European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July the stars and stripes 11 i am writing n a it Tai pleads for understanding am a it artery policeman anti i am required to pull rite duty several a would ilk the people who Comton a few military dont Mike the and we just enforce dont complain to us about our dumb to stupid its really upsetting when of Pendents of officers Tell us who they and think we should Bend the rules just for such As letting them bring their privately owned on base without a is the officer who brings unauthorized people on Post thinking their rank is enough people who forget Mieir ident Lyl Caen you know you must carry your identification cards at All that an army and a German regu so dont get upset with the military policeman who refuses you Access to he fifth la running the giving he excuse there want any Stop the military policeman standing there is your Stop Only when he Waves you through should you that what we Are there not or decoration and our is the he is the one who thinks we can Check identification cards and passes while Hes is feet away and still we Are required to Check expiration make sure they Are not altered and they belong to the along with Tjie Flasher comes the impatient he gels upset when the military policeman in t there the second he pulls his identification card or pass please try to remember we have to Check those in ears As Well As we Are human and cant be in two places at we have to stand out there 12 hours a no matter now hot or How hard its so the next Lime you enter a military installation try to have a Little respect Tor the military we Are there for your Protection not to harass thes Cui Ionah Emit of Elmer a Hindt Tim in my War him Vort Ortw torn Toi n when you see us Suh Duhg there trying to do our Job try a smile and a Little it helps make the Day a Little brighter for and the Vertri the military police the game some 1 instances of sub Ltd disservice and some overt example of skillful Avo dance of i Womer it these cases Are fare or an just taken As accepted behaviour in these times of frequent political cover ups and similar i to you a few thoughts on the Sibit Detlof integrity Man Dull of the fact that that la my own How often Nave Yogi been completely frustrated from Lack of service or from service that left you in a poorer condition than when you started when one must step Back and see where we Are heading la the performance of our duties and How the Quality of hat performance affects the duties of other is the frustration you experience due to other people not doing their Job correctly and to Best of their ability and Are you per forming Well according to your own Capa win How Many times have you heard about people giving other people the Runa round so As not to be or pass an individual or task off to someone else just so the Job did not have to Cut into their lunch break when you Call an office for you get passed from one person to the next for half an hour until someone finally agrees to help you regardless of the the Cost in Lime and utilities is enormous and ultimately degrades your own Job perform the european theater of operations is very demanding and requires a High degree of cooperation from All la is because of this great demand that pres sure sometimes overrides our own Interi tap or efforts to cover up a deficiency by vague explanations and rhetorical orations should not be relied upon to attain a proficiency let alone attempting to be now the game becomes More in order to accomplish a hectic schedule of numerous tasks in minimum we search for Short and when duties become favors the system bogs at the Point where ils not what you its whom you know becomes the deter mining then Quality is jeopardized and the system verges on Bui is this not in keeping with the times so Are we really As Good As we say we Are Are we accomplishing the Mission be cause we really Are or because we say we Are Are the reports and documents truth Ful or Are the budgets padded and the squares Pencil whipped How Many people have friends who will ease things atack for them but at the same time hinder the Progress of others How often do we find ourselves playing the game and neglecting the reality performance of duty must not be misconstrued As a every per sons career and personal endear ors Are real and must be respected by everyone else or our society will be greatly circuit two of webs Clent function of Day today a unities requires he Best performance from each member of the system and entails the fun cooperation Between individuals to Slick to relevant tasks of importance As determined by and priority Means doing what is most critical to real Mission Charles Mccrea England recent and Conlen Iling articles Iri Navy concerning at plus views on he military As Calls disturbs me very not Only because of his efforts to abolish retire ment pay far servicemen upon being Bow rally after 20 Yean of Active duty but also be cause like Romany other human dedication loyalty to our and personal to dollars and a we Purchase peace through taxation in not talking about Money for defense malarial and Are necessary of in talking about the Price peace dials paid through months of from families and friends of living the austere life aboard ship or at an isolated Shore and the ultimate Price paid by soldiers and sailors since the struggle for peace voluntary Yon say separation no but it has to be and Mili tary men and women have accepted fact knowing that the it i May Call it is waiting at the end of 20 years of service compensation known the world Over As retirement the term retirement pay is actually a perhaps More correctly it should be called military service compensation but by whatever name it is Aspin seems Overly concerned about military retirees working after having served 20 years of Hon Orab Leand Vallab Touty tour would Aspin prefer that we stand in slate welfare lines talk about wasted tax dollars of course Well have to Mili tary retirement pay int the ultimate in living no one claims the Issue int whether we work or after but that the Mili tary Man or woman retiring earned the right to collect their retirement pay the answer is simple it  be otherwise if the 24 Hou Raday on Call every Day for 20 years of maintaining peace Means anything at How can you possibly repay career military families Tor the months even years of hardship caused by multiple household moves and separation take away the retirement pay or make it unavailable for an additional 20 or 25 and you will Hen be tasked with justifying to your constituents the unbelievable Cost of training military men and women every year for the same jobs because the voluntary career Force will most surely dwindle to a precious the Cost of that kind of continuous training would make the Cost of retirement pay seem like a drop in the if Freedom and peace Are Worth any thing at Alt to As it certainly 1 feel they will gladly pay for that with their tax dollars rather than Bear the Cost of supporting High rolling politicians with their padded expense accounts year after on the out Side Chance you May not have con Gress voted themselves a raise to pay plus an additional in expense Money that raise alone is nearly double my yearly income com spend a three year tour aboard in enlisted with multiple deployments taking you away from All thai you hold materially and physically Asp int then decide who is really paying the Price for waging Lee Robinson join Kennedy editors Aspin re to contrary to the i do not speak of off Llady service Undy dollars and 1 in addressed every one of the he me address item one by he asserts that separation from a Julia Jalob Tor lae Peosta lets wok at the extent of Force it it has about assignments Seal lend around of but Are la fated  Meam 3v4 ctn of the men and in the air are1 in am Menli away rom i Btl the Navy ii we rant any Ith Hoard assignment involves separa the Navy calculated for that avenge enlisted Mala win spent 3u per his Carer away rom hit family  monetary be justified for family but with a Varl meant i Atlon in to everyone to pay a ugh after extended any remuneration stemming Irby family spa Ratola should go to who an  they arc v 1 toe writer tiles the risk of use and of Mist of us men who pm soldiers who never put to enough time to to ally for a As far the again there wide variation to potential exposure Between a Marine Rifleman and an air Force dental if risk of we wry limb special  that compensation be paid to use whose lives Are moist at Ruk v t1w writers nil Point is thai retire ment pay it an earned no one questions i Altube Point Bow much it a fair and reasonable Amant the pension system was designed in the Era of Low Mili tary it was planned in part to make up for the Lousy in a it was feared but in the last decade we changed the entire pay philosophy and jacked Active duly pay Way once we changed the pay ii became incumbent on us to bring the pension system in we Avent done that i happen to believe that career service men deserve a Good i also believe Belr retired pay should be signing Candy better than that paid in the private sector perhaps three or four times but right military pensions Are running seven times greater than equivalent schemes in private Industry that is u the writer argues that without the generous pension the Force will most surely Dandle to a pre Cious he opened letter by saying that i talked enly dollars and now he Utts Only Dollan and i Happes to have a higher Spect for toe bulk of the career 1 hear from Many career men and women who love service life and us Challenge r in Sells and who want to slay in regard Tew of the arc the dedicated people we want to a we really want someone Tali Only in Beacom at the Golden pot at me end of the i year rain Bow the writer Bighrom Toldi Pou actans who have Jost voted them rivet a pay i opposed that raise As i have opposed All proposed Cong res Donal pay i agree that congressional benefits Are excessive and have joined in numerous to trim benefits for careerists  Etc Federal government in us Ibe civil serv it and Are Way out of line with the civilian Are a lot at where Federal bee4 be co Annaa b one of Bat Yon Caal defend excessive pen to Ibe defense department by trying to Cut excess benefits la both Congress and Tow your letter writer goes half Way with Why wont in go All the Way