European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. January 16, 1987 letters the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 Soldier regrets driving after drinking the majority of your readers May not even finish Reading this. It s about alcohol and driving. Some have to learn for themselves. I know did. There Are smashed up vehicles at our Gate celebrate sober signs donning every Nook and cranny of the battalion and every commander Call rings of the warnings. The beware Are redundant but Ever so realistic. I am not a chronic alcoholic. Honestly i like to have a drink once in a while like anyone else an although this was never anything thai i was railed with in the last two Yean. 1 have decided thai this is a personal decision that i have to live with. Only i found out the hard Way about the consequences or drinking regardless of How Tittle Ouray have had. Why one Day i went to sick Call and upon the doctor s request for my entire food consumption or the previous Day one slice of pizza and a Light Bee ended up ignorantly submitting to a Bat blood alcohol test. The lest came Back at a higher level than is allowed at work which by the Way is .05 percent and by regulation it has to go Back to the commander. 1 received a counselling statement from the com Mand and was automatically referred to acc. It May not seem like anything serious to anyone else but with a spotless record in my 2vt years in the army it was least of All humiliating. 1 mopped drinking completely for the real iwo months. Well i finally decided after a particularly hard Day at work that i wanted to unwind at the net Christmas party and had 2vi wine coolers. I finished off inc evening with a few mixed drinks and As my entire consumption took place Over a 5w hour period i fell perfectly capable of driving my self and few friends Home. By a somewhat minor change of mind 1 turned my Blinker off and went straight through an inter Section. Enough to Send the Antenna of an my Upland whirring. I was pulled Over and inc rat ii history. Of course everyone knows what happens next. 1 went through the breathalyzer and Bat All Over again. As of now five Days Lateri still Don t know what the Bat is and thus the consequences. I already have one offence behind me and although i know that i drink much less than Over half the battalion who does drink 1 seem to have no Luck. Now i face a number of possible could lose a Stripe. Lose government quarters the Chance of changing to another military occupational specially mos which requires an e-4 p or a i and at least a 90-Day License loss. It could be one year. As far As i m concerned i May have messed up my entire career i have an outstanding record thus far and to have one stupid decision Louse it up is agonizing. I know. "1 should have thought of that before 1 got behind the Well i wrote this in Hope that the rest of you out there Wilt. That you la think of the consequences. Name and location withheld writer corrects reference to a shop units the recent daily Magazine article by Richard Halloran revitalizing Uncle Sam s special operations forces was Likely and worthwhile in inform ing your readership. However the comment concerning psychological operations units assigned to the 1st special operations come at fort Bragg were incorrect. Halloran stated that. Psychological. Units. Work alongside special forces to help other nations fight insurrection and later. Psycho logical. Units will work with the special forces although the army s a shop units Are As signed to 1st Sodom Only about 15 percent of those Active forces actually support special forces units. The remaining 85 percent along with the Reserve a shop units support conventional forces such As the v and Vii corps which will come under nato s Central army group Cental in War time. Those a shop units supporting conventional forces Are capable of providing that support across the entire spectrum of warfare. Furthermore there Are a shop units trained and oriented to All areas of the Globe where we May be required to Send forces. The Bolton line is thai although these units May belong to est Sodom during peacetime most Are expected to deploy to their target areas to support conventional farces during crisis and War. It. Col. Robert l. Hemphill a shop Branch chief he Cental pen pals i i m Yurt Emmi Mould a u win to Pooia u met Wood. I Luco oking and Nadlang. Chi ton my Tahou i cooing. A big writing Madlung and male. It i Avera iffy in fat a england1 Bigg Union. Milch an m vary Imar won inn. High school. Plavala in fuda main your pan pit to Jun. I in 32 Ravara old and Myott Tumuli . 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H13 dear Ann Landers almost every Day we hear the statistics on aids but slate tic Are just numbers till they hit Home. Then suddenly the num Bers become the cold reality of a son who died because of aids. When my son was told he had aids i biggest fear we not death but rejection by hit family j i m proud to say that no one who j was told of his illness turned hit Back on him. The whole family rallied around giving the love and support he needed. I treasure the last few month we had with often late at night when could t sleep we would sit and talk. How Brave he wast Hii main concent wat for his family and How they were coping with the prob Lem he had visited on them. My son was a Good Man. He would never intention ally Hurt anyone. He was an intelligent and talented person and a Loving son and brother who hid a world of Friend. Most aids patient have two and three Yean from diagnosis to end of life. Of How i wish that were for Larry. My ton bad less than a year. I wish god bid let us have him a Little while longer. While he was in the Hospital. I met other aids Palien. Several of them had been shunned by family and friends. They never had Viii ton. 1 Wii netted Whit a terrible thing it is to die alone and unloved. Ann i am often depressed and Don t with to Burden my husband or children. They Are Jutt barely holding on and i must be Strong for their Sake. What i find hardest to Bear an the comment and Rick joke about aids. I hear them at wort almost every Day. None of my co workers Are aware thai my Ion had the disease. I m lure they would feel differently if they were in my shoes. Thank you for being there for me Ann. If you print this letter Don t use my name. But Pleate ask your readers to have More compassion. Grieving . Mother Dew . Mother Yon Hart Kitten letter tout 1 Troy for two reasons. Pint 11 h extremely poignant and Muring. Second i did not need to change or delete single you on behalf of Hoo Audi of Mother who Start your Burden. Dear Ann Landers my Boyfriend and i split up and 1 Mill him terribly. 1 have been trying without Success for a reconciliation for the past month. 1 really want him Back no matter what. Several Days ago i read in an and in a newspaper by a psychic who claims he can mesmerize former lovers and get them to return to the fold. I contacted the psychic and be assured me that Pecan work his magic on my former sweetheart but be needs photographs full names birth dates and cub in Advance. The amount of Money he ii asking for is huge considering my financial situation so i am asking Tor your opinion regarding this matter. Should i float a loan and make the investment in my future i am miserable without this Guy. Anonymous in the West dear anon the word from Hen is forget it fee heard of some outrageous ican in my Day but thai b one of the Mott transparent. That Bird ought to be into heated Rudart when to Anta u not Amer Tea syr duta Mumm Landar map to Draia a in in car a to Sura and Sepu. 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