Department of Defense Appropriations for 1968: Hearings ... 90th Congress, 1st Session

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Page 77 - ... funds and push the timing of the submission of a supplemental into the future, I think we will be able to come forward with a more precise estimate of our total requirements * * *." With regard to the additional $569 million added by the House for active duty military personnel, I pointed out that our military personnel strength estimates were still fluctuating widely. I suggested that rather than coming forward with one personnel estimate today and a different one tomorrow, and constantly changing...
Page 345 - Allied forces are in the Republic of Vietnam because that country is the object of aggression and its government requested support in the resistance of its people to aggression. They shall be withdrawn, after close consultation, as the other side withdraws its forces to the North, ceases infiltration, and the level of violence thus subsides. Those forces will be withdrawn as soon as possible and not later than six months after the above conditions have been fulfilled.
Page 386 - Chairman; the Chief of Staff of the Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the principal military adviser to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 284 - The appropriation requested is a consolidation of the estimates of the military departments for: retired pay of military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force...
Page 321 - COMMUNICATIONS The communications category includes both the Defense Communications System (DCS) and certain non-DCS communications operated by the military departments. The DCS elements include the worldwide, longhaul, owned and leased, point-to-point, wire, cable and radio communications facilities. Its two principal elements are the automatic voice network (Autovon) and the automatic digital network (Autodin).
Page 498 - We will do that, sir. (The information is classified and has been furnished separately to the committee.) Senator SYMINGTON.
Page 285 - Chapter 61 of Title 10, United States Code. During this 5-year period, physical examinations are required at least once every 18 months to determine whether such individuals (a) have recovered from their disability and can be returned to active duty, (b) should be discharged, or (c) should be transferred to the permanent disability rolls.
Page 331 - The funds in this appropriation are required by the Secretary of Defense for emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising in the Department of Defense, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense. Such expenses may be accounted for solely on his certificate that the expenditures were necessary for confidential military purposes.
Page 192 - This will provide for pay and allowances of airmen and officers on active duty training, unit training assemblies, clothing, subsistence, travel and other personnel expenses. The amount requested exceeds the appropriation for fiscal year 1963 by $5.3 million.
Page 115 - ... devices, precision tracking of the target, and control of the defense interceptor missiles. The TACMAR Radar is a scaled down, slightly less complex and less powerful version of the MAR, which can perform all the basic defense functions in a smaller, less sophisticated attack. The Perimeter Acquisition Radar (PAR) is a phased-array radar required for the very long-range search and acquisition functions involved in area defense. To achieve the full potential of the extended-range SPARTAN, the...

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