European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Day of combat in the commissary the other Day 1 saw a commissary worker throw herself in front of two armed men and order them out of the of she really want since they were in but the soldiers were pretty upset about not being Able to bring their guns into the i dont blame the commissary is a dangerous enough place without rifles in the baking first of the shopper has to contend with the shopping the Brave souls among us might try to do but after dropping the cookies six times or the eggs once and freezing her fingers onto the Broccoli while vainly searching for Cheddar cheese even the Veteran system fighter will usually give and the carts Are ready it looks too you should remember that shopping carts Are social they much rather stay clumped with their Fel and if they Arent All who knows what there doing in front of your children the carts dont give up humiliate a grown woman by refusing to become unstuck with coaxing and swearing Only to slide out with ease for the first Foury Earold who happens when you finally separate one from the the cart reverts to plan plan As we All involves squeak ing All the Way through the meat Section and breaking Down in front of the Candy leaving you to explain Why you have stopped in that calorie Laden Haven to Kings birthday 15 is a Day All of us should step aside and take a look at ourselves and our fellow this Day is a Day that should be set aside to acknowledge Friendship and for 15 is Martin Luther King on this Day we should take a vacation from thoughts of hate and take time out to commemorate a Man whose dream was for everybody to walk Handi hand in this is what King fought and died so lets recognize him on this Day by thinking positive on Friendship and brotherhood and Hope next year we can fully Honor him by making his birthdays National Darryl Lee Neu Germany Greet the president of your fat watchers club who happens to be passing by on the Way to the cottage another danger in the supermarket is the dreaded this menace will not Only pull Down whole shelves of pickled but will also proceed to eat everything within it is often amazing to Young letters to the editor when is saluting not necessary the other while carrying a number of heavy items in a laundry bag in my left hand applet toted Wisconsin in the time it takes paycheck along with several Small documents in my right i failed to Salute a to co from fruits and vegetables to canned lieutenant although i did Greet him goods Veter Ari that this is the cation was such in my i could not Transfer the Check and documents quite similar to the restaurant in nto hand carry them without creasin8thcm due to the weight of the which a child will order things in a Resta items in the laundry 109 i am not a troublemaker by my awards As a Soldier of the year in a 1978 rant which he would not feed to the dog at providing that it is the most expensive dish on the the Whildin theeart is second Only on the list of commissary hazards to the unspeakable this creature roams freely throughout the destroying seasonal displays in 15 providing that the display took the entire commissary staff four Days to this child will also perform a hand quicker thanth Eye trick which would have stumped As he makes All the candies in a giant size bag of disappear without visually disturbing the of most shoppers Are aware of exactly where the chocolate and thus carefully examine the Candy bags for before entrusting them to the cart where the Whildin theeart is not trying to juggle a and the hazards dont Stop with the Small shoppers must also watch out for crashing Cora used to drive in the demolition will Stop at nothing in pushing through the crowds to get the last loaf of whole wheat meandering Melanie has All Day to do her shopping and takes strolls Down blocking harried women who have to do a weeks shopping and return to work in one Coupon Clara ties up the cashier for hours As she digs out coupons for everything in her realizes that she has the wrong brands and sends her children Back to Exchange these combined with the Little elves who Mark up the prices and rearrange the shelves at and the Ever raging Battle for a parking place could qualify the commissary As a combat in no wonder the soldiers were reluctant to go in Elsken Germany assignment and Soldier of the Quarter in my present assignment should attest to my paycheck and the other papers were deeply creased when 1 complied with the colonels Stern lecture on the rendering of a proper this has never happened to me before and i dont expect it to happen but i do want to know was i wrong in protecting my paycheck and my property from damage or does this Man owe me an apology 5 Michael Vaughn Germany editors note Walter Usa eur command ser Geant replies i agree that you did the right thing in this Small the Book also agrees with who knows How altercations of this nature take place sometimes were mentally preoccupied with other things and dont hear dont get your nose out of joint i Salute John military personnel and plans Deputy chief of staff for also replies the Exchange of salutes Between Junior and senior members of the armed forces is a form of military Courtesy which is steeped in military tradition and required by Regula the fact that the Exchange of salutes is required by regulations does not mean that there Are not situations and circumstances which make saluting either inappropriate or pm the soldiers specifically cites the example of a person carrying articles in both hands As a situation in which the Salute is not this should not be construed to mean that a Soldier should purposely avoid saluting by carrying Small objects in each hand this also would be entirely when a situation of this sort where it is impractical to a verbal greeting should be in the final military Courtesy is the respect shown to each other by members of the same whatever happened to a Bonus i am just another complaining but id like you to find since my husband has never received a he came in november 1974 and for three years he was a he reenlisted May but he changed mos to 91g which was a critical mos when he got into it because promotions were slow and he wanted something More he then reenlisted on prior to coming to Usa eur so we could accompany backhanded compliment made european edition Rose editor chief Mert editor Elmer Henry production manager manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the Stan and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the the depart ment of defense or the european the appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorse ment of the department of including the military military address the stars and Apo 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Newbury 0635 military Newbury 0635 46263 have you Ever considered that the Irani an stomping on our american Flag is actually paying us a backhanded compliment the picture and the thought will arouse anger in the heart of any Trueblood de but try looking at it this we Are a United can Iran say that we have and hold a Way of life no one else even comes close and a Constitution to defend we have As our Symbol the which is pathologically impervious to threats of All because of its its ability to and above ignore threats from All other it is Ameri it has the the gut fortitude to maintain its proud knowing it can overcome and so does our Flag is the world Symbol of our United strength and our Pride in being can Iran say this not in so they strike Back with Petty childish actions and our hostages there Are neither Petty or but can Iran afford to anger a people As Strong As we this is their Only Means of displaying their we can ignore As the Eagle can ignore a mite or they bite and but Well and in doing display our Superior i thank the stars and stripes for the photo it because it proves once again that we Are a proud and United raising envy in the hearts of others maybe know and understand Why we fight and die for our Way of Laura Szyszkiewicz Spain pen pals i Send you this letter because i would like to have friends from abroad especially from your i am 20 years a third year College student of Paul College of Dumaguet taking up Bachelor of science in business Mai Orang in hobbles Are collecting table strumming dancing and of course penal Carlosa 877 Osmena Street Negros Oriental i would like pen pals from your i am 19 years old and a fourth year student of Paul College of Duma Oguete taking up Bachelor of science in business administration majoring in my Hob Bles Are meeting people from writing collecting listening to music and going to i am roman cum Ghod Mck Llev Negros Oriental the Philippines i am 13 years a third year High school student of Francis High school in the Philippines i like to meet people from write sing and go to Bong Wall my Kutay Negros Oriental the i am a 17yearold tunisian girl who would like to correspond with English or american Girts or i speak very my favorite hobbles Are and f Rue Carthage cite la Marsa Tunisia he was told there was a but when he went to reenlist he had a few minutes to wait and so we read the paper we found Bonus not so instead of six years he decided a fou year rep was each time he has re upped they youll get a Bonus next its not it seems everyone has received one at one time or but not if we had one Bonus we May be Able to rid ourselves of the Bills Uncle Sam gave us from Al through e4 under two withheld Germany editors note Gene in senior reenlistment Usa eur 1st per replies prior to june All enlisted people received a maximum of Reg ular reenlistment Bonus rrb when re enlisting in the anyone on Active duty on june 1974 was eligible for this those who came on Active duty after june 1974 Are not eligible for the the army pays a selective reenlist ment Bonus Srb to All soldiers who hold skills critical to the army the mos for which bonuses Are paid and the amount of the bonuses change from time Totime As the army needs in addition to the Srb the army has a retraining program entitled Bonus extensions and retraining the Bear program allows soldiers to select an mos for extend his or her reenlistment to Complete the and then reenlist for the mos and draw the perhaps this program would be of interest to the writers Hus mos 91g was authorized a Srb at the time that your husband he should Contact his local finance office and request that his reenlistment be reviewed to determine if he was eligible for payment at the time he All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be
