European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann landed letters dear Ann Landers i have misplaced the most helpful column you Ever the Date was can you find it and print it again hoping in Idaho dear Idaho in glad you liked thanks for re questing a Here it dear Ann Landers so Many parents feel helpless these they say peer pressure is much More important than parental guid they feel they Are losing the Battle to bring up their children to be jaw morally decent human i know the feeling because i had it when our children were teenagers in the Early i read that parents in Palo Are doing something about the problem instead of sitting around wringing their it All started when a Mother of a teen age girl was shocked to learn of the pres sure being put on her daughter to drink alcohol and smoke this Mother and 16 other parents formed a group called parents who they held a series of Kaffee latches and meetings at Gunn High school and have reached More than 500 the founder of the group said when she first started to talk to teenagers about what they did at they All said they drank booze and smoked when they got to talking in a More honest it became obvious that they we rent hav ing much the parents decided to draw up guide lines to create a healthy atmosphere and show the kids How much More fun they could have if they we rent stoned or it has worked share these guidelines with other parents who Are probably As frantic As the Palo Alto crowd used to Here they Are teenagers Are required to stay Home on school nights except for school or Community no running the streets or driving around weekend curfews for ninth graders be tween ii and lot graders and mid night and mid night and 1 parents should feel free to Contact parents who Are hosting parties to find out if there will be adult supervision and whether drugs and alcohol will be for their own childrens parents should be visible and feel free to ask anyone with drugs or alcohol to parents should get to know their Chil Drens friends and their the results of these guidelines have been very according to the Palo Alto parents report much less better cooperation and a feeling of knowing that their teenagers Are not smoking dope and getting a midwestern mom who likes the idea dear mid i like and Hope it catches parents who fear their teen agers wont approve of the guidelines Are in for a teenagers want and need it shows that their parents care enough to Lay Down some set parameters and j love you enough to say i am not going to permit you to do things that Are destructive and these Are the and you must abide by 4 questions new promotion scoring system i am a 76y and have been on the e4 to e5 promotion list for 14 i just missed getting promoted because i had to wait 90 Days after my semiannual recomputation before my Points would be i could have been promoted with in the first 60 Days if my Points would have been but of by i had to wait that last 30 the same month my extra Points were effective the cutoff score went up to in sure there Are a lot of personnel who have been on the promotion list longer than i have and feel the same its one thing to wait 90 Days after a selection but to wait 90 Days after each recomputation is carrying it a bit this Means that Only six months out of a year you have 100 percent effectiveness of All Points in your 201 there must be something that can be done about this the army has made it twice As hard to get promoted with this new scoring system that will take effect in while the promotion status go to our Mili tary personnel offices and recompute our to my understanding most of us will lose up to on fourth or More of our already accumulated i honestly dont under stand the new scoring but i do understand that i May be losing some hard earned the personnel who decided on this new scoring system must not have had to be on a promotion standing list for 1 to 2 years or waiting to get or watching the cutoff score drop just Low or Recomputing your Points and waiting another 90 Days for those Points to become effective every time you recompute is beyond any reasonable knowing and having to wait for those extra Points to take effect is emotionally its hard enough for a Good Soldier to be recognized in this army this new scoring system reduces dedication to duty and time in service to like have worked hard to get where i am today and feel that i deserve my i would like to stay in the its hard enough to get promoted whats going to happen in May 4 Jeanine Brown Germany editors note master Boh 1st military personnel office services replies your inquiry gives an Opportunity to clarify an often misunderstood the 90day wait applies equally to soldiers initially recommended for promotion to e and to soldiers whose Points Are recomputed during the semiannual recomputation although it might appear to be an arbitrary theres Good reason for the month a Soldier appears before a promotion Board or has his or her Points recomputed counts As the first month of the waiting All military personnel offices Milo Are required to verify and submit promo Tion Point data into their computers by the end of this during the first week to 10 Days of the second Milos throughout the army transmit this information to the military personnel Center Mil percen in Mil percen uses the next 20 to 30 Days to determine the number of promotions to be made in the fourth month the first month of it int an easy they first identify both authorized and current strengths in each military occupational and then program in the Many factors that will affect the number of promotions that will be for exam they must consider projected promotions prior to the eligibility projected changes in authorized reductions and retire once die cutoff scores Are during the first part of the third they Are published and distributed to Mili tary personnel offices the Milos in turn screen the promo Tion standing lists for each identify soldiers who met a cutoff verify their records to ensure they Are still Eligi and finally publish and distribute pro motion All of this must take place before the first Day of the fourth even though Many phases of this system have been com its still a monumental task re Quiring every bit of that 90day waiting although the revised promotion Point worksheet has been previously addressed in this ill highlight major changes that will first come into effect in keep in mind that they apply to everyone selected for promotion to e5 and the total number of promotions made each month will not be affected by the new worksheet your standing in rela Tion to other soldiers competing in your military occupational specially May the function of any promotion system is to select die most highly qualified soldiers in each the promotion Point worksheet was revised with that goal in it replaces some of the gimmes in the system with solid indicators of performance and promotion writer wants safer driving habits in writing this letter on behalf of the thousands of fellow americans Here in Ger Many who share this the other Day while cruising the most dangerous Highway in the the Auto i watched a Mercedes Benz go sail ing by Only to shortly fade away into the drizzle and t  help wondering where he Learned to drive like not just on the autobahn up but in the residential these Speed worshippers defy common sense by driving like they Are at a where do learn to drive like that seen a lot of German youngsters a Short while ago have gone to up school tear through our Little town were at the grand dont any Type of defensive driving those schools line ver ceases to amaze me How they will pass doing a million Miles an hour just to take the next right at the Stop just where Are they going in such a hurry if these folks Are learning these skills at the driving schools then 1 have to wonder just How much Money they pay the instruct whatever it is just int Rit pretty sure there Are a lot More folks like myself out there in our military com my Hope and prayer is that More concerned americans will take a stand and let some other people know that its time these daredevils Learned to lighten up on the next time you Are on the Road and see a blur coming at you flashing his or her just ask where did he learn to drive like that chances Are you will see it the same Way i he didst learn Hes just practising watch out it Dana Beal Germany pen pals i am interested in writing to people from All Over the i am 22 years my hobbies Are writing going sports and meet ing i am unemployed right now so i have lots of time to write Karen Reeder wave Nev Hill Oulton 13 nr333ps England 4 would like to correspond with people from other 1 am a 27yearold roman i am a Dork of a telecommunication my hobbies in clude pen pal collecting Reading books and magazines flares Gal Nero 12 or Mudano Road Dumaguet City Philippines White still allowing a maximum of promotion it has been redesigned to identify soldiers who constantly strive for for the specifics Points will no longer be granted for Active military service and time spent in current nor for civilian education at or below the High school soldiers who since entering Active completed at least one College finished their High or improved their it score will receive an additional 10 Points for educational in the provisions for receiving Points for ont Ejob experience Oje in lieu of at Tendance at noes will be making continuing military education even More critical to career maximum Points awarded by the promo Tion selection Board will be reduced from 250 to for those already on a promo Tion selection Board Points will be converted to the new format by multiplying the old Points by 80 the com Manders evaluation is now Worth a Maxi mum of 200 Points up from the current 125 skill qualification testing nov Worth up to 150 will be increased to 200 two new categories weapons qualification and physical readiness test ing will each be Worth up to a maximum of 50 i Hope this explanation will ease some of your uncertainty about the new if youve worked hard to improve your promotion potential by increasing military and civilian scoring High on weapons and physical qualification you stand to Benefit from the in the near your personnel staff no should be Able to provide a copy of the revised worksheet for your the european edition Usa editor in chief Cdr us Deputy editor in chief Black Well production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views or endorsed the the department of defense or the european the appearance of advertising in this including inserts or does not constitute endorsement by the department of or the stars and stripes of the products or services everything advertised in this publication shall be made 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