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Page 7292
... reserve stocks as well , so that they could engage in combat for sustained periods of time . The achievement of this objective has not been easy . For many years our military plans far exceeded the forces available to support them , and ...
... reserve stocks as well , so that they could engage in combat for sustained periods of time . The achievement of this objective has not been easy . For many years our military plans far exceeded the forces available to support them , and ...
Page 7293
... reserve sufficient to meet the logistic standards associated with our contingency war plans . All of these requirements are susceptible to calculation and there is nothing to be gained by buying more than we need at any particular time ...
... reserve sufficient to meet the logistic standards associated with our contingency war plans . All of these requirements are susceptible to calculation and there is nothing to be gained by buying more than we need at any particular time ...
Page 7294
... Reserve Forces . The new forces must be equipped and supplied . Second , we do not normally provide in advance for combat attri- tion of such major weapon systems as aircraft and ships because of the great cost involved . I understand ...
... Reserve Forces . The new forces must be equipped and supplied . Second , we do not normally provide in advance for combat attri- tion of such major weapon systems as aircraft and ships because of the great cost involved . I understand ...
Page 7363
... Reserve and Guard , we had 23 . Mr. PIKE . How many do you have today ? Secretary MCNAMARA . We have 23 wings active . Not all of them have a full complement of fighter aircraft , but this is without calling the Reserve and Guard . Mr ...
... Reserve and Guard , we had 23 . Mr. PIKE . How many do you have today ? Secretary MCNAMARA . We have 23 wings active . Not all of them have a full complement of fighter aircraft , but this is without calling the Reserve and Guard . Mr ...
Page 7373
... reserve had been generally accepted , the airlift required to move these forces was completely inadequate , and there was not enough amphibious lift to move the Marine Corps Forces . Although a great deal of attention had been paid to ...
... reserve had been generally accepted , the airlift required to move these forces was completely inadequate , and there was not enough amphibious lift to move the Marine Corps Forces . Although a great deal of attention had been paid to ...
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ABRAMS additional Admiral COLWELL Admiral FAHY Admiral MARTIN Admiral McDONALD Admiral SWEENEY Air Force aircraft airlift airplane AMSA Army attack base BATES BLANDFORD BOB WILSON bomber budget capability carrier CHAIRMAN CHESAREK Chief of Staff close air support combat committee Communist contract cost deleted deployment engine equipment escorts fallout shelter fiscal year 1967 fleet fuel funds GERRITY Go ahead HARDY HÉBERT helicopter improved included increase logistic Marine Corps McCONNELL Mendel Rivers ment military million missile Naval Navy nuclear power nuclear propulsion operations percent personnel PHILBIN PIKE PIRNIE plane PRICE problem procurement question radar reclama replenishment requested Reserve Secretary BROWN Secretary MCNAMARA Secretary NITZE Secretary RESOR ships South Vietnam southeast Asia Soviet squadrons STANDARD missile strategic submarines tactical targets thing tion U.S. Army units V/STOL vehicles Vietcong weapons
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Page 7844 - Force, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps in overseas areas on attache or mission aircraft.
Page 7312 - They are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law.
Page 7543 - The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution.
Page 7543 - In the last analysis, the Marxist-Leninist theory of proletarian revolution is the theory of the seizure of state power by revolutionary violence, the theory of countering war against the people by people's war. As Marx so aptly put it, "Force is the midwife of every old society pregnant with a new one.
Page 7543 - Everything is divisible. And so is this colossus of US imperialism. It can be split up and defeated. The peoples of Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions can destroy it piece by piece, some striking at its head and others at its feet.
Page 7321 - First, against the forces we expect the Soviets to have during the next decade, it will be virtually impossible for us to be able to ensure anything approaching complete protection for our population, no matter how large the general nuclear war forces we were to provide, including even the hypothetical possibility of striking first.
Page 8022 - The purpose of the change is to effect the committee's desire to increase the number of surface naval vessels which will possess the invaluable ability to cruise with almost unlimited endurance.
Page 7523 - Department-wide activities include: the management and staff advisory functions of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the organization of the Joint Chiefs...
Page 7292 - I will be discussing costs in terms of "total obligational authority" (TOA), that is, the full cost of an annual increment of a program regardless of the year in which the funds are authorized, appropriated, or expended. These costs will differ, in many cases, from the amounts requested for authorization and appropriation, especially in the procurement accounts where certain prior year funds are available to finance 1965 programs.
Page 7321 - In order to assess the capabilities of our general nuclear war forces over the next several years, we must take into account the size and character of the forces the Soviets are likely to have during the same period.