Dangerous Hardware 2485
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senate does confirmation of general and flag officers
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When a promotion selection board adjourns, the results from the board are included in a package called the Board Record of Proceedings (or ROP for short). This package is then sent up through an approval process. The final approval authority varies depending on which board it is. All active duty LCDR through CAPT boards must ultimately be approved and 'confirmed' by the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC for short).
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I think that there has been some amount in the press about cheney-rumsfeld trying to stress special forces, quick reaction, etc ... at the expense of the big set pieces (which puts them at odds with tradional army , industrial organizations, congressional districts, etc.
Rumsfeld OKs expansion of commando forces Donald Rumsfeld Rumsfeld's New Man, The latest move to radically remake the Army Rummy's New War, The secretary of defense invades the Army.
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As Donald Rumsfeld gears up for his war on the U.S. Army, the Army is preparing to fight back. I noted here two weeks ago Rumsfeld's opening May Day fusillade, in which he let it be known that his new secretary of the Army would be James Roche.
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Secretary of Enron Exits Blasting the Crusader The Big Guns; The White House wants to kill the Army's Crusader artillery system.
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It's an annual rite of pbuttage that has often prompted military brbutt to butt heads with members of Congress and the administration and, in some cases, with each other, as different branches of the nation's defense fight to preserve budget dollars that in turn pay for big-ticket weapons.
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SELECTED ACQUISITION REPORT
When I served time in our Navy I was buttigned such programmer-clerical-software sysadmin work. I was a ULM, which has a rank of three in the...
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The Army's Crusader self propelled howitzer is in play. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the Army to cancel it, but members of Congress moved quickly to save it by inserting protective language in the draft defense authorization legislation. The stage is now set for a clbuttic Versailles food fight
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