European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a i Page 11letters dear Ann Landers my parents and i have a very poor relationship. They be seen my 5-month-old daughter Only three times. My Mother is an alcoholic and my father is a tyrant. I have an older sister and two Brothers. We All live in the sane City. The favouritism shown to our Brothers has caused my sister and me a lot of pain. This has been going on for As Long As we can remember. In our last phone conversation i came right out and. Told my Mother that i still Hurt from the emotional abuse l have suffered since Early childhood and that her favouritism to a the boys is very painful. I asked Point Blank Why she did this to my sister and me there was a Long period of silence and then no answer. The reason i Felt compelled to be so Blunt was because i had had a serious illness several weeks before and my parents had not bothered to visit me in the Hospital or Send a card. I was crushed by this ultimate rejection. Can it be that some parents just done to want daughters my sister is a wonderful person and everyone loves her. It has taken me a Long time to see that i too am lovable and have Many friends. I have two precious daughters and it boggles my mind that parents would not value their girls. Will you please respond to this in your column a pained in Pueblo dear pained accept the fact that you come from a dysfunctional family. Your Mother in addition to being alcoholic sounds seriously disturbed. I would be willing to bet that she had a very poor relationship with her own Mother and thereby hangs the whole sad tale. I urge you to get some counselling and rid yourself of the anger and bitterness you be been dragging around All these years. Dear Ann Landers my husband says i am being inhospitable. \ i say i am being practical. Please Settle this argument. Whenever my Mother in Law and sister in Law come to stay with us they live together they have a habit of failing asleep on the Couch with the to on until 3 or 4 of clock in the morning. When i Wake them up and Tell them to go to bed they say they Are not sleeping but just dozing for a few minutes and want to watch More to. I go Back to bed and 15 minutes later when i Check they Are both sound asleep again. I say that if they want to sleep there on the Couch they should turn off the to. Its a waste of electricity to have the set on when no one is watching not to mention the lights that Are left on also. My husband says since they done to come to visit us very often we should be courteous and not make an Issue of this. How about it Ann a frugal in California Dea fru i say your husband is a gentle Man with a solid sense of priorities. At worst the electric Bill will be $2 higher. Isnit it Worth $2 to be a gracious hostess and let your guests indulge themselves creators Syndicate a hiring policies of air Force discussed when my husband and i were transferred to the United kingdom 1 immediately went to the Milden Hall civilian personnel office to apply for several positions. 1 have continued to do so. One year later i still was not employed. So after talking to an acquaintance who had worked for the Navy i decided to try Navy Headquarters in London. I have now been employed for six months with the Navy. The commute is killing me i get up at 4 30 a m. To catch my train and get Home at 7  the Cost of the commute so again i tried mind Cohall. I was told that mind Cohall does not recruit Civi servants who arc working for the Navy v could you please answer what is the difference be tween a civil servant who works for the Navy and Ohe who works for the air Force since my position entails mostly typing 1 was under the impression that the qualifications were the same for every Branch of the service even though i do have other qualifications. Apparently the Navy does not have the same recruiting policy thank goodness since one of my Peers worked for the . Marine corps before coming to work for the Navy and another one worked for the army. Could you find out Why this policy is in effect and also Why i seem to come up against a Wall when 1 mention i work for the Navy when applying for other positions with the air Force. A name withheld Raf Mildenhall England editors note a col. John h. Morris commander he s13th airborne come and control Wing replies a a none is the answer to the question. Fundamental civilian personnel rules and regulations Are standardized throughout the Federal government. This includes establishment of minimum qualifications criteria which must be met in order for an applicant to be eligible to compete for vacant positions. This criteria is outlined in the of fico of personnel management handbook x-i1s and is used by All government agencies. Similar examples of across Thor Board application of civilian personnel procedures Are not confined to the recruitment process but can also be four id in other functional areas such As classification and employee relations. In this respect there is no difference Between any of the military services or non department or defense agencies in the rules and regulations administering civilian personnel programs nor in the status or entitlements of Federal employees. Without additional information and specific dates it is difficult to address your particular situation. Disparities Between agencies however will occur in the development and implementation of program policy not covered by statute or a higher authority. This May indeed be what you have encountered in comparing air Force and Navy recruitment programs. However it May be that you were affected by the position freeze implemented by the Secretary of defense in january. This freeze virtually curtailed recruitment throughout the department of defense. Although revised guidance in april authorized Dod agencies to make internal placement actions Between the services the air Force has limited placement to current air Force employees due to funding constraints. Although there Are waiver provisions to this policy such requests must justify non selection of air Force candidates. Considering the Large Pool of air Force employees available for the positions Yon indicate an interest in. It would be highly unlikely that the area of consideration would need to be expanded to the other services. A in reduction in Force policy explained in a recent article concerning the termination of employment of a number of Naf non appropriated fund employees it was stated that those whose employment was terminated would receive a Severance pay equal to 2 percent of annual salary per year of employment. Are there any provisions Severance pay or some other form of compensation made for those local National employees whose pay level designation begins with c c-4a, for example who might lose their jobs As a result of a reduction of . Troop strength Here in Germany a Quinn Martin ludwigs Burg West Germany editors note a Anton Pustinger personnel management specialist compensation management Branch civilian personnel division office of the Deputy chief of staff personnel he Usa eur replies thank you for this Opportunity to inform readers on the entitlements of local National employees in Germany who Are affected by reductions in Force. First every Effort will be made to offer continued employment with the . Army to accomplish this Usa eur has developed a priority placement program to place affected employees in vacant positions throughout Germany. If a move is required relocation costs will be paid by the . Army for those employees who must be terminated the collective Tariff agreement provides for a variety of benefits. Employees who have completed their 21 St year of age and have been employed for at least two years Are eligible for Severance pay. The Severance pay amounts to one fourth of the monthly pay for each full year of continuous employment with the same sending state up to four months pay. The amount of Severance pay is reduced by the amount of unemployment compensation the employee receives from the German government. If termination is caused by a redirection of troop strength or a deactivation or relocation of the employing organization for military reasons some employees also Are entitled to support payments from the German government under the soda Security agreement in be collective Tariff agreement. Eligibility for support payments depends on age and length of service. The minimum eligibility requirements Are 40 years of age and 10 years of service. Employees who meet the minimum requirements receive support payments for two years. As age and length of service increase the duration of the support payments also increases. 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