European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i simply must re Spond to that Tren ton Mother who said she would rather raise five sons than one grow Ingup years my Mother made no Bones about the fact that she would rather have had a fourth son than Wear Gued about my my my dirty the time i spent on the my inability to make a bed or Peel a potato or set the table just name it and i was a total Flop and a miserable mom had to that i never came Home drunk and threw up on her Oriental i didst wreck the family have to get bailed out of the throw wild parties when she and dad were out of or get kicked out of my Brothers did All these for years i listened to mom Tell everybody who would listen what a pain in the neck a teenage girl can she always boys Are so much easier to my daughter is a 30 years mom has severe health who do you think is Tak ing care of her you guessed her sons cant be bothered and their wives  care they dont even visit they Are too too or too they All live within three Miles of i would never throw any of this stuff Back in moms but you can be sure she is her words in Elpaso dear Elpaso heres another Point of dear Ann Landers May i respond to driven nuts in i want to say amen amen amen i also raised three i was dying for a daughter but the doctors said i  have another so we adopted a baby the Nursery was decorated in with Satin and ribbons we  wait until we received the Call from the Agency to come and get our adorable the child is now 12 years old and she has made our lives she fights with everyone and has the worst dispose Tion i have Ever she appreciates absolutely we have done every thing but stand on our Heads to please nothing i must say we love this child but we certainly dont like we didst realize How Lucky we were to have three Fine Many a time my husband has asked Why didst we quit when we were ahead if you use this letter please dont print the name of the City because Many people will know i wrote the girl is notorious in this town and i have More trouble right now Thani can nuts in Iowa dear Iowa please dont give up on the i recommend family everyone will profit from the next letter should Shore you keep dear Ann Landers gender has nothing to do with we have two one drove us nearly crazy and the other is the major reason i am sane Given enough discipline and the most difficult child can grow up to be a we it happened to in Erie dear Erie thanks for a sensible i the question of mailing packages overseas i was in the on emergency leave and the subject of mailing Christmas packages was discussed by my it seems that to mail packages to me at my Apo address costs my family about four times what it costs to mail similar packages to other members of the for instance to Alaska using a com Mercial package United parcel service to Apo new York using United states postal service the government is providing the military person the advantage of using uses at no additional Cost for airlifting mail from new York to the overseas duty we do appreciate the Point i wish to make is that the mailing of Large or through the uses is extremely and the rates have gone up if we were living stateside we would have the much cheaper option of using United parcel it would be a great savings to our families at Home if they could also use ups to Send packages to is it possible to have United parcel serv ice deliver packages to the Apo depot in new York Graubard Raf England editors note staff Mario mail services army postal 1st re plies postal rates Are computed on the basis of weight and the distance the individual piece of mail must to administer these the United states postal serv ice divides the world into units of the distance Between these units of area is the basis of the postal when a Patron mails a parcel from one location to another within the same postal the Patron is charged the local zone rate of this is the Case for a package mailed from a Post office to a and when a package is mailed from a Post office zone 8 to an Apo new York zone 1 postage fees Are charged for transporting the package from zone 8 to zone once a parcel reaches a Point of Embar Kation to an overseas military Post which is Apo new York for european military the mail is moved by the military at no Cost to the since there is no interface Between the commercial ups Agency and the postal service or military postal sys it is not possible for mail to enter the uses system from the ups if you have any further questions about this or any other postal feel free to Call staff Ochoa at 2136 63647 outlining requirements for senior aircraft badge in in army in a this is my primary military occupational since it was awarded to me in late August of 1977 for completing advanced individual my problems is this i have the Basic aircraft Crew member and in try ing to obtain senior aircraft Crew member senior enlisted people Tell seven years in the same and most of this time As a Crew chief is All i but my Peers Tell just seven years in the same mos will do what Are the prerequisites for senior aircraft badge withheld Germany editors note we received two replies to this the first is from office of the Deputy chief of aviation Divi replies the following information pertinent to requirements for award of senior aircraft crewman a dated is provided a individual must be on flying status As a Crew member in the Case of a Crew chief or As a non remember in the Case of a technical inspector or maintenance super physically class ii flight physical and b have performed seven years not necessarily consecutive in one or More of the principal duty assignments referred to in paragraph a Only time involving frequent and regular flights will be counted toward fulfilment of this requirement except that time involved in transit be tween permanent change of station assign ments from one flight Slot to another will also be c have displayed Complete competence in the principal duty or d be in the Grade of e4 or e be recommended by current unit in most cases an individual can locate the answer to questions by simply going to the local learning and asking the individual in the Center to i voluntary indefinite process reminder a letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your i have a question i think needs to be answered because it affects nearly All army Reserve officers on Active in december military personnel Center Mil percen announced a new program changing the voluntary indefinite i process for usar simply officers will now go through a two step process whereby they win be granted conditional voluntary in denote Chi status at the three year service Point and voluntary indefinite i status at the Lightyear service Many usar officers already have been granted final voluntary indefinite i status under the previous under that officers whose requests were approved for Extension on Active duty beyond their initial obligated tour of duty had to serve a probationary period before final acceptance into career my question is this will usar officers who have less than eight years of but who have already received official written notification from Mil percen that they have been accepted for voluntary indefinite i status have to have their files reviewed again at the eight year Point these officers already have been congratulated by Mil percen on their selection for retention As a Reserve career offi cer and passed their oneyear probationary period do they now have to go through another Board to Grant them the i they believed they already had in All for ensuring our usar officers meet Tough standards but it seems percen is changing the rules of the game if they Send you a letter after your oneyear probationary period and say your voluntary indefinite status is approved and then turn around at the Lightyear Mark and Send you a letter that states your voluntary indefinite status is whats the Story i asked the a folks Here and they that is a Good withheld Germany editors note Kevin office of the Deputy chief of he Usa eur and 7th replies the intent of the current instituted on is to improve the qualitative and quantitative management of the officer this applicable to those officers applying for voluntary indefinite i status after includes a centralized quarterly screening Board which will review As a group applications submitted by officers at approximately years of service those officers approved for i status will be granted conditional voluntary in definite Chi and will be extended on Active duty through the eighth year of service unless sooner separated or re at approximately 7vi years of these officers records will once again be reviewed for final i tied into the process is Force alignment plan map under map officers applying for can conceivably be re branched from an Over strength Branch to an under strength re in no Way to be considered As a negative comment on an individuals performance and will be dictated by rect to the Correct publications and Reading the second reply is from John Lisins awards 1st per com to qualify for the senior aircraft crewman an individual must be on flying status As a Crew member in the Case of Crew sensory systems operations and and flight engineers or As non remember in the Case of aircraft maintenance supervisors or technical in be physically class Iii and have met the qualifications listed in paragraphs a through e the stand stripes european edition Usa editor in chief us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell 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 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