European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. June 24, 1986 the stars and stripes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i dont know if i will be Able to Complete this letter but i m going to try because it might help someone who is contemplating suicide. I married at 17. Had a child at 8 and was divorced at 25. Three Yean liter i met a tall handsome Man went completely off my Rocker crazy in love. After three months of t passionate courtship he gave me a ring and we set wedding Date. Two week before the wedding he Oon fessed thai he had used me to get his former Girlfriend Back. I was so humiliated and heartsick i could t face Ray family and friends. Life had no meaning. I planned to end the agony by closing myself in the Kitchen an turning on the a. An week t went aver the details of my contemplate self Desuno Cajon. On saturday afternoon i Lent my 10 year old daughter to the Home of her Best Friend. The moment she left 1 it Down we wrote a suicide note and walked toward the stove. Just then the phone was from an old Friend woo Laid be was checking to see if i wat Home because he wanted to drop by an visit. Suddenly my attitude changed. I was excited at the Prospect of teeing him again and uttered that head thought about Roe. My a Nib were lifted and my brain began to function m rational Way. For the tint time i envisioned the trauma of a if vicar Ohl Duld coming Home to finder Mother dead. The feed whose Cal saved my life suggested therapy. I loot hit advice and a year Bier 1 was a different person. We married had two children in three Yean and i am Happy and fulfilled. I shudder when i think of All t would have mine had i gone through with my sick in the head plan. There i poetic in Rte . To my Story. The creep nearly tided myself Over never married his True love. Content and fulfilled in Washington Dearo wheat thinks for sharing your life s experience. It Tho old be clipped by every person who has Ever contemplated ending it air and read daily. Dear Ann Landers would you consider the swish of a single wet strand of Vermicelli across your wrist for your reply to the 7s-year-old perplexed widow in Illinois whose College student Roomer had vandalized his room and skipped without paying the rent there Are now More than 300 dispute settlement enters throughout the United Stales. These centers offer professional mediation services the belter Wayto uni Csc and fair settlement of neighbourhood Domestic in Tord tenant customer merchant and Small claims disputes. In most cases there is no fee. Media Tion offers Resolution without the hassle of Small claims court and is fast. For More information about the network of dispute settlement centers write Larry Ray Ava special committee on dispute Resolution 1800 m Street a w suite 2005, Washington . 20036 or phone 202 331-2258. Our local Center works closely with be court system the bar association and our University Legal services. A devoted Reader in the nation s capital dear devoted i am glad Yon Are More than a Reader Yoo Are also a writer Kople like Yon keep me on the. Send Hetero Lecul but i Don t Promise that i won t eat it i m a put Freak Page 11 letters army explains reasons for frequent moves i just finished Reading an article in a recent Issue of Camel Tomt to the North at untie treaty stars and stripes Aboul yet another Money saving one of the most important aspects of nato is its col proposal under consideration by Congress. The proposal a result of no less than 10 report requested by Congress suggests that rotational move costs could be decreased by lengthening overseas article outline two ways to accomplish this 1. Making sort Iceni Complete Ribeir hours. It took 10reports to come to this conclusion and 2. Inducing soldiers to voluntarily serve consecutive ours by offering a free trip Home Between Tours. This seems a Good idea but there is no Money Lound it. With budget cuu there s nol much Chance of gelling funds unless they use the Money saved by nonmoving these people to Lakeside. But even if funds were allotted they could fan victim to the budget a. In my mind the two Points above Are simply com Mon sense. 1 and the average person on the Street could have come up with these suggestions with a lilt thought and without considerable time and costly re search. I Don t have the funds to pay a committee to think for me. That brings me to my own suggestion. Why no lengthen stateside hours Dod policy dictate thai an overseas tour Jor mar ried accompanied is three years. It s not cart effective to pay overseas moving costs More often. When this three year tour is Over Soldier and family Are transferred stateside. Then a happened to us and Many others Soldier and family Are being moved overseas again after a stateside tour of Little More than a year. How is this Cost effective whether you move East or West across the Atlantic you still pay the shipping costs. The Overall rotational system should be revised lobe systematic rather than random so that a rapid turn around is eliminated not just Here in Europe but also in toe states where it s most common. A Tryda Gilmore Futta Germany editor s note Cape. Edward f. Sullivan us director. Personnel administration and services office of the assistant Secretary of defense replies Ai Yon Day know the Vas. Forces in West Ctm imy and other european countries Are part of this nation s pen pals put in a Mil �wlntl.droong, song Liq. Coli cling Tampi ind wrung in Nigroni Oraibi. Pm ppm 6i2i i Woutat in pan pah Iran if Over Tow world. I m 24 flirt cred and Jim. Sinh Apo h.y., , 09s77m 1j-j-hd Tyrl tooting of rpm pal or ctr a n Wand. 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Therefore duty Menkal if a Nannal Carver expectancy for All military members and As a matter of equal treatment each Penon u expected to Seire Bra or her turn. Some possess it Hilary skills that an in great demand in West Germany with few require ments in the United Stales. This h because certain weapons systems Are do loved in overseas Altai where the threat is greatest. It Rabin with Inch skill receive extra monetary Ince Titei or Nemser in return to the United Stales on leave. As a final Point the permanent change of station program h driven by the requirement that the Dod support shh nation s global commitments la meeting this responsibility the military services do my indiscriminately Mart just for the Sake of moving them. In fact the military services have aggressively managed their Rognes i an Effort i reduce the number of moves. The military or Iris arc Well aware that ii benefits them and heir Sperrle Emem or to reduce a win to the maximum extent Possi ble. Reducing moves saves critical dollars u wll As accession and training twits hut worm rtt Rotee be incurred if people separated in lieu of a Mote. There Are two Basic categories of mat. The first is the Lilia the move. Tui Calegory a a cd i support weapon Lysten re Ign forces and balance skill Levels. Wilheln this Broad category there Are Chr 1 the open fatal move a Hub b a Between location within the Booth Metal United slates 2 the rotational move which b a to us from overseas locations and 3 the nit we which Sully involves change in the location of a weapons i item. The second Basic category is the farce Siut Alameno move. This category is used to sustain readiness and includes accession move personnel galas met nation move personnel losses and training moves. Of these moves the military a Rico can Only control a portion of the open Tytul Man. The rest Are Gener ated had the Domino effect crate1 by a separation retirement or u Ter seas Tel of Loui Mote. Slace Rem i Ness is so critical at overseas locations it Fai tape live that we Correct Tiu level in Saluce awl Vaca Acks ital by separations ca4-Amow moves. Far example when a service member separates from an Oten Cas location a rotational move is required to fill the overseas vacancy an accession Mote is nude to sustain the arc Eod strength requirements and a Trah fait Aure b Ninfi Marj to acquire Requil Ite skill today Over 30 Perchem of the Active military Force Are assigned outside conus. When a Servia member rotates due to completion of a of cts a Kmit a second National Man is generated to fill the overseas vacancy. Sometimes a third move it necessary depending on the vacancy and skill level at the losing conus location the department of defense is aware of the Hanf Ahin and costs to the member each Lime he is reassigned. In this regard the Letel of reimbursement for such travel has been significantly increased in recent Yean. 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