European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 2, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 a duties responsibilities of cd discussed ii or Ian n in i 1 cd 11 my dear Ann Landers i am writing this letter in the Hope that it will save some of your readers the anguish i have known and that it might also preserve the dignity of those who Are terminally ill. While a patient in the Hospital my husbands heart stopped. An emergency team rushed in and worked feverishly to resuscitate him. They succeeded. Sounds wonderful Well not exactly. The dear Man was 86 years old and had terminal cancer. He lived another three Days in agony. By no stretch of the imagination could a a savings his life be called a humanitarian act. He would have been much better off had they just left him alone. Needless to say so would have i As Well As the other members of our family. I Hope you will print this letter and offer some suggestions on How this sort of occurrence can be prevented. We hear a lot about a the right to die and a living wills a but i have never heard of anyone who actually was helped by those things. Please explain Ann. A i.m.p., Sonora Calif. Dear Sonora you raise some vital questions and i shall attempt to answer them. According to the june Issue of the Harvard medical school health letter living wills have been discussed a great Deal More than they have been used. In 1977, after the Karen Quinlan Case California began to Honor living wills. As of this moment Only eight states have yet to give them official recognition. Those states Are Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska new York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island and South Dakota. It would be enormously helpful if patients who Check into hospitals were routinely asked whether they have a living will and if they done to Standard forms should be made available. It also would be helpful if physicians would discuss living wills As a routine part of their responsibility to patients. Unfortunately the wonders of medical technology now can keep people alive Long after the Quality of life has disintegrated. Add to this the sue Happy state of the Union and hospitals physicians and caretakers Are afraid of being hauled into court. Consequently hundreds if not thousands of people Are being kept alive on machines when it would be merciful to let them go. The families who have been through this will Tell you that it is the worst kind of hell and makes absolutely no sense. Dear Ann Landers in a a 24-Karat, True Blue fan but your recent addition of a Gem of the Day drives me up a Wall. Your readers pour out their hearts and Bare their souls. You re the one they Trust with the skeletons in their closets and the bats in their be Fries. After Reading a letter from a battered wife or a sexually abused teen Ager its unnerving to make a one second emotional jump to the Days Gem. Its like telling Knock Knock jokes at a funeral. You done to need it. Your column can stand on the strength of your personality native wit and reflections on what your own parents taught you. Ann Landers does no to need to quote anyone else for  the rest of us Are quoting you. A . In Chicago dear readers is . Right do you like the a a gems or should i discontinue them please let me know. A postcard will do. Simply say a no More gems a or a continue the  Send to gems Survey . Box 11562, Chicago 111., 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate Fulda ass brings a new meaning to the term .  in a addressing the new sop Standard operating procedure that was sent out to their units. Frankly when my husband brought these stapled papers Home i  have cared less a that was until i started Reading them. Being a housewife i have no connections with the Barracks maintenance but i done to think they Are giving the single soldiers a fair shake. Some of the examples i think they should re discuss Are Page 1, no. 4c Barracks cleanliness a states that the cd charge of quarters is not allowed to have to radios or anything distracting him from duty. I can go along with that. But i disagree with the second part a a. The cd area is not a place to polish boots or work on personal  my question is what Are the soldiers supposed to do when its a weekend and everyone is gone just sit at a desk All night Long waiting for the phone to ring and stay awake just sitting doing nothing for hours tends to Dull your senses and if the cd Falls asleep its dereliction of duty. Page 2, no. 2 living quarters of reads a windows will be cleaned once a week. All frames and ledges will be cleaned daily. Nothing will be stored on window ledges inside or outside a that a a laugh if they took a Survey of any on Post housing in Europe to find out How Many housewives working and non working cleaned their windows never mind the ledges weekly i think they a find that fewer than 40 percent do. There a a lot More listed such As having Barracks inspections by the first sergeant a minimum of twice weekly but my personal favorite is alerts. A during an Alert Barracks will be cleaned prior to movement to the motor Pool. The minimum Standard is All Beds Are made trash cans emptied and footwear and personal equipment locked in lockers. Common areas will be  we re from a Small detachment and most of the time when the cd has been notified that we had an Alert its usually about an hour or two As has happened in the past after All the line troops have been notified. What Are these Guys supposed to do have the cd say a sorry Guys but we can to support you right now we have to get our Beds made a is that what ass is reduced to when Barracks inspections begin to take precedence Over the Mission service members unite. For the past month or so All we have been Reading about hearing about and talking about have been the budget cuts a mainly the military cuts. Not Long ago you had an article about How maybe we should test the lawmakers. It was just a humorous Stab at politics. But lets take a closer look at it. Maybe we do need a amp Board for our lawmakers. Lets take a closer look at their records and see How they perform. Are they overweight everybody knows you can Only get top performance out of a physically fit lawmaker. But All kidding aside do we really need All those congressmen and senators one of their paychecks would make up three average soldiers paychecks. Do they really need All those secretaries aides and expense a name withheld bad Hersfeldt West Germany editors note a command sgt. Maj. Herman d. Williams he combat support Squadron 11th armoured cavalry regiment replies in response to the letter by the spouse of a Soldier in this Squadron not being a Soldier she does not understand and certainly deserves an explanation of billets standards and cd conduct. First of All i find it amusing that she concludes that Barracks inspections take precedence Over Mission. This is patently absurd. In All likelihood this reflects a once prevalent attitude of some old timers who possibly for the first time in their careers Are faced with upholding daily standards in billets maintenance. This is a Soldier care Issue. Maintaining Billet standards As published in our sop strongly reinforces a. The health and welfare of our soldiers. B. The responsibilities of leadership and Soldier care by first line leaders. C. Ensuring that soldiers Are ready and that their gear is ready. D. Reinforcement of daily standards a not inspection standards. I am Happy to explain As Well that a cd is the commanders representative during non duty hours. He is expected to reflect the units standards to maintain order Good conduct and cleanliness in the billets. His Job is to represent himself and his commander professionally. He does not simply wait Al night for the phone to ring. During his tour of duty he is to conduct Tours within his area of responsibility to ensure the aforementioned standards. It also gives him the Opportunity to interact with his soldiers spend a Little time with them in the unit Day room or prepare for training. Polishing boots or working on personal equipment is not part of the calculus. It is Soldier time our sop is built on the premise that the billets Are a place which reflect the soul of a unit a place from which soldiers derive unit identity and strength. In a sorry but this is a military unit and a Good one a it is not apartment style living. She May not clean her windows or ledges once a week that is her prerogative that is her Standard. We however do not live by civilian standards. We Are soldiers and we uphold army standards. Accounts exactly How Many hours do they spend on the Job on Capitol Hill what was their voting record on All the important issues let us the voters set up our own committee and study the facts. In a sure More Money can be Cut from the budget and yet As the experts say we can still run our government with a smaller but a lot More efficient group of lawmakers. I mean if the military can do it and we sure Are a lot larger than the lawmakers Why can to they just maybe they Arentt the experts they say they Are. So i say service members unite. Register to vote. And lets All do our part to Cut the budget and help this great nation of ours. A Edward a. 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