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Show " Command Improved For Emergency Force l a;HINGTON (AP) The Pentagon streamlined control of its brush rpencv forces Tuesday by assigning to the Army-Air Force fire erne r& d a1 defense responsibility for the Middle East, Southern Sa-A much of Africa. ' AS Th main effect will be to strip from the Navy an important com- sdjction it has long held in that vast area. However, the mand Jurl its cornmand of U. S. defenses in the Mediterranean, " -oThe powerful 6th Fleet is kept on patrol. f. where u' of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced the shift 't .. president Kennedy's approval I -I. . 'S . I s; He defined the purpose in these !e':' ords "The change in command ar- rangements consolidates under a & singie commander responsibilities i formerly fragmented among seve-!::; seve-!::; ral commanders." Gen Paul D. Adams, Command chief will take over some jobs n0w performed by Army headquar- 1 tens here, Continental Army Com-' Com-' mand headquarters at Ft. Monroe, J1 Va., and in Paris and London.; 10R. HIS AREA OF command was de-! de-! fined at the Middle East, Southern J Asia including India and Pakistan, to and Africa south of the Sahara. Unit, Un-it, der Adams will be military assis-x assis-x ; tance advisory groups and train-ing train-ing missions totaling about 1,000 2S ' : " ' a - men. m The Strike Command, which ope-rV ope-rV rates from MacGill Air Force Base in Florida, was created by Mc-,J Mc-,J Namara two years ago. DALE FLETCHER ... to interpret art !est ITS MISSION is planning and 5 organizing forces and military doc-fine doc-fine for dealing with emergencies around the world. The command 1 recently handled the airlift of an i armored division from Texas to i Germany in 63 hours. The command previously has had i no area responsibility. It has been 5 chiefly an Army-Air Force opera- 1 tion with eight Army divisions, 50 i tactical air squadrons and various other units of both services on call i when needed a force of about ! 200,000 men. |