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The article offers information on the preparations of U.S. men and officers for their fight if the war comes in Germany. It notes their practice alerts that within two hours of the first cry of the sirens, the 14,617-man 3rd Armored Division of the U.S. Seventh Army is braced in battle deployment against any Communist thrust. Moreover, the thermonuclear deterrent, strategic missiles and bombs are the main shield of the U.S. that remain to discourage Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev.

The article focuses on the battlefield rebellion of U.S. military servicemen deployed in the Vietnam War. It says that Lieutenant Eugene Shurtz Jr., a green company commander of Company A of the 196th Light Infantry Brigrade's Third Batallion, has refused an order to advance at Song Chang Valley in Vietnam due to leadership problem with his five protesting soldiers. Furthermore, Shurtz was transferred to an administrative position while the soldiers have not been given any disciplinary action.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including the military balance in the southern part of Vietnam, the importance of Community Organizer Frank Ditto in Detroit, Michigan and discussions on pickpockets.

The article reports on the military force mandated by Walter Ulbricht to People's Army from East Germany to stop the flow of refugees with 1,000 per day as of the last week of July, 1961. It presents the social situation in East Germany including Dresden, the most devastated area due to the World War II. It highlights the refugee exodus of desperate Eastern Germans from Dresden to West of Germany.

The article focuses on the changes in the military code of France. It notes that soldier Charles de Gaulle has issued an edict requiring soldiers to reason out why they blindly follow commands that are against national security. It says that General Fernand Gambiez and others had rewritten the military code, wherein one the new provisions allows soldiers to refuse punishing prisoners and civilians by cruel treatment. However, it notes that some French troops are dejected with the new provisions.

The article focuses on the anticipation for the right-wing military leaders in Dominican Republic to be deployed by President Hector Garcia-Godoy to their diplomatic posts abroad.

The article offers information on the court-martial of sergeant Charles Hutto, who is accused of mass killing in My Lai in Vietnam. It states that Hutto in his defense stated that he was merely following the orders of his seniors. His court-martial exposed several armed force officers. Hutto's defense attorney Edward Magill, who argued that the defendant presumed that the orders given by the seniors will be legal, therefore he committed the assault. The judge declared that though he was ordered by the seniors, but he had the ability to decide for himself whether or not the act was illegal. The March 1968 massacre gave rise to concern among the U.S. armed forces about the ability of its officers give out legal orders.

The article reports that Argentinean President José María Guido issued a presidential decree that dissolves all political parties and recessing Congress for a year which effectively suspends democracy. It states that in Argentina, the military discreetly rule the country, and their decree was aimed against exiled dictator Juan D. Perón which has stirred negative reactions. It adds that the nation's economic health is rapidly failing and is suffering from dictatorship.