European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Wedgie Day August thei Stass Abr fitful ifs marthas hell Carter really wants get their renter has Only three he Rte or month and pm really ruin anything Toto to go fun they Slart building a House on the next 1 dont know where hey get the info rna but 1 suspect the contractors have a nationwide computer that tells them to going to rent a House for the As soon As the word u they buy the lot next to the House and Start a a garage if that a new was no i rented a House in the there want another human being within when 1 signed the the next morning two bulldozers arrived and 1 Down All the men were want Ono of the men we told you rented the Fainsod House and we started building across we had the Home half finished when we we made so dropped everything and came out Here to build this House Why me i asked i Only gel a month do you have to build a House in August fits nothing one of the other men we always build houses when people Are of its the Best time of year to but nobody can get any everyone dreams of having his Little vacation Home by a rip pling Brook or next to a Blue Lagoon or on the Side of a but somebody has to build when its built another person comes along and id like one just like that so he buys the next lot and starts building his dream the Guy in the tint House bonkers while the Bouse next to him is being its happening All Over the the Hills Are alive with the sounds of Wood electric drills and dump trucks full of do you think youre special1 but i i t should get special All three men laughed and one that Why were you renters think you can get a free ride in the summertime and have a quiet vacation because you dont own a youre living in a dream wed rather Start a Bouse next to a renter than an owner any an owner will put up with a certain amount of the s Pes Tim map nor i m we wind until kill or arum form to Iun tra Iudita h pull Ivd in conium Cllon Wilt it lao at int Dtta Renwri of 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Weka senior officers now May that give if the base is Orud Allor said and even East As has the of the Call came in arid they launch our planes to be Awe to do gear Freddie the 13th air Force Clark easily serves As an alternate route to the Middle East f it is the air Force argument that the developing american basest in the Indian could serve As Are fueling Point for the two f4 phantom fight letters to the editor More thoughts on military pay the recent article that was published in the stars and stripes entitled pay study military compensation panel begins review of present wants views of plus an in he Baa prompted me to write my thoughts will parallel Many other tetters that i Hope will be la my the presidents commission on military compensation should include the following in its considerations military frequently work More than an 8hour Day without the compensation that civilians and must simply accept pay raises without the Normal representation which he civilian Community the past several years we have been held to the cliche of per cent Cost of living increases while the Economy has gone up far More than that each civilians and unions have and re double and triple we Are constantly falling is constantly picking away at retirement and other benefits As perhaps a bigger problem than recruiting in the military is retention there is no Way retention can if perspective career men and women feel there is no reasonable remuneration for has steadily eroded Many benefits Tor the Serviceman in an Effort to lock Good at saving some of these actions were warranted Many were in any the net result is w make the military less con Gress apparently pads its own wallets with base been in the service for is just a few years i was interested in staying for Wilh actions As stated i doubt that Trust the Congress or the system enough to remain past it ill try my Luck on the outside based hard i doubt any career person really cares Bow you manage Hie salary allow ances the net must be an amount of Money left in the persons pocket that is commensurate with a comparable civilian especially with the Al Volunteer the military must be made desirable and the pay is a prime realistic think ers will agree that no Lunger will woe work for substandard pay just for the Sake of a i signed 1 entered Mili tary service under what i considered and still consider was a contract be tween me and my one provision of that contract was a retirement it would be highly Unetha once i have satisfied my end of that for my government to make any changes to retirement which Are in any Way less than they were when i signed on the dotted a move of household goods during a the military offers meager compensation for the turmoil and a civilian on the other frequently provides Lull compensation to the tune of a couple thousand Guaran tees they will buy Back your Bouse at full Market value if you have pays Well for your travel to your new the thrust of All the is that More and More of those of us in the military feel like second Cusa i love the service and feel totally but there no Way you can retain a viable military organization when its members your commission on pay and benefits can have great value to the military by making some sane recommendations tast some old fashioned horse sense instead of All the bureaucratic machinations that will stand everyone la Good for your i am enclosing several items which will give you some additional insight Lota How Many of us Hope you will have time to scan through these thank you for your interest in this i have High Hopes your commis Sion will approach its Job with an objective name withheld Germany ague and the subcontinent and the Mideast capable of Landing within m hours its engineers can set tip and Airstrip As Arnyas West principal Mission it the defense of South about the am munition and equipment earmarked for emergency use in Korea stored at insist that the defense of South Korea Uwel Ricabla lied to the bases in anxious about the debate Over Oark the air Force is now pressing the viewer thai has caused some Surprise at american embassy in the about 55 Miles Southeast of coven larger than the District of Lix Pri Mary employs Moo and has american military and civil Ian personnel and for dark has served As a major american transport and comm Nicasio Scenter in Thi questions about Clarks value first came up in april when a Senate study urged the United states to reassess Iti National in in Southeast Asia to determine the benefits of retaining the the report called Sulc naval base and its adjacent Cubi naval air station the most important american facilities in the bringing considerable economic savings As Well As strategic the value of Clark air base in the is questionable unless the United states intends to maintain a capability to mount and support major military operations on the Southeast asian main said the report to the subcommittee to foreign in the the air Force and american officials in Manila Are awaiting some sign Tram president Ferdinand Marco about the resumption of negotiations for a new treaty on american bases in the the bases Are rent free in the installations employ about 31000 filipinos and pump nearly Mil lion a year into the local Marcos has said that he wants at test Al billion in military Aid Over the next five years plus additional economic Aid in return for the continued use of the the last american in when Henry Kissinger was still Secretary of was it spill evenly be tween military and economic
