Word: reservist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Between the wars, the United States kept the ROTC-trained reservist as the key figure in the nation's defenses, maintaining the tradition of the civilian soldier dating back to the Minute-men of 1775. But the ROTC system was not merely romantic; it was also reasonably successful. When war came in 1941, a reserve of over 56,000 ROTC graduates was available for active duty to permit a more rapid mobilization of the nation...
Between the wars, the United States kept the ROTC-trained reservist as the key figure in the nation's defenses, maintaining the tradition of the civilian soldier dating back to the Minutemen of 1775. But the ROTC system was not merely romantic; it was also reasonably successful. When war came in 1941, a reserve of over 56,000 ROTC graduates was available for active duty to permit a more rapid mobilization of the nation...
...every Reservist was so dismayed. "It couldn't have come at a better time," allowed Lieut. Commander John Brame, a member of Erv Johnson's Naval At tack Squadron VA776 at Los Alamitos, Calif. Brame, a real estate salesman, had just concluded a big project and currently has "nothing in escrow." Air Force 2nd Lieut. Jim Riordan, 25, of the 150th Tactical Fighter Group, Albuquerque, N. Mex., was all ready to go and "even looking forward to it. In the back of my mind, I figured we would be called...
Understandably, "the General"-as old Reservist Sarnoff has been known at RCA ever since he was given a World War II promotion to brigadier general-has interested himself in his son's career. But Bob had to work his way up, starting 19 years ago as a TV time salesman for the NBC network, an RCA subsidiary...
Jordanian soldiers are among the best trained troops in the Middle East. One Israeli reservist who had just returned from an encounter with them admitted that they were incredibly courageous. "I respect the Jordanian soldier, they are very good, perhaps even better than we are," he said...