European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters Ann landed More info on army promotion Point work Sheet i read a letter in the stars and stripes written by a Soldier who was concerned about the new promotion Point work now i know there Are at least two concerned the answers he received from 1st person Nel promotion he usar eur simply stated that the new work Sheet will affect every Soldier competing for pro motion to grades e5 and e6 army my question is Why is the new system retroactive to affect soldiers competing for grades e5 and e6 it is my understanding that the depart ment of the army selects soldiers for grades e7 through e9 using the Date of previous grades held zone of consideration As one of the these grades were attained with the help of promotion Points from High time in service tis and time in Grade you gave them a break Why not give us a break we Are already on the promo Tion standing list and some of us Are about to get maybe the new promotion system should become effective for future but should it really slap soldiers who entered the army and attained promotion list status prior to May and june 1985 Lewis Turkey editors note Duncan 1st personnel no in promotions replies As previously the new work Sheet became effective in May 1985 for All soldiers army wide and is consid ered to be an important Milestone of the army of it does affect those soldiers currently the stars 5 an european edition capt Dale us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell Proctor Mcdermott production manager managing 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 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introduced to the promo Tion was determined to be the fairest possible for you and All soldiers competing for promotion to e5 and High school or ged completion is currently a prerequisite for promotion to grades e7 through the army sys tem for promotion to those grades Only considers the fact that the education was completed when determining a soldiers eligibility for once eligibility is Only Edu cation above the High school level is considered when selecting for promotion to those because High school or ged completion is also a prerequisite for pro motion to Grade and eventually for Grade this change now brings both systems into Date of rank Dor does establish the zone for either primary or when selecting for promotion to grades e7 through very much the same As time in service tis does for promotion to e5 and the big difference Here has always been that no promotion benefits Points Are Given at the senior enlisted because of and the fact that both tis and time in Grade Tig Are prerequisites for promotion to any Grade throughout the the practice of awarding Points in this area has been the new promotion system for e4s and e5s stresses self initiative As the key to improving promotion the new work Sheet is designed to evaluate soldiers who Are physically committed to and professionally reenlistment options explained As my time for reenlistment i have some questions about my my company reenlistment no said first termer options Arent very Good he said if i wanted to change my military occupational specially it would be very Dif i want to stay in the but would like to try something out of signal and not infantry or i always thought if you were qualified for an mos you could get into it if you re i have been informed it seems to me the army gives a larger specially selection for a person just entering the army than a person who has put in three or four that seems backward to the army has a Good Soldier for three or four he likes to be a but the army forces him out because the Soldier Doest like his mos but would like to stay in if he could change his Back to my have i been mis or is this How the army oper ates withheld Germany editors note master Jeri senior retention he usar replies thank you for this Opportunity to address an Issue that is important to Many implementation of the skill alignment module in 1982 resulted in significant changes to the reenlistment prior to retention cos at tempted to secure reenlistment options based almost solely on a soldiers the implementation of Tsam made the needs of the not the soldiers de the primary consideration in deter mining what reenlistment options Are of in the majority of if re training for a different mos is it will be for an mos that the army is having a difficult time filling or keeping persons joining the army for the first time from civilian when we Are Mak ing a Large initial investment in their do have a greater Choice of options than most soldiers do at reenlist it is not fiscally prudent to spend a Large amount of Money for retraining unless a Soldier is willing to retrain into an mos in which a critical need or severe shortage i strongly recommend that you Contact your retention no who can review your record and give you a knowledgeable assessment of the options now available to you and furnish personal assistance in planning for your career this no will be Able to provide or get answers for All of your you May be pleasantly surprised to learn that your prospects Are better than you school7 May be crime deterrent we Are All subjected to the bombardment of news on military personnel committing whether it be for stealing food for the or robbery and Mur there it in front of our fac possibly the excuses offered in no matter How minor or heinous the Are often the i was drunk and didst realize what i was or in Ive never been in trouble often times both of the excuses today armed forces Are the Best Best educated we have Ever All soldiers Are offered numerous military each Worth promotion i propose a new school be Only this one mandatory for All Active duty from Al to this school should be a possible deter rent to Many crimes being what is it my proposed school is two to three Days in the Complete with arrest at the soldiers duty Many soldiers that have never been arrested and incarcerated do not under stand the indignities and disgrace a per son will undergo following a this school should help them better under stand the real life events that occur following for those soldiers having undergone arrest and detainment this May be a possible deterrent to future As a healthy i see literally hundreds of posters and television commercials promoting Security and crime int it about time a Little physical and practical Educa Tion be applied if this Radical As it May were to be maybe we could help take a bite out of military Maltba Kaiserslautern dear Ann Landers my wife and 1 used to be big Coffee when we began to read about the bad effects of caffeine we switched to decaffeinated cof now we read that the decaf is worse than regular Coffee because of the chemicals used to take out the is there any truth in this word in dear awaiting the word is forget several years ago it was discovered thai a chemical used to re move caffeine from caused liver cancer in the Coffee manufacturers switched to other the principal one being methylene after a few one study showed that methylene also caused cancer in rats and fear again gripped the the food and drug administration decided this chemical was of because there was so Little of it in a cup of Coffee that a person would have to drink 12 million cups in a Day to get As much As the rats got in the testing so drink up and dont dear Ann Landers i have read your column since Junior High and Learned a lot from will you please help me with a problem i am planning an anniversary party for my a few months from they will have been married 25 i need to know How 1 am going to cover the Cost of the i plan to invite Between 125 and 150 i want it to be a Beautiful formal dinner at a with loads of Flowers and should 1 ask the guests to Send donations whatever they can afford if How do i word the invitation thank in Montreal dear inexperienced the sentiment is Lovely and i hate to rain on your but it would not be in Good taste to ask guests to pay for your Why not take your parents to dinner out of your own savings if you have suggest that you be paid for doing certain chores around the House and then seek to do extra work for extra dear Ann Landers twice in the past month i have had the pleasure of being Host to my 12yearold granddaughter and her very Nice compan Ion same age for weekends at our resort what bothers me is that i have never met nor communicated with the parents of the this makes the second time she has accompanied my granddaughter to stay two nights at our place and her parents have never checked to make sure the child was expected nor have they thanked me for the i cannot imagine my daughter permit Ting her preteen to spend the night with people she didst know without at least telephoning and making sure the child was am i being old fashioned or what in the East dear grandma you Are just its those other folks who Are missing a c news America Syndicate 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 with hold your name on request and protect your