European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. July 23, 1987 the stars and stripes Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i grew up Reading your column so know Bow you feel Aboul handguns. Did t agree with you because my dad always Kepi a loaded gun in Hie drawer beside his bedside Able. You gotta be ready Tor the scum that Breaks in be would say. They All carry guns and i want to get them last january someone broke into our Home but unfortunately the Guy got dad first. We buried him a week before Hii 44th birthday. Now no one will Ever convince me that a gun in the drawer is Protection. Since dad was killed my brother Siller and mom and i have became members of handgun control our organization spent a lot of Money on full Page advertisements recently and we Are asking you to print As much of the Adas you can. It carries a big photograph of Joseph Mcnamara police chief in san Jose Calif this is what he said it s my Job to enforce the Law and keep the peace. Like Many of my colleagues i used to think the National Rifle association was on my Side. After All they supported firearm safety among Hunters target shoot ers and other Law abiding shooters. Bui lately the Era leaders seem to have lost any sense of responsibility. A few years ago they lobbied Congress to allow the Sale of Armor piercing bullets. This special ammunition in l used for game Hunting. It s for blasting through Bullet proof vests killing he person inside most Likely a police officer. The Era wants to keep these cop bullets Legal. That s not nil. Their High powered lobbyists also tried to make it Legallo sell handguns through the mail. We sure Don t need a flood of cheap largely Ulra Cable handguns on the streets. Thai s what the mail order sales would encourage. The Era is also trying to kill stale Laws against carrying concealed weapons. They Are lighting com Mon Cense proposals for a waiting period on handgun Sain a Baste safeguard giving Law enforcement time to Check for a criminal record. In recent years the Era s leadership has repeatedly ignored the objections of professional Law enforce ment. Their actions make our jobs More difficult and More dangerous. They have poured millions of dollars into local elections seeking to intimidate Public officials who dare to speak out. If you Are a Era member Start questioning your leadership. If you Are a citizen concerned about Vio Lence in America please get involved. The Era has become one of the most powerful special interests in Washington. Like a loaded gun. That Power must be handled with care and should never be pointed in the wrong i Pray that you will print this Ann even Hough it s very Long. No name please i remember pappa York City dear York City here1 Joor letter All of 1l i remember the Day John Hinckley pulled a s19 Lar from his pocket and shot president Reagan a secret service Man � police officer us Jim Brady he put Dent a press Tec Reuy. Page 11 letters cohort units tour extensions clarified Thil letter concerns the policy of Lour extensions from 18 to 24 months for All first term soldiers and those serving an All others Lour. More specifically it concerns the application of his policy la the soldiers of four cohesion operational readiness and training cohort unit assigned to this theater. The initial guidance provided to the cohort sol Diers was All first terms and personnel serving an All others tour would remain with the cohort units for 18 month after the unit rotated to Usa eur these Oldie a would then be sent Back to the United slates after the fill package of soldiers arrived in the cohort unit. The Manning system a 600-82-2, is very explicit on the life Cycle of cohort units and the personnel rotations that arc necessary to Complete these cycles. Jow we have started to receive contradictory Sig nals from 1st personnel come about our Tours. A let Ter written in response to a letter from another concerned Soldier appeared in the stars and stripes in april stating that cohort is included in this Lour Extension program. Who is right should the 200 or so soldiers who would be affected by this change in my battalion alone Start making plans for spending an additional six months in Germany should i go ahead and notify the deferred payment plan App office thai i will be Here until june 1988, instead of january i9ss? lit it. Thomas b. Williams Kirch cores Germany editor s note chief warrant officer John v. Taylor chief. Management actions Branch 1st personnel come he Usa eur replies let me begin by acknowledging that there indeed Baa been some confusion about the Loor lengths that Are to be mired by soldiers assigned to cohort units. Initial guidance received by 1st personnel come was thai the tour length change from 18 months to 24 months announced in february 1987, applied to Mcm expressing appreciation you recently printed a letter from Pete Martin tilled " Wesl German expresses for those who rend it i Only wish that you could have the pleasure of knowing Pete personally. He has worked for the . Forces in Germany for More than 25 years puts in routine work Days of 14 to 16 hours always has a smile for everyone and is a walking textbook of expertise in three different and vital functional areas. He is never Loo Busy to help anyone Olio needs it. Please join me in thanking Pete for his expression of respect and appreciation for America and americans. I know that i am very fortunate to be involved professionally with him and to Call him a Friend. Gary Alt Ptter Vern Helm Germany travel advice wanted i am looking Tor of More Cunerty Iti bored Kio he Catt. Wrung to proved form Fivi and Waon he us Ouji it Mac. Fat William boimb7 to h,f., . Fjl32-i37s. It too late for sympathy what to needed is your a. Or. Picaso pick up a m Tod and writ Chi 10 Harvard alumni sought Hudun control for s2s, i3s, so s100 or More if you handgun s2. Caa up kit mall it id handgun control 1400 k Street , snip 500, Washington do. 10005. My Check my out today. Pc Mcmarr. To next it Tui of saturday Reghl Spe Cial Gimli by in or Toa soae my lore. I a Inu Sud in i big cont Tel Mutti my a mag Sta Tateo i in Junji of of fwd Law qty or one in gtd left Kraft i in air Tompong foam re Han if i Ndu Hirchal of Bunin Woutis cd to d boat an Deawn Mirto a Bers of cohort battalions thai Arris to from the Continental Union states in Jane and july 1996. Soldiers who rotated to Usa eur with to rec co Hort battalions will 4tjrt a rope in act tuna with their Date eligible n return from Oversea Derosas established when they a rift i Europe. This is due to the bet that soldiers already had attn recruited to re place them based ohm the originally scheduled do of personnel or lot of Tow battalions. Extending those sol dvrs currently aisle Ltd to the battalion would re quire renegotiation of the Rupla Ermont soldiers to let ment contracts and possibly result in losing hint sol Diers to the army. Therefore in your specific ease Yon should not sex Ltd your App contract since your Origi Nally scheduled return he not changed. Let me add that one criterion that has changed for soldiers who came to Usa eur Wilh these cohort units is the amount of time in service they must have remaining to be eligible for reassignment to conus upon completion of their tour. 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