European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 letters the stars and stripes Reader questions of leadership priorities leadership in the . Air Forte is failing 10 adhere to air Force doctrine is outlined in afm 1-1, Basic aerospace doctrine of the Usan. This failure has forced us in misdirect our efforts to Ward ego building projects is. Preparing us fur War. Of we arc to believe that doctrine provides continuity to he military for purity of purpose and Mission. Then ii i easy in a we Are being led away from our Basic doctrines by looking Al things thai Are not essential for fighting War. Ii seems most air Force officers know Little of afm i i or inc Impact hat adherence to doctrine has upon Trie effectiveness of their unit s Mission. The Faull i with air Force leadership placing greater emphasis on projects that supposedly improve the base but won win wars which forces inc leadership at lower level to Concan Fralc on everything but preparing for War. A Quick review of several typical projects proves this argument. First certain members of inc higher air Force leadership speak about and Enra Ura a. Spending thousands at base level on decorative paint tche Mcland base instead of ensuring survivability. Then we arc expected to create and support morale programs that have the sole purpose of making people Happy in peacetime whereas we should speak of mor ale As the willingness to fight and survive in wartime finally the air Force is pervaded with the business principles of personal and group convenience even Al the expense of pc rational effectiveness and survivability. Historically the United states has survived As a Mili tary Power because it effectively adapted to foreign threat. However military adaptation in the latter 20th a Colury lakes More time than will be available in the next War. Anil it s doubtful that our Warsaw pact enemies will oblige us the Benefit of time to prepare for the not War. Afm 1 i explains 11 principles that he Leader must know and use to obtain the most from his personnel and resources in wartime. However unless our leadership Sticks to doctrine Anil keeps their in origin straight it s Likely we could Dir unprepared although Well be in Beautiful surroundings with smiles on our faces. Name did location withheld editor s note my. De Zamorsky doctrine and concepts division Liq u5afe, replies among the 11 principles of War in afm a which Yon correctly die at an essential guide for air Force leadership is the principle of cohesion the Cemen that holds l Only tort rur. Afm-1 Points out hint lend ers should maintain cohesion by demonstrating Genu Ine concern for the morale and self Art of thir High morale b not 0x1117 hot is instead i critical element of nor ability la it and fight. Finding the proper balance Between military hardware mining and Quality of life morale programs is constant Challenge out becomes especially touch during period of fiscal restraint. Attractive pain schemes and maintaining the facilities that oar taxpayers hive provided Are and should remain a Way of life in our profession. That rom that null Leanee projects Are part of i try Large Quality of life program that into do things such w new mat Reno rated quarters improved and belter health can it nned child can Center. Bacn did mar Tad uries am bet Ter War Kinfat conditions to name just a few. Making people prowl of to bar work plan in peacetime is an important part of preparing for War. Ali key element of oar military capability in people. Al Gen. William i. Kirk. Comma Ixko in thief. Safe bus emphasized to congressional delegations it Malm no sense to spend about $10 million Lor each f-16 while providing a Young sergeant who Maln Tahn the aircraft trill substandard. Ureno Nihl housing. People come first. Nato is an effective Alliance Bee Rosc Rood people make it so. It Only make Sens to in tide ear people with Derent housing medical and rec tonal your concern for the Mission and our recon Don of inc need for person sacrifice in order to carry out the Mission an commendable. Commit Nunt and dedication to duty will never Ber placed by people program. Senior leadership Here in Europe is keenly anal of the importance of Mission readiness. Top priority placed on operational effect tits was did Suni Vahary Hen hired it arc prepared to carry rat oar Mission at the same Lime we most maintain s Sensi Trrry lot Hose areas that satisfy the Basic needs and Denim afoot people. Status of dual .-German citizen discussed my question is simple Oral least it would seem so. Why can t my wife work As a local National some facts about her t. She is a German american dual citizen. 2. Her father retired in Germany in 1961 and mar ried a German citizen. 3. She was bom in Frankfurt in 1963 in a German Hospital and was naturalised in 1975 in accordance with the Law therefore becoming a dual citizen. 4. All of her schooling was in Frankfurt and she graduated in 1981 with her Abizur. 5. She also has special schooling in typing from Volks Hochschulz Frankfurt. 6. She Speaks writes and reads German and English fluently. 7. She has worked in the United slates As a Tempo Rary hire wage Grade 01. The reason for this question is that there Are Job open in Nur area for local nationals for which she has the required schooling but she was told she could not apply for them because of her dual citizen status. The problem is that the jobs arc either not available to . Citizens or there is no Way to give her credit that would be Able to Rae her Al the same level she would hold As an in because her schooling is German and it seems impossible to gel her Abizur translated into the american equivalent. Any help or clarification in this matter would be greatly appreciated. With two children and the Dollar on the Way Down it would be Nice to have the second income. Staff sgt. A Mes p. Quirk Gary Tell West Germany editor s note Carolyn while civilian personnel Dimion office of the Deputy chief of suit personnel Liq Usa eur. Replies the writer has dual citizenship u a German and an american and Salt a Why am i not allowed to work u a local National the reason is us citizens seeking employment in appropriated fund of positions must be hired under . Laws. Irrespective of the fact thai they May be citizen of another country. Among diner things us Laws prescribe pay for Citi Zens in is. Currency. Although there an some individuals with dual citizenship employed As local nationals in Germany it is a Cravie Ilcy were already employed under the German collective Tariff agreement cat 11 at the time they obtained us citizenship. Once these individuals Are in longer employed under German Labo conditions any future employment with the is government would be under . Laws. On the other hand the Law thai required that is. Cd Elzeni be paid in us. Currency Don not pertain in non appropriated fond employment. Us Donna mar he employed in positions paid from Uon Naf Only under Host nation Cyndi Loii , u local nationals if they an determined to be resident or have doll citizenship. An individual is ordinarily resident in Germany if he in has resided continuously in the Host country for one year without status As a number of the forces or Drill an component or has obtained a German work per Mit an Mindli dual with dual is. And German do i Enship who applies for employment in an Naf Posi Tion us a German Titen May Orelj be Hind Ai a local National. Once employed that person is no Lanier Eligi ble for employment under is. Conditions la Tiller appropriated or non appropriated fund positions. Now regarding the translation of the Abizur into inc american equivalent the applicant is responsible for providing with the application an of for eign educational credentials. This evaluation of course work can be obtained from an organization recognized As specializing in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials. The organizations recognized for accreditation Are listed in education directory col lege and universities and accredited institutions of posts Landary education. This directory is available it the Bremerhaven education Center. Infantryman s opinion on state of military i am an infantryman stationed in West Germany and want to voice my opinions an the stale of our military forces and to give what i think Art viable solutions to the removal and destruction of the United slates medium Range nuclear weapons in West Germany. Let to Start by saying that i think that the weapons should be dismantled on both sides but that the soviets conventional forces must be reduced and our forces Hultbe modernized quicker than what is being done. Because of the budget cuts some of the More needed systems the army has arc being Cut. Other systems Aren t being deployed into the inventory As fast As they should be. Is it because the army does t put a priority on some weapons systems i can t answer that. One of the top priorities of the army should be our chemical systems. The soviets doctrine is to use Chemi cals As an offensive weapon while the United state will use it Only As defense. We know then that if we go to War with the soviets we Wil be hit by chemical weapons so Why is our chemical equipment outdated Giessen Soldier concerned about training 1 am an no who is concerned with the Way training is conducted. I have advanced through the ranks by having a go gel pm ii Lilu pc toward training and learning As much As i can when 1 can. It seems to me that in today s army if you Don t already know it you re not going to learn it in an effective manner i recently resumed to Europe. When i got to my present place of duly. 1 started to Sec thai the otters Are taking away the Way training is normally conducted by the cos. The officers Here make up the training cos Don t have any say on what they want to train their personnel on. The no or Section chief knows what he should train on. 1 used to make my own Trainin sched ule. The Young cos of today s army Don l take the time to train the up and coming soldiers. If they Don l train them who will i recently talked to a battalion s-3 officer and also a battalion commander i had Given some ideas to the 5-3 optic or about 2vi weeks ago about the Way raining should be conducted. He in return told me to Tell my Battery officers i seems to me someone is playing lip service. In discussing training with the battalion commander he asked me what i thought of the Way the battalion straining Van being conducted. I said it stunk. I old him 1 have no control of what 1 want to teach my soldiers. 1 also told him jul the cos have a lackadaisical Altitude to Ward training. Again All i m gelling is lip service. Training used to be mandatory but now t Gulcis it s Allright if you Miu it or Don l even show up for it. I know that i m an no and thai 1 should take the initiative to train. I do but you also need the support of others. Ciesun wot German there is a new chemical protective mask Oul now but it in t fielded in Europe yet. 1 Don t know of any protective clothing thai has been designed As of yet. New radio logical systems have also been produced but again Hearen t in Europe. Binary weapons also need to be produced in Grealy quantities than Wear currently making. In inc Field of our infantry vehicles and our support vehicles we Are making great Progress. Europe also has inc Black Hawk and now even an Apache unit but we need More apaches and More Prog Ress needs to be nude on the Lux Light helicopter experimental program. The a-10 has been around for a while and is an expensive aircraft. Another ground sup port aircraft needs to be designed Hal is much cheaper and weather aircraft. All in All the Only major deficiency is our nuclear biological and chemical Nuci capabilities. But i have read an article and it seems that we Are improving in Abc. Hopefully funding won t Slop in Mil much needed area. I think the United slates has the Best fighting Force on nil planet and we should t let the loss of Tome nuclear missiles scare us into the thinking thai we Are now weak. Libya Iran Nicaragua and even the soviet Union All kno thai we arc far fr6m weal politically militarily. If we were to go to War regardless of our equipment old or new we would still win because of one thing our soldiers Are free Cpl. Alan b. Vestal Kirch cons West Germany
