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...Assad, 34, who was elected for the first time to the National Command, directs the crack 30,000-man "Defense Phalanx" guarding Damascus. A nephew commands the army's "Struggle Brigade" within the Phalanx, a brother-in-law the 20,000-man special forces, and a cousin the paratroop "Thunder Brigade...
...first step," said Giscard. In fact, they were really a second step. Last January he shook up France's military leadership by naming Yvon Bourges, 53, a tough, energetic and sometimes abrasive Gaullist, as Minister of Defense to replace the ineffectual Jacques Soufflet. General Marcel Bigeard, 59, a paratroop hero and one of France's most decorated soldiers, was named Bourges's deputy...
...majors program, but it has liberalized its electives. Cadets in the social-studies department, for example, can take political philosophy, microeconomics and political and cultural anthropology. During the summer, as part of their military training, midshipmen ship out on nuclear submarines and cadets can earn helicopter-pilot or paratroop wings or take ranger or arctic training. Officials say that this "adventure training" is not the least of the charms of the service academies...
...paratroop transports came in three waves; each was covered by three fighter-bombers. Before departing, the bombers swept toward the airport and the barracks of the Greek contingent and strafed and dropped their bombs, setting off fierce fires...
...Shams an Israeli sergeant had trouble getting the flag down off the pole. Under the gaze of Northern Command General Raphael ("Ra-ful") Eitan he shimmied up to the top of the mast while the armor, paratroop and infantry formation stood at attention, fixed the tangled halyard, and then, to the roll of a drum, brought down the Star of David. Murmured an Israeli liaison officer, "Seems we can put up flags faster than we can take them down." During the brief withdrawal ceremony, Eitan addressed the men. "This hill is a symbol both for us and for the Syrians...