Readiness Debate Sees U S Armor On Edge At Fort Hood
The 63 ton M1 Abrams fires a 105 mm round on a fort hood range as officials debate U S military readiness. Clinton budgets push modernization while experts warn the force remains near the razor edge of readiness with divisions like the 2nd Armored cited for declines.
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Fort Hoop
Texas
66Th Armored Regiment
2Nd Armored Division
Col
James J. Grazioplene
2Nd Armored
Army
Gary Luck
South Korea
Gordon Sullivan
Richard Macke
U.S. Pacific
House
National Security Committee
Problems found in military investigations under Spence and McCain
Investigations led by Rep Floyd Spence and Sen John McCain reveal various issues across the armed services. Damaged readiness in the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune and budget strains in Navy and Air Force operations are cited alongside extended deployments and training gaps.
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Floyd Spence
North Carolina
House Armed Services Committee
John McCain
R-Ariz
Fort Hood
Haiti
Somalia
2Nd Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Navy
Air Force
Bosnia
Iraq
John Dallager
Clinton
U.N. policy failure in Bosnia spurs call to end mission
Washington writer argues that Serb downing of Capt. Scott O’Grady and ongoing Serb aggression expose U.N. humanitarian bias and bureaucratic cowardice. Akashi’s veto and peacekeeping rules erode retaliation and threaten NATO obligations, warning U.S. and European support will collapse and the arms embargo end.
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Washington
Scott O’grady
Bosnia
Belgrade
United Nations
O'Grady
U.N
U.S
Yasushi Akashi
Akashi
Boutros Boutros- Ghali
O’grady
France
Russia
United Nations Command
ex-Yugoslavia
NATO
Clinton
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Defense
William Perry
Perry
Rep
Barney Frank
D-Mass
United States
Carl Mundy Jr
Marine Corps
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Nunn
Scott Feil
Feil
Robert Coffey
Coffey
U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
R.ariz
Vietnam
McCain
Slobodan Milosevic
Tan
Sen
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