European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes february letters to the editor Why lose those qualified cos to effect of ets Extension on pay in september of last one of the there is a comment on item 39 that my individuals in my unit was Cut out of his Extension will take effect in May monthly pay and forced to resort to casual i queried the Forward support team pay to meet his the reason through the unit and was informed Given for this by the Karlsruhe Forward that during the month of May my pay support team for Usa Facer was that would be and i would have to draw september was the month in which the sol casual there was an addendum to this w a View Diers Extension of ets took effect which May have become distorted in Retel to my sew ets had a disruption in my if my pay in the last year have thought a lot about ending my army As a sergeant first class e7 with 14 years of time in i wonder Why the army drafts recruiters when there Are so Many volunteers around begging to be does the army really understand what happens to an no who has worked in a military occupy j t m a a a o Lucill i my Lac so his 1iww jl1o univ it appeared in Block where it should is actually it will have a very negative effect since i intend to be on leave in May and wont be within 600 Miles of an army re airy Uncur Siam Wanai in an Tiona specially mos for 10 then is told because is such Ai Good highly motivated Soldier will be reclassified out of mos and made a Recruiter a an won do v would use leave time army finance you hear All the time on an about How you have leave time coming to so Why n  a Ruiter r dont you use that is a big laugh where docs the army realize that after being out of mos for the prescribed three we Are in ars this highly qualified Soldier will no longer be qualified to work effectively or Excel in they Donit like to Jet you take every 3t mos and inc Reform have to be reclassified into some other mos knows Little or t for one Thev us with cars tvs Mumy Quai Tiitu Stu Iudici win us lung i Ira that mos and therefore have to be reclassified into some other mos knows Little or would like to hear a different answer you have three choices do what youre or get the Vernon Andrews Germany Nany 0 mis place a Walter Usa eur command ser does tanks in Blaine Binkerd Germany editors note a Usa eur spokesman replies input of extensions of enlistment to the joint uniform military pay system to take leave jumps cannot be made until the actual since every time puts in the month the Extension takes effect thus paperwork they turn it Down with some a extensions Are placed in a suspense file in this place has More excuses than it the local finance office until month of sometimes Loncer editors note Geant replies you with your 14 years of professionally excellent service Are the nest judge 01 Ine no persons we need in our army that Why i want you out there As a you Iet him take even ten of or programs at the know our life and the importance of what we More youre a Success at h t to take a leave so we could and accounting identify exit i assure you that you will not lose your mos proficiency if you continue to do the straighten out some marriage but Cess leave j in available to sneak with once a new is you personally about your new Reader Calls for an end to hate a horrible destructive reaction is growing in the hearts of american Whites in regard to fear and jealousy have pushed men to close their hearts and minds and join such hateful groups As the Kun flux the reaction is likened to the cultural not accept the Black Man As an equal Citi this devalues the ideals made our country we have lost our leadership in the world because we have lost our How can we As a country free another country from straightened in getting tired of All the we Are making the army our career but i have never been to a place with so Many excuses As this i would like to know How they can keep turning Down my husbands leave when he has 50 Days coming to withheld Germany 1 Ilc cat Lith is  in inv Vui Luigj we to a vim ii j j revolution of the late 60s and Early oppression when we arc turning with of when Blacks and women and idealistic pression and hatred toward our country youth stood up and warned us All that our men society was ill and human rights were i ask every Black and not to being close their hearts and minds to each other As when Good ideas hit the real when its so much better in the Long run to ideas become less than uen Erossy is members of me Guiuan taken for Pride is taken for arro Swallow the Pride you have in the color Hope for a mans Success is followed of your skin Anuj treat a Man As a by jealousy toward his better yourself and your Community and if you Are a White afraid of Jook for ways to help rather than people to the Black you Are you distrust hate world we have is the world each the Black Man out of his distrust of the one of us creates around we can make it Cycle must be broken and broken of we Trust and respect each violence and welfare Are and to the Man who steals and attributes of the intercity Black because he and and disc pacts the Law and is held in that position by Whites who View his i say you Are in the Best him As a second class citizen by virtue of his to inn that Csc get an disruptions of pay Are tie exception since most extensions Are posted prior to jumps cutoff when the effective Date is after the cutoff Date for a Given pay and allowances Are not disrupted for that in this Case the finance office can make input to extend the ets until the first of the following month to insure uninterrupted the Extension is posted on the next monthly leave and earnings statement he Usa eur has requested a com Puter program change to eliminate dependence on manual this change is cur i by close relation to violence and a vicious there is no Black Man in America who Doest want to be a firs class citizen of the greatest country in the the but there Are Many Whites who will position to Stop the get an work make an honest move your family out of the ghetto and there will be no Thomas Roth Germany editors note it John military policy and plans Divi replies the army has an annual leave pro cram which is designed to provide an Wyc visual the Opportunity for extended off gently under consideration by the Atam Ahmu Flold  of Flitcr fit additional the writer which Are essential to the maintenance of should Check with the finance office prior maximum efficiency in the performance of to departing on leave to ensure that the assigned Extension has been submitted on commanders Are required to establish leave programs for their to provide maximum Opportunity for All personnel to take leave within the constraints of operational military army regulations require commanders to encourage and assist nethers of their command to thirty 30 Days leave each the of time a service member desires to leave should be mutually agreed upon by both the service number and the com the commander has the final authority to approve or disapprove the requested How to avoid a void 0 postal truck rules questioned is i i Ait in reference to your 30 i real ize that during the Christmas season the recently As i Vallui uni Iii his  v postal service experiences an expected bar shopping Center rage of postal and delays Are a cer and in sure some of your readers appreciated being enlightened that some of your comics had been delayed in the now let me enlighten you wasted thirty Square inches of valuable newspaper in not asking for a but get out the calculator and multiply thirty Square inches times your circulation in sure a tree or two died without cause for a Little int it deadlines will not always be but surely your staff has enough imagination to fill these perhaps a reminder to your army 214ton truck h Canvas top and open Back being loaded with i would be very curious to know if this if such a vehicle is not mail May be transported in an open vehicle if a Nail guard is Riding in the Compart ment with the the Heidelberg shopping Center Apo is part of the 147th a detachment postal regulations As it is my understanding that All mail must be trans port from the 503rd transportation because of the available resources and  Usu sorted in a closed queries to the a truck with a mail to m Frana Apo personnel Here did not bring a Clear withheld Germany editors note Malo guard is used to transport Nail from the Apo to the Nail processing the majority of your postal related questions can probably be answered by the window if the window clerk cannot help or you Are not satisfied deadly i can think of several thousand ways to better utilize those Blank spaces that on occasion appear in the stars and All i ask is that you expect the and maybe save a John Pismopulos Greece replies i appreciate the customers concern with mail Security the regulations for transporting mail in the military postal system Are Clear and army regulation 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