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Among the recent combatants are “Desert Recon,” “Desert Army SAWS Gunner,” and “Desert Striker.” Veterans of the first Gulf War, and harbingers of the next one, these figures are realistic mimics in every important respect except for their defense against chemical and biological weapons. Clearly these soldiers are rooted in the conflict with Saddam Hussein; the action-figure of an Apache helicopter pilot even comes with detailed maps of Baghdad, which show strategic targets within the city...
What you wrote about was not "normal" Marine hazing. It was the special pinning ceremony engaged in by Marine Force Recon, one of America's toughest and most elite warrior units. These men are all volunteers and eagerly look forward to the day when they win their gold parachutist's wings. I doubt that many look forward to the "ceremony" that accompanies the wings, but all look back with pride on enduring it. The ritual is not unlike the ceremony that American Indians went through when they entered manhood. GARRETT C. DAILEY Oakland, California...
...Gennaro cited the Retrospective Conversion (Recon) project, which computerized the records of all of the libraries, as one of the "most significant" things that has happened during his tenure...
Cole also says the recon project has been critical for the efficient cataloguing process of both Hilles' and Lamont's collections. Prior to the conversion, there was a "backlog" of books which had not been catalogued, Cole says...
...head of Houghton Library Richard Wendorf says that before the recon project, a number of Houghton books were only "minimally described" in card catalogues, which are now "fully catalogued" on HOLLIS. Errors in the on-line system are inevitable, Wendorf says, but Houghton has a "very knowledgeable staff" to help diffuse any confusion...