European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July stars and stripes t if Page it a few questions for Aspin the after a welcomed respite of several months we Are again bludgeoned by the tiresome and Boring commentary of Les on his favorite subject military pension seems to me its time for the Congress Man to provide to readers with something to compare the military pension system for a full accounting of the con pension Here Are a few questions the Congress Man should Ponder and hopefully for the american Public and the service men and Watt your retirement income be after 20 years in the House what Stu be the source of your retire retirement or defeat will you be forbidden from acquiring a second government Job which promises another government pension will your age be at retirement a defeat after 20 years Many of the id years will you have spent away from your family Many different schools will your Many family moves will you have made during the 20 years is your current in comets please include All such coat of airfare to and from your Home stale of stationery office staff in Wash and your Home medical and dental reduced Cost and a fair accounting of the con who indicate that the service members retirement plan int nearly so out of line As you would have the Public the comparison of the set and established military pension system with the rather fluid yearly Cost of building planes and ships would appear be invalid at Best a similar Cost run during world War d and the Peak years of the Vietnam conflict would be another fair question for the Congress Man have you polled Ike american tax payers on their attitudes toward the military pension system As every Ameri can taxpayer has benefited substantially from the armed would venture a guess that the opposition to the current system would he 1 would venture another guess that the majority of the taxpayers would More readily Welcome a major overhaul of con Gressional spending As a Means at solving the problems of inflation and increased comments imply that service member Are not included As contributors to the military pension system through i believe we Alt contrib i Ute toward nor retirement seems to me the United states is Fortu Nate in having men an women who voluntarily select the military service As a Way of and Are willing to contribute 20 or Man of the prime Yean of their lives to the Security of our without the Lon term what would we have four alar generals and sergeant majors Wanh three years in the Armyl an attractive retirement plan is an absolute necessity to maintain a professional armed had i thought 37 years ago t would have Towai until age to draw i doubt i would be Here in Europe unaccompanied Walling for quarters for my leaving part of my family Back Home educational wondering if the dependent school system will enable my children to be competitive with their Peers when they return to schools whether the family car wll out during the next three if the household goods we had to store Back Home will be usable in three any jobs available on the con for an aged infantry aviator t believe a Tot of us would gladly Trade and retirement plans with provided the Job descriptions remain Hyem sch Wabitsch Germany Retiree pay Gripe Well folks that proverbial knife in the Back of the service member has been twisted wonder Bow Long before it pierces the heart in a recent stars and stripes we had to along with our morning Hes fuming about diesel Story As a three time diesel owner among 12 gasoline powered can fiver 20 1 offer the following concerning your article diesel Ite Only drawbacks which i admit for Lam acceleration which leads to More conservative Marks when they Lhotse especially at a Jer to Start up to one and a half minutes heating time on a very cold morn int they Are Art Hart to they just for the other disadvantages listed in the they Are mostly imaginary when applied to paste her i would sex diesel fumes Are far less harmful and far More the win end to a Large degree on the adjustment condition of the injection pump and Load san Asimus Gas is simply the Bur Cylinder Diese and that All that Jas available to passenger cars until Mer recent Model very Little More than an inline gasoline to state that Mercedes Benz does not charge More for us diesel can is mislead the cheapest Mercedes Benz diesel 240 d available for Export to the costs less than the cheapest gasoline Model available for Export the but Model for Model in the 200 d versus the 200 220 d versus 220 the diesel la More your article left out one of the most appealing aspects of the diesel to those of us who have owned and appreciated because of sturdier engine governed engines and Tower revolutions ser sods consistently run Mues Between and they Start Noder bitter cold circumstances when nothing else and the feature i Roost apr eclat the Flo spark distributor or ignition these Are the areas which cause Well Over a per cent of the problems most people have with their diesels wont be for but they Are an excellent Choice for anyone who wants exceptional reliability and Good Italy Federal Job taken after get the crap of thet tory being in reference to double dip Ping and How a Btu is being introduced to prevent military people be they officer or from drawing the penal on earned after 20 or More Yean of service to their if they go Back into the country service in a civilian to quote George its a matter of people make Good pensions should not also get Good government jobs when there Are Many unemployed to further quote Tram the body of the article about half of the military personnel who can retire after 20 service with full pensions Are to their late 3ts or Early just what do you people in the kill want a military full or oldmen and women to go fight a War so pot u be Neces sary one of the main conto tents heard by members of  Kim feed by Tho younger is where to move up because a service member retires la not always his a staff sergeant is cant stay beyond 20 a technical sergeant e5i beyond 23 or a master sergeant past this is the air but 1 imagine the other services Are therefore retirement usually Falls in the late ids to Early now on the subject of Good pensions and full these Are Only Fig ured on base pay and Ihen Only m per notion benefits ances and the Retiree is restricted on some of his benefits As it la Active duty de Pendents of Active retirees and then their dependents want the general Public to believe tha retired service member is sponging off the tax pay dont bother to mention the retired service member pays taxes regardless if he goes Back to work for the government or works outside the at today go per cent base pay ranges from t3s3m for a staff sergeant with 20 years to for a technical ser Geant with 23 years loss for a master sergeant that stays 26 pay remains the same if a technical sergeant gets out at 20 and if a master sergeant gels out at 20 congressman you or anyone else including the civilian Popula Tion of our country that those figures Are a living granted officers and senior enlisted make More of that so per cent but in most instances it still int still the largest percentage of retirees who do go to work again for the govern ment Are the lower and contrary to popular the majority dont jump into the highest paying civil service jobs and they Are still raising families and Starling out All Over including need ing furniture and Good any combination of one to All of Tell me do you or any of your cohorts want to Trade places with the military under the same set of i doubt Roberta Sembach Germany families Oversea surged of late i have had certain thoughts concerning the economics of the while certain senators push for cutbacks and elimination of Many of our 1 wander Why it int possible to make Sav Ings work rather than those of a in and associated with the various serv i know that a Good part of the military i that tall the unstable lobe a place even Riti theres Utate lobe i but Oerth Althere Are r could be maw taxpayers and Peop Waukee upon Recel Vanl the married Soldier and his family have a decision to make the often times Virtu Matt Aad always trying move foreign country Leav ing behind things familiar and loved ones for a Long time or leave the family at Home f or a Shorter tour of but in Europe this Short Lour is still two an extreme separation  Choice id lot fit Iemole make better world travellers of but for our the three years in Europe have been an Overly his a won nifty of using is not pleas j Kerful place to Anu i t know thai cheap for the government to Send household goods and automobile to not to mention the Tab there picking up for the remainder of our household goods in Stor age in the would it not save Money to move fewer families to to have lengths of overseas Tours of u the unaccompanied Lour could be reduced to 18 10 alleviating great m for the Many families who dont really want to make the move would find 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