European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 02, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 2, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 unit studies mail delivery on saturday Washington  Yumlu Toliu Tan m co Nouwt on Ondon Mont a to Doport Mon of . Including in my Loury Sopor Tronu. Ill glory m drop Tho Sun Ond strip of Apo Ami incur Stinulus it Sun no strtpo.7 pm town 11  Mia Don Raudt it Germony. Tol Gros Norm c or la miss i f w Oon rotol Airstrip pro feb 2171 741. Tola Mhz not York Ohio room my. Jot Vorlick st., York 10014.  Laroo cat 2t� 4�tto. Sound  Newyork. . News bureaus aug Twig. Germony. Ron Kon Tody. Building 4. Rooert my Loury pm or Augsburg Civ Anil. Oor Mony. Fiord Horrington. Building Al Borocki. Logo cml ill Story no Lorn or woo am Nom org. Cor my. Ota Smyc. Building ii. Wullum 0. Torsy Odom. Nunt Ury 7js. Or Nom org cd. Molt .  memo Mill. W . Torti Oloko. A pogner.1usii old. I at  Miu Onmin  Wou Langton . John . Oast a. No  1ejs4. Wou Gwi my. W. Oan w my. Circulation offices tetters to the editor keep All soldiers fit tips from a Waistline worrier1 10 often the Zonini Floii of yer used pm the too ofte the opinions expressed on the utilization of women in the army reflect a preoccupation with the age old debate male is. Female who is Superior it is unfortunate that studies prefer to pit men against women rather than encouraging the maximum development of every sol Dier. Statistics can be made to accommodate any purpose. For example the following situation is continually used As an excuse to allow the poor physical condition of women soldiers. Male soldiers and female soldiers Are Given a specific physical goal and identical training. The men Are Able to attain the goal the women Are not it is concluded that the women soldiers Are not physically capable of meeting the same physical requirements As the male sol Diers. I contend that Only the effectiveness of the training program should be consid ered. The program was unable to prepare the female soldiers to meet the require ments. The situation did not measure the potential of the soldiers Only the application of the program and its effectiveness on both male and female soldiers. A training program developed by using the relationship Between the Soldier s cur rent physical state and the goals established by the army would enable Al soldiers to attain the same physical goals. The army can t guarantee soldiers in non combat roles that they will never find themselves in a combat situation. Many times in the past a support unit has found itself instantly turned into a front line unit. A female Soldier who suddenly found her self in a front line environment would be at a drastic disadvantage and in dire need of the combat training afforded the male sol Dier. I would like to see All soldiers capable of defending themselves and providing sup port in any situation. There is no place for a Soldier who can t carry their own weight. Women soldiers should not be denied the training that will make them an asset at All times regardless of their primary role in the military. Keep All soldiers physically fit and combat ready. Give every Soldier the training necessary to fight effectively when necessary and to survive. Spec. 4 Susamu e. Scar Anuno Hanau Germany re the recent report on fitness and slimming. I have been a Waistline worrier for years and never had much Success until i actually started to Analyse Why i ate so much and what i should do about it. Your articles were filled with information that relates to me very clearly. I eat out. Of boredom and i rationalize my fat. I have been a Yoyo going from 155 pounds to us More than once. I have tried not eating All Day then eating Only once but that once was too much. I love schnitzel cheese and All those delicious chocolates and ice creams. Hunger is pain and satiety is Bliss i am guilt Ridden when i have stuffed myself and usually react by eating More. Those Are a few examples that Are mentioned in the series but there Are More. The main reason for this letter is to pos Sibly give someone else the desire to get into the problem and defeat it. I made up a list of things that 1 do or Don t do to get slim and stay there. I am human and i Don t always succeed but my successful Days far outnumber the unsuccessful ones. 1. Instead of eating a big lunch go to the gym and exercise. If you eat a Light lunch 400 calories and work out you break even. If you eat a 1,000-caloric lunch and Don t work out you Are Down 1.000. 2. Eat something for breakfast and lunch. Don t snack 3. When rationalizing to keep the fat rationalize to get rid of it.4. If you blew it yesterday put All that behind you and look to today and Tomor Row. 5. Have a desired goal and once there have a Cut off weight above this goal five pounds where you mentally condition yourself to Stop. 6. Once the weight is close to the desired goal buy new clothes and uniforms. Give away All the oversized clothes. 1 found that the new clothes give you a look and feel of Slimm Ness but Are tight enough to remind you to keep going. U you keep those old clothes it is very easy to slip them on. 7. Get interested in something and stay Busy during those snack tempting periods on weekends and other off duty times. 8. Have the wife serve up Only enough to allow continuance of a diet or maintenance of the desired weight when you Are finished eating leave the table. 9. Allow periodic splurge to eat whatever you want. Once i be done this and gone running is not a combat tactic a Ortw Bora. Clun rate. Mil a no non i. Mil nit front . A. Usu or a  cd Mil. Mil vog Olaon not Mukk Civ Soso of tits Mil nor a Borg. Cd it North Corr in re Ion. Rnoin.m.,n Mil ii a or of Stu Rigort. Civ il4s�, Mil a. Croon Alnonia. Cd to ind emf Iwon. Luly log Nom Mil pm Darby Ian. Sum Modred cd. 20s7s44 or Torrejon air by Mil 1�4�.turuv Liu Newl Civ 6uin. Omlid kingdom Groom we ,ci44 ,l,ury462u.t m. After Reading a recent letter concerning the army s run for your life program which termed it another piece of Fatu Ity i am convinced that writer had Misc on trued the purpose of running. First of All running is not a combat tactic nor does the army have a running program in order to develop fast run  on the contrary it is an exercise that has been proven to reduce the risk of heart attack improve stamina increase hog capability and an effective Way to maintain a healthy body weight. After getting Over the soreness that nor Mally accompanies trying to get int shape few will deny that they feel better and subsequently perform better regard less of their jobs. Consequently because the individuals feel better they Are More Apt to be menial by Alert thus creating a High state of combat  few occupations demand anything less than this High state of mental alertness that is derived from being in Good physical  is conceivable that not everyone will be Able to run two Miles in 17 minutes whether they Are in Good shape or not but it is necessary to set and define goals in order to motivate those individuals who would otherwise expend Little or no Effort. Judging from the context of the letter the individual appears intelligent and Well versed on the capabilities of our enemy  however it is doubtful that a bomb attack is imminent now or anytime in the foreseeable future. Instead of living in fear Why not count our Many Blessing and live life in a positive constructive fashion. Spec. 4 Richard v. Bledsoe Darmstadt Germany Back to the Del i discover that i did t really need it so much after All. 10. Look in the Mirror and poke your fat Behy. If 1 see and fed it i want to be rid of it. If i see my body is slim and touch my Flat Abdomen my resolve to stay that Way to  run oreo. 11. Look at other people t say a myself i used to took like that or i am going to be slim like  12. I always remind myself that this Battle is continual and i cant give up. I Don t want to go Back to what i was. 13. Help another fat person to get it to Gether. This will reinforce your resolve by acting As a personal Way of rewarding yourself by helping. 14. Tell someone you respect that you Are going to lose x number of pounds by x Date. This Promise might be enough to keep you on the program and not lose face with that respected person. Finally even though i have bad a degree of Success i can look at the system of weight control in the army and foresee problems. Too Many fat people Are Only weighed told to lose weight and Given a diet Booklet we have Abc officers and cos we have training cos we have a a officers and cos Why should t we have a weight control officer or no Why not have a program at battalion level that uses group therapy programs such As those listed in the series of course As with any additional duty the individual assigned that duty must be motivated to do More than meet the requirements of regulations. Let s get off this negative approach and use a system that will improve a persons health and looks while featuring human understanding and communication. Cd Charles e. Broten Wiesbaden value of fitness re Usa eur s run for your life program As a piece of  the letter showed the writer had a better grasp of his dictionary than on reality. Recent history does not support his premise that the next conflict win result in a mad game of genocide Between two super  the Universal awareness that there would be no winners in such a game is what has kept every conflict since world War ii on a conventional level howver this fact is of Only secondary importance because the nature of War is irrelevant to a discussion of the merits of physical conditioning. Running builds endurance a desirable Quality in combat or any other Endeavor. The writer is Correct in stating that it is immaterial whether a Soldier can run two Miles in 20 minutes or 17. The Benefit from any Standard is primarily psychological. Striving for meeting maintaining or better yet surpassing a set Standar builds Confidence within the individual and within the unit that can spell the difference Between Success and failure whether the test be actual combat or any of a multitude of lesser challenges. Given the writer s Bleak View of our Mil itary preparedness the alternative he pro poses to a physical fitness program that of digging bomb shelters is somewhat sur prising. The Utility of bomb shelters in an occupied Europe would be limited at Best. It is unfortunate that the writer can t seethe value of physical conditioning in Mili tary preparedness and feels the our leaders Are trying to dupe him. For it it per that he has failed to consider a  Point hopefully we shall be Able to fulfil our int info of preserving Freedom without going to War in Europe and there can be Little doubt in a rational mind that physical fitness has a greater peacetime Utility than bomb shelters. -1st it Howard e. Berner