European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers a recent column carried a letter from a bitter Young Man who advocated get Ting away from men tally ill or suicidal friends before its too thank you for not condoning his i wrote to you a year ago after seeing a letter from a woman whose son had killed 1 to thank you for publishing that letter because i had been contemplating suicide for quite some it helped remind me of the people who would suffer if i carried out my i chose to live and get which included antidepressant today i feel like a different my life has been greatly enriched since people realize i have a mental it was months before i could Tell but once i did the reaction was friends have been supportive and and i have Learned of others who share my problem people i never dreamed were suffering As i j am so glad i decided to stay around and work at making my life How foolish it would have been to end it All while in a dark please print my maybe it will help someone As that other chaps letter helped Outlook in the Rockies dear brighter you found a new life through therapy and others thanks for encouraging them to do dear Ann Landers i started to write a letter to my Uncle tonight and gave up because i spell the words i wanted to use to express i am a High school Grad in 32 now and feel the Impact of not being Able to spell 1 need but there is no one i can turn to because in ashamed of being so Lliter it has held me Back All my please Tell everyone How important it is to learn the parents need to impress on their children the necessity of a Good if kids dont learn the there will be nothing to build its a terrible Handicap not being Able to write or speak because Ive there dear your letter should be required read ing for every third Grade As Well As every Parent of an students who fail to do satisfactory work in English should repeat be passed on to the next Grade until remedial work is done and that student is Able to meet the Standard adults such As who feel inadequate because of should not give there is too much at the inability to read and write imposes a crippling i checked with several educators in Illinois and was told by All that the self taught method is the Best for buy a Good dictionary and some books on spelling and sentence a person who is serious about educating himself or herself can improve writing and speaking skills if it is possible to take some English courses in a Community College or a Junior by All Means do reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we will with hold your name on request and protect your writer says too much emphasis on fitness program the Success of a majors program for physical fitness at Chicksands using Reg ular fitness training and positive lives is the last paragraph where he singled out the over45 age group As hav ing a limited number of Days left in the service when they Cut the maximum time limits for the annual Milean Dahal makes me wonder if he realizes the implications of what he is a High percentage of senior officers and cos in leadership positions fall into this is the air Force so Well off that it can afford to get rid of these people because they cant run fast enough if this is True then i sincerely believe the air Force is in for a very rough drawing Only on my perceptions after 14 years i can honestly say that throughout this the people Ive worked for in management positions with very few been the Best and most qualified to do the they were the ones who had that uncanny ability to motivate Large groups of people to work together toward one Corn Man goal the and that the Bottom line in our to be honest with j dont Ever remember asking one of these people How fast they ran the Milean Dahal or How much they weighed because it really didst what did matter As far As supervisors or commanders Are concerned was their ability to get the Job when i read an article like this i have to wonder if the authors Are really that shallow and narrow minded or did they just make those comments to get in the newspaper other articles have made me wonder if in in the same air Force As the a persons entire military Ca reer can be decided by How fast they can run or How much they these fac tors should never outweigh the persons Overall value to the outside factors such As pay con Stant attacks on our scandalous retire ment pensions and the improving econ omy Are affecting retention we cannot afford to let inside factors cause another brain Drain of the kind experienced in the running a mile and half is no indicator of leadership or management if you dont believe look in your past in the real air Force gets rated on its ability to Fly launch mis Siles and keep these systems in a state of constant not on the results of a track i can run the required distance in 10 but that Doest mean in a Good supervisor or know my i Hope 1 never develop these self serving attitudes that Are affecting my profession More and most i dont care what my leaders look How much they weigh or How fast they can what i do care about is that they better be the most qualified people for the or else our whole system int going to withheld Torrejon Spain editors note Antonio special programs Divi directorate of personnel program air Force manpower and personnel replies the air Force is developing an in open letter to Gorbachev dear Gorbachev 1 to Start this letter by saying that i am a 15yearold Tigh school i at tend the Vilseck american High school in West my a army is stationed in i am writing this to express my views on your nuclear arms i at the present you ire the most powerful Man in the that is Why i am writing you instead of president i know that you yourself have led a fulfil Ling i would like to do the i also know that you have child and 1 myself would also like to have a child or even that is if i get i dont want to end my life in an nuclear my ambitions Are to Complete High go to and play a professional sport most Likely soccer or foot whatever you decide to do not attack the United states or its this May Call for full scale retaliation against the soviet Many millions and Mil Lions of people will perish from this i know that your my and Many other families will be de neither of us wants that to lets say the United states Doest fire what Are you going to do with a and radioactive covered country since i just in world a chapter on i know that the communist goal is to conquer the world by any Means what do dead and destroyed countries accomplish i Hope this letter will influence you to talk with president Reagan and to solve world As an disapprove of your actions in and especially 1 Hope the and the can get together and solve world then worry about nuclear arms and the Star wars pro think about a few of my questions and think about the future generations of this not Only of Kerlin Germany supports registration for draft i am annoyed by those people who refuse to Register for the an american oblige i enlisted in the air Force eight years when the registration did not i was inspired to enlist by the famous words of president John ask not what your country can do for but what you can do for your i feel military service should be Manda tory for every Young but it is americans Are Only required to Regis while in Many countries Active Mili tary service is i cannot understand Why those people Are so opposed to they claim it is How can they hide behind the Constitution and not be willing to defend it have they forgotten our ancestors fought to gain the rights we enjoy today do we have an obligation to defend with our to jeep them anyone who refuses to fulfil his or her obligations to our great should have no right to the Constitution or the privilege of being an they should be sentenced to in Russia let us defend our country and her con so she can continue to defend those who have defended her Daniel Symonds Rhei main Germany pen pals handed fitness program to provide cur rent exercise information to members and emphasize the importance of fitness to air Force the proposed enhancements were Field tested in and results were used by test base and major command representatives to modify the proposal to ensure a Safe and effective the modified proposal is now being pre pared As a draft regulation for distribution to All major commands for review before implementation in an annual fitness evaluation is part of the proposed enhanced fitness pro the proposal recommends moderately decreasing the amount of time permitted to Complete the changes will be gradual to ensure peo ple have an Opportunity to safely pre pare for the evaluation through a regu progressive exercise alternative testing methods with special consideration for members 35 years and older will be included in the proposal for major com Mand it is not the intent of the enhanced fitness program to separate members or to Force people to it is the intent of the program to assist air Force members of All Ages to safely improve their fitness and be better pre pared to perform the Mission in All Situ serving in the air Force is not a Job but a it is a profession that includes the responsibility to meet air Force standards All of which weight and fitness Are Only in that meeting air Force standards must be an integral part of being an successful air Force the and stripes european edition Usa editor in chief Cdr us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager i am a 19ywaw requesting that you please add my name to your Mil my interests Are listening to Reading Mia Itaev Bana Tanav Stouten Negros Oriental philippine i am a 22yearold that would love to have my name published in your pen pal my hobbles include Reading swimming and going to be Philippines 4517 this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication Tor members of 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