Department of Defense Appropriations for 1960: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, Volume 8, Parts 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 |
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... divisions and numerous other units . The Navy will op- erate 864 active ships , about the same number as planned for the end of the current fiscal year . For their traditional role of being bat ready force , the Marine Corps will ...
... divisions and numerous other units . The Navy will op- erate 864 active ships , about the same number as planned for the end of the current fiscal year . For their traditional role of being bat ready force , the Marine Corps will ...
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... Divisions ... Armored cavalry regiments . Armored combat commands .. Brigades ( Infantry ) . Battle groups ( Infantry ) . Field Artillery missile groups ( heavy ) . Army missile commands . Air defense antiaircraft battalions . Guided ...
... Divisions ... Armored cavalry regiments . Armored combat commands .. Brigades ( Infantry ) . Battle groups ( Infantry ) . Field Artillery missile groups ( heavy ) . Army missile commands . Air defense antiaircraft battalions . Guided ...
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... divisions there . Mr. MAHON . Do they have a fairly good air force ? General TWINING . Very good . Secretary MCELROY . We have forces in Okinawa and also in Japan that could be moved right in to Taiwan . We could do what we did Then we ...
... divisions there . Mr. MAHON . Do they have a fairly good air force ? General TWINING . Very good . Secretary MCELROY . We have forces in Okinawa and also in Japan that could be moved right in to Taiwan . We could do what we did Then we ...
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... divisions in different degrees of training . Some are pretty fair and some are not very good at all . Mr. FORD . What is your general impression of the effectiveness of our allies this year compared to last year ? General TWINING . I ...
... divisions in different degrees of training . Some are pretty fair and some are not very good at all . Mr. FORD . What is your general impression of the effectiveness of our allies this year compared to last year ? General TWINING . I ...
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... divisions ; the bloc , 217. So they have a total of 392 , and we have 18 plus of our allies , so we have - the free world . in Mr. FLOOD . How many of those Russian divisions — just give us an educated guess - are skeleton and paper ...
... divisions ; the bloc , 217. So they have a total of 392 , and we have 18 plus of our allies , so we have - the free world . in Mr. FLOOD . How many of those Russian divisions — just give us an educated guess - are skeleton and paper ...
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active additional Admiral BURKE air defense Air Force aircraft ANDREWS antisubmarine antisubmarine warfare appropriation ATLAS attack carriers ballistic missile bases bomber budget capability Chairman Chiefs of Staff combat command committee Congress cost Department of Defense destroyers effective equipment expenditures facilities fiscal year 1960 fleet FLOOD FORD funds going guided missile ICBM improved increased Joint Chiefs LAIRD limited limited war MAHON Marine Corps ment military personnel million modern Naval Navy nuclear obligational authority Office Operation and maintenance OSTERTAG percent POLARIS POLARIS missile problem procurement question range record reduced REGULUS reliability requested research and development Reserve RILEY Secretary BRUCKER Secretary DOUGLAS Secretary GATES Secretary MCELROY Secretary of Defense SHEPPARD shipbuilding ships SIKES Soviet Soviet Union statement strategic strength submarines targets TAYLOR thing tion TWINING U.S. Army United weapon systems World War II
Popular passages
Page 663 - Force, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps in overseas areas on attache or mission aircraft.
Page 664 - Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, we have a multitude of initiatives well underway to make our infrastructure more effective and less costly.
Page 231 - The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advance naval bases, and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.
Page 783 - OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I welcome the opportunity to introduce the presentation of the Air Force budget request and estimates for fiscal year 1960.
Page 231 - It shall be responsible for the preparation of naval forces necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned, and. In accordance with Integrated joint mobilization plans, for the expansion of the peacetime components of the Navy to meet the needs of war.
Page 298 - We were told by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
Page 225 - Memorandum for the Secretaries of the military departments; the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Assistant Secretaries of Defense; the General Counsel; the assistants to the Secretary of Defense; and the Directors, defense agencies.
Page 656 - January 23, 1059 in the record at this point. Mr. MAHON. Without objection, it will be included. ( The statement referred to follows : ) STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, ADM. ARLEIGH BURKE, US NAVY, IN CONNECTION WITH CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1960 Part I. The Communist Threat. Part II. Fiscal Matters: Budget Process of the Navy.
Page 210 - Appropriation of a given amount for a particular activity constitutes only a ceiling upon the amount which should be expended for that activity. The administrative officials responsible for administration of an activity for which appropriation is made bear the final burden for rendering all necessary service with the smallest amount possible within the ceiling figure fixed by the Congress.
Page 227 - Government relating to the national security; to provide three military departments, separately administered, for the operation and administration of the Army, the Navy (including naval aviation and the United States Marine Corps), and the Air Force, with their assigned combat and service components; to provide for their authoritative coordination and unified direction under civilian control of the Secretary of Defense...