European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday june 5, 1987 the stars and stripes page.11 foreign area allowance rules discussed in May 1986, the commander in chief Usa eur was granted authority by the department of the army to make head of Agency waivers to Grant foreign area allowances o . Citizen non appropriated fund Naf employees. Reference a 215,3-19. Since ibis time 1st personnel come officials have been working toward establishing criteria to Gran these allowances to locally hired professional Naf employees. Several proposals were sent to major subordinate commands for comment a. That la and la be granted to those employees appointed on or after oct. 1, 19b6, in grades of ua/ns-10 or higher. B. Grant entitlements to those employees in cases of reassignment or promotion to positions designated As hard to fill. C. Entitlements would also be granted As a retention incentive for those employee occupying Hart to fill positions. These proposals Are simply not adequate. What Hap pen to those employees in grades of ua and higher who were appointed prior to oct i 1986? Why Grant entitlements to Only those employees that accept re assignment who determines if a position is hard to Diirr i recently heard thai 1st personnel come is propos ing a test Case or cases in the Heidelberg area. What is there to test Why must 1st personnel come complicate a simple change in regulations that permits the granting of for eign area allowances finn personnel come official share had almost one year to come up with fair and equitable criteria to Grant these entitlements. What is taking so Long with the recent decline in the value of the Dollar it is imperative that this Issue be resolved As quickly As possible. Furthermore in is also Lime for All Naf employees affected by this change in regulations to get out pen and paper and express their thoughts concerning this matter. A and waiting location withheld editor s note a. Post Ltd civilian Deputy chief of staff personnel he. Us a eur replies thank Yon for your letter which gives As an Opp Orton Ity to explain this somewhat complicated and dynamic Issue which affects non appropriated fund employees Naf. United Stales army Europe policy has recently lunged with regard to grunting foreign area allowances id locally hired Naf employees. The new policy is contained in Usa eur regulation 21s, change a feb. 26,1987. Between May 19,1986, when the authority we lint extended to army major command Sand feb. 16,1967,/.j �_.?_.,0, ,-., a errors to extensive the Dale of publication of Usa eur policy efforts to coordinate the contents of Lull policy were e Peri pals Ouwel a nub 1 m Inta Jallad in writing to pan Pella i am 15 years we and a Romancak Hyk. I in Tantam Ltd i Rawung a Mijc strumming Hal a tier. And t to Tonais omd Wilh stud anal irom All Nvvf Iba Wiwi i am in Inmond ind in High school i info swim Nung. To Tang. Cd Kung to franc . Attn Tut Timm Quot aim a Ute input apr suggestions melted from subordinate commands in the coordination process were Many and varied ranging from adopting a extremely Liberal system to imposing rigid control. The key element was the Cost Impact in administering the program. I.e., How much can nails afford to pay. General agreement was finally reached on the policy which u currently in effect. Effect ten feb. 1,1987, ind thereafter this policy Grants foreign urn allowances la ii Naf employees recruited from the Continental United stiffs Tod authorizes the granting of allowances to Loftly Hind Naf employee for positions ua-09/ns 10 ind above who meet the criteria of Section 031.11 a Imd a of the department of state standardized regulations a sir. This criteria pc Dies that to be eligible for allow Ance the employee s place of residence to which the tiring Quarter allowance la applies is attributable to employment by the \ s. Government. Also that prior to appointment to the Naf position the employee was recruited i the us. By the us. Government including its armed Force by us firm organisation or inter to by in organization in which the . Got comment participates or by a foreign government and hit the employee has been in continuous employment by such employer under conditions which provided for us her return transportation to the . The a sir implements the overseas i a Renlian and allowances act Public Law 86-707. Adopting the a sir As applicable to Nap employment overseas inherently adopts the intent of the Law on which it is based. The courts Hare interpreted the Law on allow nets to mean that. The benefits Are designed to give something extra to employee who must go Over teas. There is no indication that Congress intended to Grant people already in those foreign areas extra compensation to give Tybera living in Twons a though icy had come from the United states Durban l. Avion Al Al t. The United slain. Concerning your question about a lest Case there Are three requests for waiver under review. While Oversea Bunjor commands have been delegated authority to waive the a sir provisions in obd sual circumstances tub authority he been misinterpreted by Many ind Duli to be a License to Grant allowances indiscriminately. Usa eur policy on granting waivers provides that Community commanders May request a waiver i individual Case to attract Toad candidates or retain current employees who do not meet the a sir criteria for for eign area entitlement for i employ men in hard to full positions. The requests must describe attempts to fill the position from All recruitment sources. I.e., world wide and establish thai the local candidate or employee is the Only person available with the necessary skills to fill Ibe position. If there Are other candidates available through appointment reassignment or promotion the position is not considered to be Bard to Flat and the waiver re quest May not be approved. Usa eur non appropriated fond activities operate an strict budgets and Are mandated to become self sup porting to the maximum extent. Any obligation to pay foreign area allowances increases labor Coats with resulting impacts on profitability and the ability too self supporting. Widespread uncontrolled payments of these allowances would ultimately affect the Soldier and other customers id whom the costs would have to be passed through raised prices fur Good and services. Us Keuk policy is aimed at paring allowances when required on a controlled basis us in the Best business Ime Resti of the Nafis. Ann Landers dear Ann Landers fourteen months ago my Hus band had a stroke or Speaks wit difficulty. I feed and Bathe him and tale him to the Hospital for therapy he is in a wheelchair last week a Plain envelope and of dressed to my husband arrived at our Home. He asked me to open in and read it to him. I did. It was a love letter unsigned. I was shocked and just stood there trem bling. My husband confessed that he had kept this woman in a one bedroom apartment for we eral years. To say i was stunned is putting it mildly. We have been married i9yeartaitd he his been Impo tent with me for 10 years. We have always had a rough Lime financially but i believed we loved each other and was willing to Settle for brother Sisler relationship. 1 was sympathetic when he told me he could t per form. Now i am crushed to Itam from the letter thai he performed very Well with someone else. Of course 1 am filled with rate to discover that he was satisfying another woman while i was going without. He says he will never see her again and that he wants to remain married to me. 1 know i can never forget bul can i possibly forgive i am 61 and he is 62. I am attractive and in Good health. He is still very Good looking and is making remarkable Progress. I need to know if in is possible thai he will Ever be Able to function sexually. The Man lakes a great Deal of Medicine every Day High blood pressure pills diuretics and lord knows what else. Please advise 1 need to make up my mind no name no City no state dear no name your husband s physician would be to person to ask about the prospects for a Normal sex life. Certain medi cation does Knock out the libido but sometimes it can be restored if the Medicine is lunged. The bigger Ipi estion it seen to me is whether you can forgive ibis nun for those Yean of duplicity. 1 Santto Serena sessions with it psychiatric we a worker or by photog by look in the p Booe Book at once. The Buruca a Nare carrying could be an emotional Lime Tomb. Dear Ann Landers you have printed a few letters from family member who were upset when a Clergyman repeatedly mispronounced the name of a loved one during the funeral services. Can you stand one More Tetter along the same line Only it was t a funeral it is a wedding. Mine. The pastor we loved and knew Well was ill and unable to officiate. He sent his assistant who was fresh faced uninitiated and new in town. Everything went fairly Well until he came to the vows. The Young pastor looked at my Darling and asked Bill do you take Charlotte to be your lawful wedded wife my Fiance stood there dumbfounded and did not reply. The pastor turned to me ignoring the fact that there was no response. He asked do you Charlotte Lake Bill to be you lawful wedded husband at that Point i lost my Cool and shouted i am not Charlotte and he is not Bill. 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