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...Guard. But neither Congress nor the Coast Guard is anxious to take such a drastic step; it would involve mountains of red tape and untold millions of dollars. The next best thing is to educate boaters about the machines they operate and the elements they defy. The U.S. Power Squadron and the Coast Guard Auxiliary provide free classes in seamanship and safety. But the classes appeal to the prudent, not to the boaters who need them most. "We are missing a large segment of people," concedes the Coast Guard's Captain David Oliver. "It seems to take an incident...
...Thailand's attempts to put down the insurgency. Nonetheless, while Thai soldiers go off to Viet Nam, the U.S. has quietly mounted an effort to help Thailand fight the Communists in the north. It consists of a small and unique U.S. military force, the 606th Air Commando Squadron, whose 66 members wear no uniforms and carry no guns. Their mission is to help the Thai government win allegiance from Northeasterners by supplying needed services, including medical aid and instruction in digging wells or building bridges. TIME Correspondent Louis Kraar recently returned from Northeast Thailand, where he observed...
...nothing but waiting. Frank and his aides waited on the grass. Press cars waited across the street. The hippie-radicals waited in small groups around fiery trash cans. Rumors began to circulate about a squadron of police cars over on the other side of the park. At 2:45, Frank said that he guessed he would take the next day off from work. At 2:50, the Record-American car went home, having missed the final deadline...
Real Pros. Almost invariably, the morale of activated reservists and Guardsmen depends on whether they believe their duty really helps national security. Already, 3,375 have been sent overseas; it would be hard to find more gung-ho outfits anywhere than four Air Guard squadrons mobilized straight into combat in Viet Nam. "Nobody's got a bitch about being here," claims Captain Thomas Risan, an airline pilot now bombing and strafing Viet Cong fortifications with the 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang. Calling themselves the "Raggedy-Ass Militia of Happy Valley," the 25 pilots and 350 maintenance crewmen...
...also dangerous business. The pilots of the 432nd wryly refer to themselves as "conscientious objectors who like airplanes and photography," but their war is as risky as any other airman's in Viet Nam. Over the past year, the wing has lost the equivalent of a squadron - 20 Phantoms. One crew out of seven can expect to be shot down during its tour of duty, for recon missions, unlike the swift, darting thrusts of fighter-bomber strikes, often require four to five minutes of straight and level cruising at low altitude...