Word: platooned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lleras, unlike his predecessor, is not afraid to take a stand. When Communist-led students went on strike across the country shortly after he took over last August, he threatened to bar them from graduation and, ignoring the country's sacred tradition of campus autonomy, sent a platoon of battle-ready troops into Bogotá's National University. When a band of 80 Castroite guerrillas went on a rampage in Colombia's remote southern interior, ambushing army patrols, slashing telephone lines and bombing roads and bridges, Lleras quickly moved to put down the insurrection. He not only...
...Malley, 23, who as a Marine Corps corporal in Viet Nam was severely wounded by enemy mortar fire, yet succeeded in evacuating what remained of his platoon and killing eight V.C.s...
...theory behind the new approach is that the West Point grad is not intended to be just a platoon leader. "Those we can turn out in 90 days," says retired Lieut. General James Gavin, an academy graduate. In today's Army, the diplomacy, political savvy and staff skills of a career officer may prove as pivotal as his mastery of firepower; needed are not rote answers but a broad background of educational experience. "The fellow who spent his whole career first as a platoon leader, then company commander, then battalion adjutant just doesn't exist any more," explains...
...monuments. Roman triumphs and imperial purple are out; the dead great don't even get purple prose. Olive-drab words backed by properly inspected facts do the honors. Today's armies, those huge agglomerations of men and machines required for warfare by great industrial states, still need platoon leaders and even heroes; but above all they need a military bureaucrat, a lord of the files...
...said the high cost of two-platoon football was the reason the measure got broad backing. Teams are now forced to carry and equip more players than they would with limited substitution, he said...