European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters need for respect among cos stressed this Teller is to lament the Lack of respect among noncommissioned of firn today. Before i gel to the meal of my text i d like to preface this with a cliche if the shoe fit Wear in respect ii i two Way Street. I be no problem receiving respect from the lower enlisted soldiers of my unit 1 Al i be earned their respect by treating them with inc same respect that All soldiers Are entitled to regard Ess of rank at much As i expect my subordinates to respect me i would also appreciate my Peers and superiors to respect my rank position and the fact that i Aman equal human being. It is with the senior cos and my fellow sergeants that i see a need for improvement i can think of several examples. I think of the senior no who finds it necessary in throw the soft Cap of a Junior no into the dirt As a corrective action fora uniform discrepancy. I think of the first sergeant or Coic who contemptuously asks thence for information by Savins i want to know what the the Deal is on this Sarge i think of the cos who resale each other with tales of lower rank ing cos most embarrassing moments in the Fieldor the motor Pool. I be seen All of this during my first year As a ser Geant and most of it his happened in the presence of Tower enlisted Soldier. Some of it has happened to me some of it to others. Alt of it indicates a Lack of respect downward. All soldiers Are entitled to Mutual respect be they private or a command sergeant major. Why is it then that so Many senior cos won t give it to the Junior cos we Are the first line supervisor of today and the sergeant major of tomorrow. This atmosphere in not the most conducive to the nurturing of a positive Altitude but still we drive on. Chapter three of Field manual 22-100, military leadership Silies your soldiers will sense your Lack of respect for them Ai equal human beings. Peo ple resent a Lack of respect and will respond with that same disrespect chapter four goes further re Spect is Basic to All human relationships. If there is Mutual respect Between you and your soldiers the will be motivated to follow your orders How True it is. If my fellow cos and 1 arc treated like dirt then dirt is Likely to be the result of our actions. If we re treated in a manner that is in keep ing with our rank and position i m willing to bet that the fruit of our labors will a something to be proud of the Bottom line is this we As cos Are professional soldiers. We must demand to be treated a such by each other. Set an Zhoor p. Loyal Heilbronn Germany gis coarse language draws complaint Sot Dien seem to have enough Money for Beer and Lasij. F they Are poor it i principally a poverty of language and spirit in Wii we knew How to cuss. We did it sparingly and More meaningfully than the pre enl Jot of gis. And in those innocent times when the main problem was fighting a War it were polite around women to watched our Mouths. Don t misunderstand. Meat of today s soldiers Arenice fellow the Salt of the Earth. And even the foul mouthed probably Are nol Ai they would have us be Lieve although some teem to be a contest to see who can look the most mainly eyed and stupid. As they runt to one another a wording every sentence for Etta every phrase you realize that this Crutch make up for a Smill vocabulary and a Lack of imagination. Least a foreign language possibly they Haven mastered 200 words of their own. Of wording often occurs when they Are around women and Kidi if this in being Manly some gis might find their Macho is not Mucho when lined up against some irate fathers who Learned about fighting in a real War. If these gis can t even control their voice boxes for15 consecutive seconds How can we let them near a Rifle let alone the firing mechanism of nuclear weapons one would think that first sergeants could give their men a few hints on creative sweating if they must swear and How to put a lid on it in Public. Contra Rylo conventional Wisdom a real Man is permitted to 1. Be a gentleman and 2. Use words containing More than Lour letters. And Why u everybody so angry All the time join the world. If you have time for Beer you have Lime to smell the Flowers along Ilic Way. Listen to music horsing while you re marching. Stop by at the local Bak Ery. Read some Good books maybe pick up a word or two. You feel like shaking these Young Fellows and saying get on with living. There s More to life than cursing it. Tom Brubeck a go Taxa str Navy restrictions on headphones irk writer 1 just finished Reading the article detailing restrictions on wearing headphones army regulation j8s 35 and air farce. Regulation 127-7and resent the military i no Fol ten and other because Ouie inattentiveness and stupid Ity of a few. The article details the circumstances of three per-1009 who were killed in Germany when struck by speeding Crainie while wearing stereo headphones. Id two of the deaths the headphones were not listed at contributing Factor. Why not address the real problem Why Are some people not smart enough id Herd German Law and void speeding trains i have worn headphones while running for Lix Yean. They have never impaired my ability to her traffic around me. In lad i often engage in conversation with my fellow runner while listening to music. I find the Musk to be a pleasant distraction from the Boris requirement of running for Miles. I agree with the restriction of wearing the head phones while driving however if volume is the reason for this restriction then what about those Drivers who have floor Model speaker lined across Ibe rear win Dow or teat of their car blasting loud enough to hear two blocks away if this is As dangerous Ai head phone maybe the military should outlaw car radios while driving on installations i wish the army would recognize thai most of us soldiers Are responsible adults who Don t need regulations to dictate that which we already know through common Tenie and experience. Chief Warchol officer Joseph d. A a dear Ann Landers can you Bear to print one More letter for indy whose Pencil thin sister wants her to lose 100 pounds or he can l be Unibe wedding my weight too has been Dis cussed Over the Yean by relatives especially a Cousin and her Hus band who were downright Skinny and used 10 annoy the hell out of me by eating All the Rich things i loved and did t dare touch. Nai rally 1 did t like this couple very much and saw them less and less. We were brought together at a family affair a few weeks ago and to and behold they Are skinnier than Ever but their teen age daughter is enormous. I hesitate to bet that she weighs More than both of them put together. All sorts of thoughts raced through my mind non of them very generous. I m Happy to say my better Adf triumphed and i prayed that one Day science will Caneup with a pin to prevent morbid obesity and Al the saute time another Pill that will paralyse malicious tongues. Last laugh in Wash when jew Stop talking. I Kap that Jow to Sewitt Trianah wee Awe and oat re a Fol the on them to the or fora the girl. Tilt Tbod to be too4lffich, i face Yon fax what Iff lib to be fearr. Etch thong. Pm Deplae her Puzo i plate Dredford her. Be my be Adt Enue. Dear Ann Landers thu is for the College Init Rurtz Afao complained about the Way teen agers talk. And i says like what Dys mean and he says like a gotta be kidding j must say the professor did t exaggerate. What i Don t understand is Why he singled out teen Ager. Everybody in new York talks that Way. I m referring to Brooklyn Ibe Bronx. Queens and like folks sound altogether different a new Verier can move to any slate in the Union and the minute he opens his Mouth people know where he i from. I m gtd 1 moved. 1 bated being lagged like that formerly from Brooklyn dear formerly if you re new the Ife Gowl but what did fat to about your Brooklyn acc mtg speech Habibi an a Fly hard to break like i mean it a Danu near Imp Tomc pm know. Lotta lock. Dear Ann Landers i have been instructed by my Boss to open All the mail even letters addressed to other employees. After the manager u through Reading everybody mail he makes me do Hia dirty work. 1 must deliver it and get screamed Al. I keep explaining that it ii company policy Bat nobody buy that baloney and i Don blame them. 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