 65), and proving that his own annual income is less than $1,400 ($2,700 if he has dependents). A wife's income does not disqualify him, nor does any amount of property...
...arguments for farming out more maintenance contracts, particularly for major overhauls, are impressive. Such contracts keep private facilities in readiness for total mobilization, encourage development breakthroughs by spreading know-how. With civilians doing more and more noncombat jobs, the services can concentrate more on battle training, prepare men for fighting instead of repairing typewriters or truck motors...