European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 16. 1985 the stars and stripes pane 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i would like to re Spond to your answer on Dale rape to been through it in  he had a Point but your re Marks threw me. I am 22, attractive and Surprise a Virgin. The reason none of the men i c Date Are ready for a t Long Terra commit ment. I am not frigid. I enjoy kissing cuddling and exchanging words of endearment. Now Ann Landers comes along and says a woman who goes to a Man s apartment Tor a few drinks and a Lillic shared affection gives him reason to believe that she is a candidate for whatever he might have in  wait a minute coach. Can t i just get up to Bat even though i am nol a Home run hitter whatever happened to the pleasure of going to first second or third base and then going Bone alone . Thanks a Heap for telling All those Guys to whom i said no that they were right when they called me a Rotten Tittle ease. Moral but not dead in to. Der m. But not a of you Are 22, \ assume the men you Date Are your age or older. In to Day and age men in their Middle 20s Are not inter ested in first or second base. They Hunt to wham in out of the Ballpark. The Rale for mile sexual arousal is about four limes As fast As the females and malt Mueh More intense. When a Fella arts to third base he has a Strong physical compulsion to score. In my Opin Ion in b unfair nol to mention my to bring him to such a Peak of excitement and announce i m nol thai kind of a girl. I m going  i Don l say it s of for a Guy to Force a Homan to provide him with the ultimate satisfaction. Not Only is it morally wrong it s against the Law. I am saying How Etc in u foolish to Lake such chances. Going to Bat with the intention of slopping at third bunt May prove hazardous to a woman s health. Dear Ann Landers i knew if i read your column lung enough my problem would come up. And indeed i . 1 am Imons the hearing impaired. Many physical ailments arc inc result of ignoring medical advice and or self indulgence. 1 refer to people who eat Loo much drink Loo much smoke shun car disc. And fail to gel adequate rest. Such folks i Vilc heart attacks lung cancer High blood pressure emphysema enlarged livers ulcers Csc. My problem is tinnitus one 1 could nol have prevented. I have a ringing noise in my cars Day and night. In never stops and it never will. 1 am doomed to have in till the Day i die. It s a living hell. I Reali a it s nol easy to carry on a conversation with a person Wilh impaired hearing but let me Tell you what my wife docs. She will put her head in the refrigerator say something and get mad because i Don t respond. I Tell her if she wants to talk to me to please get her head Oul of the refrigerator. The woman thinks i am looking for a fight and clams up. I become  blow my top and the Day is ruined. Then there arc relatives who mumble. When 1 ask them to speak More distinctly they shout Back in anger. I am pleading for some understanding on behalf of All who share this problem. Folks who arc hearing impaired do nol deserve to be Cul off from the world. Boston Sui i  dear a i hear you loud and Clear and hop others will gel la message. Thanks for writing. N in in rile to new America Sindir or Core of the Star Anu forces Reader hits bulls Eye with marksmanship questions recently in the stars and stripes the Usa eur Deputy commander was quoted As saying the army s marksmanship training in Europe is not  i m curious what is going to be done about this the problem with poor marksmanship starts at the lop. How Many senior officers and senior cos do not Wear a if cation badges on their class a uniforms is this because they Haven t qualified arc ashamed of their qualification or Don t give a Damn if the leaders arc not serious about qualification will the troops be How Many senior officers and cos Wear the distinguished Marksman badge or leg medals towards distinguished How Many soldiers even know Aboul the possibility of becoming a distinguished Marksman with Rifle or pistol of course Usa eur has decided that legs towards distinguished Are not that important so no competitions Are held Here in Europe. There seem to be plenty of Golf and Bowling competitions but Are there shooting competitions sponsored by usar eur besides the one recently held at Hohenfels Only 16 units in All of Usa eur participated surely there must be More than 16 units in Usa eur that Are Capa ble of entering marksmanship Competition something i never did understand u that Usa eur sends Bowling teams Golf teams wrestling teams etc., Back to the . To compete in All army competitions. Shooters can forget it Why 1 keep wait ing to read something in the stars and stripes Aboul the All army matches held at Al. Binning or at least the National matches at Camp Perry. Did 1 miss an Issue of the paper or is this a news Black out bet for marksmanship training starts at the lop. Usa eur could organic competitions and commanders could Start allocating More Lime to marksmanship matches a Alicr than he Surprise draw weapons today we go to the Range to  qualifying at 1,000 inches should be re placed by known distance cd qualifications. It would also be helpful for troops to pull targets in the Butts and listen to the crack of bullets Over their Heads. When i. Gen. Thomas d. Ayers was referring to marksmanship training being not  he was probably referring to Rifle and m-60 training. Worse than nol Good is marksmanship with the Issue  Tol. The .45 is capable of surprising accuracy at 25 Yards the Soldier shooting in is properly trained and motivated. Shooting 20 rounds of familiarization Wilhour even bothering to score the larget is not going to Lead to any degree of marksmanship with the weapon carried for personal defense. The Pilot is Only used when the chips Are Down so you had better be Good with it. Again command emphasis most Young soldiers i be talked to would like to Shew i More and run less. Usa eur has done a great Job with command emphasis on running but no emphasis on shooting. What docs Usa eur plan on doing in the next War Floyd m. Moore bad Kreuz Nach Germany editor s note a spokesman from the office of the assistant Deputy chief of staff operations training and crops the. Usar Kur replies your concerns Are timely and hit inc bulls Eye on Many problems already identified by a Karkur s leadership. The Deputy commander of Usa eur. U. Gen. Thomas i. Ayers is personally involved in improving marksmanship train ing in this theater. To that end Sarel a Aikson St is developing a marksmanship improvement program. The program includes marksmanship training strategies train the Trainer programs coach Pupil instruction use of training devices known distance cd Range qualification. Mobile training teams and improvement of Home station training. The goal is to re turn excellence to the instruction soldiers receive before firing and to provide better facilities for the firing itself. The distinguished marksmanship Radge and the i a Mellenee in Competition Hadges leg medals you refer to Are earned through participation in the army wide Small arms Competition marksmanship program which includes the All army matches. Usa eur does not compete in i to All army matches. Instead. The Isar  combile marksmanship Competition is conducted yearly Al Hohenfels. The Competition is designed to lest under combat conditions inc marksmanship proficiency of both the individual sold ice and the squad. The All army matches do not offer the same combat realism found in the Usah eur Competition. All t  r Divi Sions plus the Berlin brigade setae. 56lh a brigade and three non infantry units May participate. Your observation that Only 16 units in Usa eur parties paled is True of Ike Competition but not of inc process leading up to die Competition. The site of the facilities Ata Labu to Host the Usa eur combat marksmanship Competition limit the total number of learns to 16. Of these 13 Are infantry and 3 Are Noa infantry. All infantry units in Usa eur must compete. Non infantry units Volunteer for involvement. The Best qualification scores Are the basis for selection. Thus those 16 teams were Only the Cream thai Rose to the top. I Hope we have addressed your concerns satisfactorily. If you have any further questions please feel free to Contact either Cap. Walker or master sol. Mcd Cvito Al the training management division seventh army training command Rafea Wohr military 2m3i 8368/6z.v7. The St is andr stripes a  of str regulations explained my husband who is an 12-6, was stationed in Florida when we got orders for the Netherlands. It were told that we would be allowed full joint travel regulation allowance. Just before we left our orders were changed to Germany and the weight allowance was Eul to 2,000 pounds. The assignment was accompanied tour for four years. We arrived Here in May 19x4. In july 1984, the travel allowance was changed to full str for accompanied Tours of four years. I called the traffic management office at Rii Stein and was told that we Are still Only entitled to 2,000 pounds on our return. Why Aren t we entitled to full str do we have to have new orders Cut name withheld Kum Stcin a Germany humor s note chief master sgt. Don Sanders director i e of transportation us Safe. Replies the information provided by the local traffic management office b Correct in july 19k4, do air Force elected to provide a full str allowance for All Mili tary being assigned to the Fri except Berlin. Prior to  Date Only those members in Grade e-7 and above were entitled to this allowance. I Noorlun Bitely the change in policy affects Only i Hose personnel with dates of lost items found while flu Lirgg it  Castle on sunday soul. 72, i found an arts cafe thai had been inadvertently left behind by another american. Thuc Denim Bao it marked with the Mii Latt . Nilde Are Many article including j rot of exposed my thai i m ure contain irreplaceable Pho lot of a family Holiday. I d be Happy to mail the package to the proper owner k you d Jirtle Contact tie Vii h an acc Ralo description of the Content. Dorcas a. Ahern Box 222 40  Apo . Oft arrival after july i 1984. Hooter Hose air Force personnel who Are assigned to Germain and placed under he administrative weight allowance Are entitled to got cram Cal furniture support. Those person Nel who Are under the full str system arc not. The writer is encouraged to ascertain Tiit All authorized furnishings were made available if not the housing Supply office can approve an additional weight allow Ance Over and Abate the administrative allowance within the first 60 Days of assignment to either private rental quarters or government controlled quarters or any time during the tour due to increase in family Sie. Further if a member extends for another tour for a total of six years or Morea full str allowance can be obtained. Finally if be member performs a consecutive overseas tour to a full str weight allowance area the member s full allow Ance would be authorized. We regret our reply could no be More favourable. Pen pals t would like my name in your pen a column. 1 am a Vear old Girt and would like to have pen Mil from Al Oer the world. Mana Barduc Rocker sir. 112 woo Heidelberg t West Germany i would ilk in part. 1 am 16 year old and Llzkt Linying Reading and playing Ball games. Josephine b. Bantam anal Nav. 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