European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January the stars and stripes Page it c tetters of the editor to grandma i know you receive Many my daughter would be very if you could find space and print dear grandma thinks their grandma is so in writing this to Tell you How know i have not seen you since i was 3 months old Bui remember you Dunning to singing to me what i feted meat of i remember How you held in Youram and loved thank Tor All your gifts and the wonderful things you have most of thank you Tor your gift of i can Only return my love by saying these three words even Tough it Doest enough1 love Brock Alt let Len to the editor must contain my primed name and address of the and mint be disagreement about retirement thes rerun Mem Tut or ten i m  via Amud Phui in Tom a non  w in melt 1 recently picked up your paper to read with my morning and never made it past the first the article on military retirement leaped gave me a pain and the Coffee gave me so i 1 grabbed a these Are my opinions and military personnel work longer a Day to and receive less pay than civilians when a Fol taty Puu to 10 Yean of hours a he deserves has anyone Ever scanned health records of military alter years How hey want a mandatory 30 sure we have to look for another Job Tipon even though its so percent of our base Why because we like to have a roof to live food on the and at least two of Dothes to mention the Bare or Are these considered luxuries the thing Washington seems to want to do is save Tor Are they putting a Dollar sign in front of their Freedom by taking away All the Bene fits of the people who Are preserving that Freedom for them can they set around in an air conditioned or warm making a while some i bup to his Knees in mud pulling Field training to defend his country making a year based on pay scale and worrying what benefits win go next seems they foresee a problem keeping their two million Mark quota o keep our land of the free again i wonder to of Tawf Mali of a mravak Cwi Thi if Mun m it memo Init awning Norn mail Pumie Tara Tan he Tom Matt maj go uni a  it mini he a Bevy it my in Huwui l m Sun Wal Mukh ii w to Annam to pm ii my bpm Tiido Panfu n Himsl new of thai by Vikt Nti code nil Taw Mew in Imam Cut 1mb to Tom out Mim Wii Iii hit my her a Rtin Iiri or 7imu h a Wittst r some combat train ing themselves because they just might have to defend questions in Washington will give air honest answer do they put in 16 hours a Day in rain and Snow a they spend a to Days at a time in the Field do they have go parties to clean their Plush carpet do they work Alt night Ami weekends without to pass an inspection do they put up with the everyday hassles of a Gas Normal work Day do they Pul cd guard duty do they every three years do they shop in the commissary and Exchange looking for something for their family to eat and Wear do they stand formations and parades in Zero and 100 degree weather do they drive a five year old car do they go to their office at 10 to take care a problem do they spend their vacation time doing Home and car recuperating from eleven months of constant hassle and wishing they could Fly away Somo Daca to a Nice vacation or ski resort do they worry that they wont be Able to afford col Tege for their children or further their Edu cation has president Carter forgotten his lean Days of working in a Peanut Field from Dawn to when he indicated military people should no longer be permitted to retire at half pay after 20 years of service complaining about the life of the Mili tary in just upset that a service member gives the Best years of his life to hts country and now they want More for commission member Walter Page and i quote from the Sari and the current military retirement system amounts to inhumanity because it consists of holding out a bribe to a service member to make him do something which he hates like and gets no satisfaction out of his Job which makes him an inefficient Washington is Well versed in Sticky were the Only organization who has a 20 year retirement so the military is inefficient where does ail the decision for the military come from we the the actual soul of the working certainly never have any say so in these we didst devise our pay or retirement plans or Bene if Werd probably have one hell of a military system based on our experiences lobbyist for military where Are you i Challenge any member of Washington to live just 30 Days As an enlisted if this Tetter a printed i urge each Reader to clip this column and along with your own Send it to Yean Germany i would also like to Point out that if the 20 year plan is thrown a lot of Good cos and officers will get oat of the serv ice and where will that leave the service a lot of manpower but nobody qualified to Lead them in my Haskett Genu by though i opposed a Union in the service before now in net so at least a Union would fight for my j Well were not at War and you dont need us right but when War comes ask yourself Why you no volunteers t urge a career status personnel to fight the Issue of proposed retirement Rule by the presidential it simply if not w an utterly do fused senior no gun Navy lets not forget about being Avail Able 24 hours a Day of youre signed Oft for let me 34 hours for 20 years comes to around it Folb a civilian with 20 years excluding paid overtime averages about that Doest include the priv Igei a civilian such As being Able to see their family they do not spend 6 months out of a year in the nor do they get up at g re Spond to an or pack up and move every or j i could go on with the list of privileges weve if not till never Bailey Germany after 10 years of and twice to Germany a change in retirement would be a Tow a member of the presidents commis Sion feels that if we Tarn to to bribed by a 20 year retirement system then we Are inefficient Walt let me Tell you that half the armed services Are Ineffie has the above mentioned gentleman Ever had to experience the following family frequent hard ship extra financial Strain and adjustments to Oversea does he know what h la like to crawl under a Greasy track in f recant weather a repair it is his patriotism so High that he could endure 30 years of the above without having to be bribed our Only satisfaction is the constant goal of reaching that 30th year and keeping sanity until retire All Smandra Crai Germany dont they cutback on the Sena tors and congressmen and some of the cabinets Poy for a just look Al the saving it would anyway look Al it this Why is it that the average person in the military usually Dies in to years after retirement f think if the retirement is changed from 10 the effectiveness of the military com bal role would drop William peek Derma a Ken up with the news  delivery Good morning accept my Kat my  he House Ficha i we hit in Homi Muur Mim Wmk w come 10 take advantage of the stars stripes Home delivery service in most government housing 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