European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine retirement stories by Mary Neth Slaff writer More and More americans who choose a military life find themselves strangers in their own land when it s time0  years of overseas Tours he old Hometown is no longer familiar and firm friendships Are those hat have been made with other travelling service members and people overseas. Often if the service member has married a foreigner he family i sell May include More foreign relatives than native americans. Many former serve remembers opt for retirement in another country. They find however that there Are More problems than they suspected. Retirement May not be Ideal anywhere Bays Amos Salon. Who has lived in Germany since leaving the air Force As a Captain in 1965. But ii is definitely anything but Ideal Lor an american  Benefit and privilege the Retiree is eligible for Are often difficult to obtain. And those commonly offered within the United slates such As Price reductions Al restaurants for senior citizens etc., generally Don l exist in other lands. Salon a Volunteer adviser at the retirement services office at the Hallerberg Community service Center in Wiesbaden 22 Mississippi is. Telephone 06121/785611. Is a prime example of a member of the amen can military with no ties to Anchor him in America. He has lived outside of the United states most of his life even his childhood was spent mainly in South America travelling with his father a geologist. Twenty years service with the air Force and marriage to an austrian completed the Job of making him feel More Al Home away from Home. After my father s death his Mother had died when he was a child there were More friends and family on this Side at the  everyone however has his own reason for overseas  Salon Points out noting his fellow volunteers at the office Paul Mccollum a former air Force technical sergeant and Paul Carroll a retired sergeant first class had different motivations. When Mccolum. A Bachelor is asked if a Lack of family Back Home is one of the reasons he is in Germany he laughs. No he says there s lots of family in North Carolina 11 Brothers and Sisters to be  during i time in the Ter tee he spent a great Deal of time out of the country. After five overseas hours which included 12 years in Gorman he just decided he listed the  when retirement came in 1964, he hopped a plane from the United states to Rhine main a and applied for a Job at the military hotel working As a bag boy Al the commissary until the position came open. Now after his second retirement from the hotel business two years ago he makes his Home in Laurens Okseo a Village in the Taurus mountains outside of Wiesbaden. Carroll on the other hand is not particularly taken with Germany. When the former sergeant first class retired irom the service also in 1964, he and his wife moved to Hawaii where he went into business for himself. In 1969 they left the Sunshine to move to Germany to be with Hla wife s Mother Carroll admits if i were not for his Moth Muhaw a wonderful lady who shares her Home with them they would not be Here. If he had his Choice in fact he probably would live in Ireland or perhaps Portugal. Really i d be most Happy with a Mobile Home and a mail  All the european retirees however run into the same difficulties so Sicily of jobs Lack of full benefits higher living costs problems of medical care. Most military retirees Are still in their 40s, years continued on Page 14 tuesday. July 22,1986 the stars and stripes Page 13