European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. A oust 20, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers my co workers and friends if i me i am Beautiful. I have a Mir ror so i know they arc right. I am also an interesting person and a Nice human being. You must know from the let ices you receive thai even for a Beautiful and intelligent woman f in it not easy to meet a Man of Quality these Days. That is Why Iran ads in newspapers and mag j a incs. From the beginning i was prepared to believe the information these men put out about themselves. It Burn me up that i was such a trusting fool. I have met 33 men Ann and every last one has  his height from one to four inches. I am 5-foot-7 and feel More comfortable with a Man who is a few inches taller. The last Man who responded suggested that we meet in a restaurant i just returned from that meeting and to furious. He wrote that be is 6 feet tall actually he is s-fool-8 or maybe s-foot-9 in elevator shoes. I spoke two sentences to him just because you say you Are 6 fed Tan does not make you 6 reel All. You Are a liar Andl want nothing to do with  i left. In my opinion his sort of thing symbolize deceit and Lack of integrity precisely what is wrong with the Man woman equation today. Thanks for telling me gel this off my Chest. Pm. Seattle dear Seattle your letter sym bodies something else be mindless preoccupation with i consequent details when evaluating a potential spouse i wonder How Many terrific men Yon have passed do because they weren t Nail  granted correspondents should not misrepresent the Roselea but ruling out a Man for reasons of height is just Plain dumb. Dear Ann Landers you be got some nerve. 1 Don t know How you keep your Job a Reader wrote to you recently to say her cat catches a rubber Ball with its left Paw. Big Deal she wanted to know if in is possible that her cat is left  so you go and bother one of the world s most distinguished neurologists or. Fred Plum of the new York Hospital and Columbia medical Center. I find it outrageous that you would intrude on a Man of his Caliper with such an inconsequential  it is even More mind boggling that or. Plum would bother to answer. I am sure he had better things to do. Bug eyed in Manhasset . Dearbus i m sure he did too but How Nice thai or. Plum worm take the time to help me out this b a splendid example of the Tene Rositor of Ray constants. They realize that not an the problems out appear in this space tit Earth Al Hahn Bat they always take my Calls and provide an answer. Dicky Mel dear Ann Landers is there an organization for people who suffer from Bouti of depression i be had melancholy spells three or four time a year since 1967 and have thought psychiatric help. No one has been Able to pinpoint my problem therapy on a continuing basis is too expensive. I believe in self help groups. Is there one for a person such As me Blue in California dear Calif Udeta there is recovery inc. This splendid or Nad Tjon offers support to nervous and former men Tal a to nos and to s free. Write to Nal Totoiu Headquarters. The a Doss is 801 n. Dearborn is Chicago in m10. They do a abates Job Fri u or n can or try Elan my Seiph Apo 09211. Us. Education re enlistment option explained the army now has a pro prawn Wii re soldiers ran Allend College full time with military benefits. Thai s great but As usual the army puts up barriers that eliminate some soldiers without any Good reason. To be eligible Tor the program the following applies be a staff sergeant or below meet Basic eligibility criteria Abr re enlistment without waiver and have no More than 10 years time in service when entering the program. Why May i ask Are senior ranking personnel and those with More than 10 years of service not allowed to participate in the program according to the rules if you do one year of College you must give Uncle sugar four More years of service five years if you attend for 18 months and six Yean if you attend for two Yean. Considering that a person May stay in service a full 30 years there is no real reason Why a Soldier with say 18 years service cannot be allowed to participial be. Figure it this Way 18 years service plus one year of school plus four years Obliga Tion equals 23 years total service. Anything wrong with that i now have 19 years of service am a senior no and am making plans to retire next year. However i would not mind attending College and doing additional service. The planners of this program did t really think hard enough. They created a positive retention tool but left out some highly qualified folks those with More than 10 years of service and senior cos. Although i do not qualify for the program because i have a Bachelor s degree already. I am sure Llibre Are Many soldiers with More than 10 years sen ice who would like to participate in this program. Why not give them a Chance one last thing Why limit education to four years of College. Open the program up to the highest level of education possible. It will certainly help the Soldier As Well As the . Army. , heu Elben editor s note sat maj. Ralph e. Albright command retention no Usa eur retention Branch personnel actions division personnel services support directorate 1st personnel Good replies i Welcome the Opportunity to answer question con be Naff the education re enlistment option test that began april 1, and the Stan and stripes article on the same subject the education re enlistment option was developed to expand the initial term re enlistment Market in order to retain Mort initial Tern soldiers who had enlisted in the Active array solely la gain eligibility for the new go Bill. Most of these Soldier had enlisted for the mini my period of service offered with minimal payback la the service. Providing soldiers the Opportunity la use the new i Bill a attend College full time while on Active duty meets the needs of both the army and the soldiers. The fiscal year 1987 and fiscal year 1988 education options Are Only tests. If the demand is sufficient and funds Are available expansion of the program to include other groups of soldiers will be considered. Dodds manpower allocations discussed i no longer have children in the department of de sense dependents schools Dodds system but i Hope All concerned parents will Contact their legislators in regard to the proposed Cut in educational specialists and an increase in administrative personnel in the overseas school system. If this proposal is implemented Many military personnel with exceptional children will be barred from overseas Tours. Others will have to be sent Back to the United states at a time when the military is trying to encourage service members to extend their Tours to Cut costs. Most educational specialists Are already Over worked so increasing the teacher student ratio for them is unrealistic. Some elementary schools have one Counselor for 600 or More children. Cutting our elementary school Counselor would be More expensive in the Long run because if a problem is not identified and dealt with in the lower grades it could be impossible to Correct or improve by the High school years. In would undoubtedly be More expensive Loo. 1 would like to Point out that administrative person Nel receive much higher salaries than teachers so it makes More tense to Cut their numbers and increase the specialists. Reducing the number of de ministrative people was advocated in the 1986 office of Force tank you fellas i want to thank the tankers who showed me the tanks and let me ride on them during the Panzer Casem open House. The ones who made it possible were Delta co s sgt. Fletcher spec. 4 Hollings sol. Alston and of course staff sgt. Benne and the motor Pool Gregg Tageant Stuttgart management and personnel report As pointed out in a recent article in the stars and stripes. Veva Plepler bad Xref Zach Germany editor s note John l. Stimple. Director department of defense dependent schools replies Dodds manpower requirements Are determined by the application at staffing objective to enrolments. Available manpower resources however an a product of congressional action on the Dodds budget. The shortfall of approximately 600 positions Between requirements and resources to be made available for the upcoming school year is of great concern to Dodds and the school Community. While we continue to pursue Relief we must also plan for the educational Well being of on students within current resources. Therefore m planning the allo Eaton of available resources. It was necessary to plan for less than full golfing across a number of prof Pwns to in clude elementary Counselor. The recent distribution of manpower commits More a 95 percent of Dodds positions to school level with less la s percent above the school level. Recognizing that situations Are different within the five Dodds regions regional directors were granted Tao Tat Hority to Detlaw How Bat i ase resources allocated to meet the Par Khlar do atonal is a their students. Pen pals a Ovett try world. Philippine i Limm a Jarw v. Cut thes col Jeffrey in Cook us Coni mind de t n owl  col Tuune l a Ojjeh. Ust Deputy come undo de flow Nch a hurry Scro dump i.  a inflow  or Ajoian a Huw Tom twi Espir a to Tunc Nam in Mucial pub Fiaai Tor Ronten of to tatar of or rom omh44i. 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