European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 1966 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers my rather recently died and we found this letter among his personal papers. It was. M his hand writing. We have no idea whether it is an original piece. We never knew him to collect other people work. Have you seen this in All your Reading does anyone recognize it a prayer for parents of god make me a better Parent. Help me o understand my children to listen patiently to what they have to say and to respond to their questions kindly. Keep me irom interrupting and contradicting them. Make me As courteous to them As i would Nave them be to me. Give me the courage to "h1"? my sins Aea Insl my children and task them for forgiveness when i know i Nave done wrong. May i not vainly Hurt the feelings of my children. Forbid that i should laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame and ridicule for punishment. Reduce the meanness in me. May i cease to nag and when i am out of sorts help me lord to hold my Tongue. Blind me to the Little errors of my children and help me to see the Good things they do. Give me a ready word Tor honest Praise. Help me treat my children As those of their own age. Let me not expect from them the judgment of adults. Allow me not to Rob them of the Opportunity to wait on themselves to think to choose and to make their own decisions. Forbid that 1 should Ever punish them for selfish satisfaction. May i Grant them All their wishes that Are reasonable and have the courage always to withhold a privilege that i know will do them harm. Make me fair and just considerate and companionable so they will have genuine esteem for me. Help me to be loved and imitated by my children of god. Give me Calm and poise and self control. Boise Idaho dear Ofee think you for sharing thai Beautiful essay. I hive not seen it before. It could be in original comp Silon. Even if it in to the fact that your father kept it tells us some thing about the kind of Man he was. Dear Ann Landers this is for been around in Bakers Field who told women How to spot a mar ried Man. We arc a group of servicemen stationed in Europe who compared notes on Guys who run around on their wives. We then took a poll in our Squadron. Here Are the results 1. Don t bother looking for a wedding ring Mark. Many married men have never worn a wedding band. If there s a Stripe from one they can easily Wear another ring to cover it. 2 most men who cheat will show the pictures in their wallets to any Dame who Junks. The wife and kids will be identified As his sister sister in Law and her kids. 3 single men prefer underwear that is most comfortable. Married men Wear Shat their wives buy for them. Most wives buy either Bikini or jockey shorts. But by the time a woman finds out what kind of shorts a Guy wears it s too late. Shes 6oing,o bed with . Dear . And others you1 ire right on ill counts. Etc Edify Ike last one. Forces reminder All letters to the Utor  readers respond to my s complaints about duty i am writing in regard to suggestions for changes in my duty get answers specifically to the writer of the letter. I sympathize with the writer for the Long hours he must work. It is difficult to work fluctuating shift hours. If you will look around you you May find that maps Are not the Only army personnel who work Long fluctuating hours. My husband is infantry and often must work 7.4 hours without sleep at All. I m not just speaking of charge of quarters duty either. He spends a great Deal of time in the Field. There he gets Little or no sleep. While the maps Are in your warm offices or in patrol vehicles my husband is freezing in a shelter somewhere. Personally i Don t mind cutting the grass if it makes my husband s a a Little easier. May i suggest that you Duitcher Ballya Chin and do your Job. It sure beats the unemployment  a. Kelham Schweinfurt Germany i have been in the my corps for Over six years and i was thoroughly amazed at the fact that you would air such gripes. For starters All but one of your com plaints promotion Points Are handled at the local level. I see absolutely no need to bring them to the attention of All the read ers of the stars and stripes. No one is going to feel sorry for you. As a matter of fact you just lowered the image of the military police corps about five inches in the eyes of those who read your letter. The hours you described Are hard on a person and sometimes the person cracks under them. It takes a very professional Well trained person to be Able to Cope with the physical emotional and psychological stress you mentioned. This May come As a Surprise to you but Many of us do it each Day. We enjoy Pur jobs and find them very rewarding at times. At other limes we find them rather monotonous and senseless but that is All part of in. There Are soldiers and i Don t mean maps Only who work longer More tiresome hours than you Are right now. To feel singled out and picked on is a very selfish response. And to solicit sympathy from others who might be working under conditions you have never dreamed of is very pathetic. Now for the Lack of education you pen pals i would like to com spool with people in other countries. I am 25 yes old. When Saue Banaman Negros Oriental Tuo Phul toes a teas put my my i your pen pay column. I am14 veers of. Mertyn  Shrub ice Slou Llor Philippines English gel Model h Yurs old seek pen pals. I Hove lots of  we Vanurk 420, Ley Street Conn Hill. Word Essex 1c1-7bs, England i really want to have pen pats from far Placo especially abroad. I am 26 years of age. I m working Here in our place As private Secretary to the municipal mayor. Ii is Rural . Nlle v. Rodl office of the mayor Nuro Ucol. Magul Danao pop planes i please publish my name in he pen pal column. I am24 years old end a nurse aide. Liu b. Abl est of Helen so Moi. 102 a tubed Dum Aguele City Philllp planes s01 please publish my name in your pen pals column. Iam 34 years old and divorced Ullh one daughter. I am an sex Royal air Force nurse and live in North  Ravey "bronenl"12. Onion tar. Denbigh. Clwydll16 j Dpi n United Al Odom please print my name in your pen Pel column. Ien Loy cooking baking sewing Reading Christian books Christian music end am interested in Beauty culture end hair Silenc. Home Ragovis reel Street Caol Tol sited Aguele Colv a�1 Philllp planes i would like pan pals from a Over he world. I Amis years old. I am e born Oman Christian. Maravic Joan a goys real Street Capitol Sim Oum Euele cell  i am 19-year-old tunisian boy. I would like to correspond Ullh turkish american and English peo ple. I am interested in Rudino Cinema music sports and collecting Alamo. Mention. I personally have a Little Over 30 credit hours with a local College. It took me three years to get in and i have a Long Way to go but i have something. Take weekend seminars some Worth three credit hours. Go and meet the registrars and some of the instructors. If you Are into Law enforcement and you have a Etc in your area some of the classes might be taught by a local Cid agent or another member of your pm shop. Talk to them. Find out if you can work your schedule around their class time. And Don t forget about Clep. There Are Many credit hours to be had there. If you take the initiative you will find a Way. As far As the promotion problem look around you. No longer arc All of those combat arms Moss just giving away the stripes. Look at their Cut off scores and the Cut off scores of a lot of other Moss. You la Sec that 998 is not Asun common As you think. So again you will have to Lake the initiative. Enrol in correspondence courses attend service schools. If need be better your it qualification and or it scores. If you want things to get better get out there and do it yourself. No one is going to hand it to you. As a matter of fact the More you moan and groan about it the worse it will get. In strikes me that you look upon the my corps As a saintly figure far above the rest. We get off thinking about ourselves that Way but we must also keep one foot in the world of reality. We arc All doing a Job. Those jobs strive to reach a common goal. We All must work together and help each other. Statements like let s keep those promo Tion Points Down so the maps who deserve to be promoted can be promoted not Only make you out to be a Prima Donna look it up i had tout indicate that you have no caring for any other Soldier on our team. Sure 1 hold a lot of Pride in our corps. I am very proud of my Job and perform it in the Best possible professional manner. However i Riso take a lot of Pride being in the . Army. An army composed of Armor units infantry units aviation units Etc. Slim Kardok ii Avenue do 2 Mars 1934carlhage Bursa 2016 Tunisia pleas place my Rome la your pen Pel us. I am 13yours on Sarah Jane Radovel real Street Capitol sited Aguele City 6501 Philippines i would like to have pen pals. I pm 14 years old ende roman Catholic Mary Ann Anatalii real Streel Capitol site Dumaguet gov Esol Philllp planes i would Ilka 10 correspond Ullh turks a american end English people. I pm 19-year-old girl end i like the Cinema music and writing to  Mes Lyrl 121 Avenue Hahto Bourguiba Sld Busald Tunisia i would like to correspond with people in other countries i am 16 years old. Joseu Acab Alii reel Streel Capitol ate Dum Aguele Colv 6501philippines i am 4s veers old end would like to have pen Pels. I a born Egan Christian. Chuld a. To nov 9 North Road Dum Aguele City 4501philippines i would like to have friends in different countries. Iam a 19-Yeer-old student end my hobbles Are Trevel ing corresponding with people end Reading history Madl do Neil an 15, clue  w Al Ndefru Algeria please publish my name in your pen pal column. Iam 35 years old. Rose jlmenei23 Padilla St. West line even  0702 i pm 30 years old and would fee to have pen  Gutler Rei 1 Pannal  pump toes. 0701 most soldiers i be met work very hard for their paychecks and deserve to be promoted for their own reasons. If you feel that you should be promoted before others work for it. Bring yourself up in the eyes of those around you. Don t lower yourself and the corps with articles ridiculing the operation of your unit. It will Only bring you More Dis . Warren e. Griffith Iii Ansbach Germany in response to the letter i read by an my i would like to make a few comments.  writer should be informed that he is the one who decided to enter the service As an my. 2. Maps arc not the Only ones that work on shifts let alone 12-hour shifts. It would be great if we All could have a nine to five Job or even work eight hours a Day. We know that is impossible in the army or any Branch of service. I am in an infantry unit and like Many others if not All combat arms units we generally work a 12-hour-plus Day. Stop and think about How Many other service personnel there Are out there that work just As hard As he does. It is just As hard for us to attend schools at night and participate in sports and Community events. We always seem to be i ther going to the Field or preparing for one kind of inspection or another. We All have a Mission to accomplish and somehow or some Way we must accomplish that Mission. So please Don t feel that maps arc the Only ones who have it rough. Stiff sol. Paul a. Dumond Illus him Germany Theofi european edition Catt Dale k. Patterson. Us editor in cum Cmor Jeffrey s. Zakem. Us Deputy editor in cuff . Blac Xieu. M. Proctor 0.  manager Manning de. 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