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When the French authorized the U.S. to build bases in Morocco, in the jittery months after the Korean war began, the French stipulated that U.S. forces should be limited to some 7,500 men at any one time. The three bases at Sidi Slimane, Benguerir and Nouasseur absorbed the full...
Armed Forces. The draft was extended for four more years; a new reserve plan was established. Under the new program, every young man will have a long-range obligation for military service, but can avoid the draft by signing up at the age of 17 to 19 for six months...
More news on smoking and diseases came last week in a new book, The Biologic Effects of Tobacco (Little, Brown; $4.50). Far from supplying the single, simple answer that so many seek, it makes clear that the relation between smoking, disease and premature death is highly complex. On the subject...
The distinction between the Ready and Standby Reserves is that the first will be subject to immediate call to active duty in a war or national emergency declared by the Congress or proclaimed by the President; Standby Reserves will be subject to call only in a war or emergency declared...
On the basis of the planned strength of the Armed Forces, it is estimated that the Ready Reserve should be roughly 2,900,000 and the Defense Department hopes to reach this goal by June, 1960. The minimum requirement for the Standby Reserve is 820,000.