European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Paga 11 Landers dear Ann Landers i would like to comment on the recent letters and news Arti cles concerning the . Pastil service. There is 3 City named la Fayette in 7 states. Similar names such As la Folly Etc and Fayette Ore also listed in numer Ous states. However Lafayette ind., i the Only Eniy with zip code 47901. While several cities May Hare identical or similar names each has its Awn unique zip Cade. An incorrect or illegible zip code May result in your letter being misdirected 3,000 mils from it intended destination. For example if your "0" looks like a "9," the zip code 04726 become i 94726 and instead of going to Maine your letter will go id California. The reasons for undeliverable mail Are numerous no apart Neil number illegible handwriting wrong address no forwarding order filed if the Jurson has moved Etc. Apartment numbers Are especially important. With so or so people living in a building the letter Carrier needs to know the apartment you want your letters delivered to to is no Small J.B.moving the is. Mail. The la Fayette Post office employs clerks and mail handlers who arc on the J.B.24 hours a Day seven Day week. They sort Load and unload the mail. Letter carriers begin at 6 . Sorting the mail for their routes. When you see your Carrier i your front door you Are seeing the final step in a Multi detailed delivery system. The . Postal service is not perfect the reason you hear of Hie letter that took five or 10 Days to get from Chicago to new York is because it is an uncommon occurrence. Did you know that the Post office delivers Over 90 percent of the mail in one to three Days that s a pretty remarkable record As i see it. J.b., West Lafayette ind. 47906 . On the whole 1 would agree that he us postal strike does an extremely Good J.B.but handful of incompetent department head depot managers and truck Drivers can and do give the entire system bad Ann Landers i need your help my husband is sleeping with my Best Friend to is getting so that he spends More time at her House than at Home. I be talked to her about this and she says she is very lonely and that my husband is not in love with her nor is she in love with him. She says she needs a Man in her life and he is helping her out. 1 spend a lot of Lime crying. We have been married 12 years and have six kids four Are still at Home. Everyone tells me to throw him out. But financially i can t make ii alone and emotion ally i m a mess. He has slept at my Friend s House 10 nights out of the last 16, and he can t understand Why i m Moody. He says that As Long As he does t want a divorce i should t complain. I be been married to ii Man More than half my life and even though he makes me As mad As the Dickens he is still my husband and i love him. Please give me some help. I Don l know which Way to go. Lost an d confused in upstate n. Y. Dear upstate my need to get some counselling Anil find out Why you Are Trilling to be treated like dirt. Obviously your bus bind does t a about your feelings nor does he Stem to have any guilt about ignoring his children. Talking this out with a trained professional will give you some insight and help you decide what to do. I wish you lock. And a Honey gel a new Best writer grateful for supervisor who cared i arrived in Germany last december on an extremely Short notice assignment. Have had a lot of trouble adjusting to Germany along with quite a few personal problems Back Home. I be been Here for four months yet have no made any friends Here and seem to have been abandoned by my friends in the slates. Alter awhile All of these things can make a person feel abandoned by the human race. These problem finally affected my J.B.performance and action had to be taken i have now been relieved of duty temporarily which has been very traumatic for me. I be always been considered a top notch no having made rank faster than usual As Well As having received two a commendation medals one of achievement medal and two of Good conduct medals along with several letters of appreciation. After i had been relieved i was silting in the bar Racks having myself a Pill party and feeding pretty Low. At my door to my Surprise was a new in aligned officer from my Branch. He had very recently gone through some adversity that makes my problems look like a walk through the Park. Yet even though he hardly knows me he took the time to Stop by talk about what s going on As Well As just to talk about things in Genera i. This May sound like nothing but it did More for my Outlook than anything else. His simple act did a great Deal to re instill my Faith in my supervisor s concern for the Well being of assigned personnel. The Point of All this is to say to the shop a colds and old. Don t forget people still exist while not artwork. Many supervisors have no idea of How positively they can influence their workers just by stopping by the House or in my Case he Barracks when i worker s Only Contact with his supervisor is at work inc idea of on duty and off duty the Heck with inc military is reinforced. In closing i just want to say thanks to the officer who took the Lime out for me and. Welcome to Ger Many name and Community withheld French commando badge authorized attended Ibe French commando school no. 7 in Trier West Germany in february 1979. While As signed in Baum older i was awarded the French com Mando badge. I would like to know if the French commando badge is still authorized for Wear and if so is it stillborn above the name tag. I also would like to know what channels i have to go through to get the French commando badge As a permanent award Howard l. Hank s note Sec. Rock Hammock Coic awards Branch it personnel corny to. Usa Reuh replies Yea the French commando Budge is authorized for permanent Wear on the service and dress uniform. The badge to worn 1/8 Inch above the right pocket scam for male soldiers and 1/2 Inch Abo the name Plait for female soldiers. If any unit awards an worn. Then the badge will be worn 1/2 Inch above those awards. The French commando badge is a Peiru Wunt award and can be authorised for Wear by sending a request to commander 1st Peb com attn Teupe psst Paw Apo by 09qb1-sm4. The request Rosl include the name Grade and social Security number of in badge recipient the name of the fort inn unit i hut inc Soldier qualified in and one copy of the foreign certificate of completion diploma or citation received by the Soldier upon completion of the required course. Upon completion of processing by 1st per com awards Branch a memorandum nil horizon the Soldier to accept and Wear Ibe badge will be issued. A copy of the memorandum will be forwarded to Ibe custodian of the Soldier s official military personnel flip for filing. If i can be of any further assistance in this Mailer please Contact n at 37sw276/6i77 or our civilian num Ber 0620i-ww272/6j77. Letter results in itt dropping surcharge my husband and 1, like Many others own major credit cards we pay our annual fees and anywhere from 14 toil percent interest. Why is it when we want to use these cards at the army s 21st support come itt offices in the kaisers Lautem area we have to pay an additional 5 percent surcharge this does not seem fair to us As credit card holders when we use these cards in the Exchange or any other activity we Are nol billed any surcharges. We have used our cards everywhere and have Only come across this Here. The Safe itts Don l follow the same Rule. I think this practice needs to be looked into. They charge us 1 percent and visa and Masc raid Only charge them j.75 percent and 3.5 percent where docs the difference go 1 personally will not take my business there. The activities Are supposed to be Here for us to use not for them to use us. Ai enlisted personnel we have to save for quite a while to even enjoy a vacation and Inen we have to worry about this. Name withheld Simbach a West Germany editor s note u. Col. Larry d. Furrow pub Lic attain officer list support corny replies your letter Gentr Ltd a review of credit card use in our to offices in argument was valid and we changed our pro Gram. Effective May 2. itt offices absorb the entire credit card company surcharge and pass on no or charge to their agree with of that t licit activities Are supposed to be Here for Yon to use and we Hope you continue to in so thanks for bringing the Mailer to our attention. Pen pals i in i 23 .,01 41 or 3 sk3 fal 19u. Twu �1ss401�s. 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