European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 letters priority placement program detailed Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my heart goes out to a a new kind of hell in new York a the woman who Learned that her husband contracted the his virus from a blood transfusion. She is agonizing Over what will happen when he gets sick. In be been fighting his for five years and am determined to beat it. I Hope she can learn from my experience. My advice is Stop worrying. Start being grateful. Do everything possible to fight the Onset of aids. Find a doctor who wants to Battle this disease and is willing take an aggressive approach. Read everything you can find relating to this sickness. Some doctors learn a great Deal from Alert Well informed patients and their families. Find a therapist or a support group for you and your husband. These groups can be a godsend. The therapist  specialize in his As Long As he is compassionate and understands chronic illness. The fact that your husband has tested positive for the his virus does not mean that he will develop aids. There is documentation of a 10 to 12-year incubation As Well As research that indicates some people with his will never get aids. However done to presume that your husband will be among the Lucky ones. Take the appropriate precautions to guard against illness get plenty of rest and exercise and stay with a healthy diet. And please keep things in proper perspective. Remember to laugh every Day. This is not the worst thing in the world that could happen to you. Terrible tragedies occur every Day. Enjoy your life. Enjoy each other. And thank god for All the wonderful things you have to be grateful for. P.r.s., san Jose dear san Jose what a terrific upbeat letter. I agree with everything you have written especially the part about remembering to laugh every Day. We now know that a positive attitude can create chemical changes that prevent and fight illness. As Norman cousins has said so Well a a done to deny the diagnosis. Try to defy the  dear Ann Landers this May be a first for you. Please done to think in a putting you on. In a serious. I am 5-foot-2, and everywhere i go i get elbowed and stepped on by people who say a sorry i did no to see  when i attended a ceremony recently one of our tall senators hit me with his Elbow and just about put my lights out. He did no to even know he did it. A few minutes later a policeman trying to get the crowd to make Way for the dignitaries nearly trampled me. He was very apologetic and said a a in a sorry but i did no to see you Down  i am not self conscious about being Short but i do get awfully tired of being knocked around. . A my family members Are All taller than i am except for the kids who Are 12 years of age and under. I have a son who is 6-foot-5. Short stuff in Wheeling . Dear Short stuff i am 5-foot-2, and nobody has Ever stuck an Elbow in my Eye or stepped on me. Maybe its because i stay out of crowds and i always have someone with me who is taller than i am. How about enlisting your son to be at your Side when you go to political rallies or fire sales or maybe i could lend you my son in Law Ken Howard. He a also 6-foot-5. C creators Syndicate i want to express my thanks to the stars and stripes on the Fine articles on the subject of civilian if reduction in Force procedures. The two fictional examples of How the if processes operate for appropriated fund and non appropriated fund employees were excellent overviews of the procedures. Although there is a lot More in depth information that employees will need to know if they find themselves in an actual if situation the articles provided a definite service to the Federal employees in the Reading Public by introducing and explaining in understandable language some key terms with which All employees should develop a Basic familiarity. The article on or. Joyce the Community and family support Agency employee who has not received a Job offer also presented some food for thought that i believe is worthy of amplification. The pop priority placement program works by Matching employees with available vacancies at Dod department of defense activities in the pop zone from which they were recruited in the United states. The pop Breaks the United states into four zones with each zone covering a Broad geographic area. Employees May choose to limit their availability to specific activities or locations within a zone. However if an employee does limit his or her geographic availability regardless of How compelling the personal reasons for doing so might be that employee is limiting his or her employment possibilities. The pop has a Long record of successful operations. Since its inception in the mid-�?T60s, it has placed More than 91,000 employees in continuing positions. It has editors note we recently printed a letter from sgt. 1st class Willie s. Rudd. He told us of his problems attempting to retire when he found he was to be sent on a three year tour to Germany. At the time his letter ran in stripes we said we had not received an answer from the department of the army. The reply from the office of the Deputy chief of staff for personnel in Washington ., was misplaced within stripes. We regret that the answer did not run with the letter. The reply from col. John w. Querfeld chief enlisted division follows this responds to your letter pertaining to retirement in lieu of a permanent change of station pcs. Current regulations do permit soldiers having 19 years 6 months or More of Active Federal service ass when notified of a permanent change of station to request a retirement Date. The retirement application her fingers Are crossed dear americans in saudi Arabia i wish you Luck. I Hope that no War Breaks out. I feel sorry for you people who have a family. I understand you have to be Alert every second. If no War Breaks out you will probably go Home to your own states. If Saddam Hussein does try to fight he has All of you to do it against. I am wishing Day and night that you done to have to fight. My fingers Are crossed. A Megan Phillips age 10 Ramstein a Germany been viewed by Many people outside the Dod a including key officials in the office of personnel management the office of management and budget and members of Congress a As the most effective program of its kind in the Federal government. Does it place everyone who is registered the answer obviously is no. The key to its Success from the very beginning has been the willingness of individuals to go where the jobs Are. Any reduction in Force is a traumatic experience and i believe a if in the overseas environment is doubly so because of the inherent difficulties in trying to find a Job in the United states while residing overseas. As a result employees have to place even greater Reliance on programs designed to assist them than the average conus Continental United states employee. Our commander in chief Gen. Crosbie e. Saint is committed to doing everything that is reasonable to help employees who Are affected by if to find continuing employment. In most cases the Mere fact that the employee has come to Europe for a Job indicates a greater flexibility in relocating for employment than the average person at Home. I encourage All employees who have to make a decision concerning registration in the pop to Register for the widest geographic area possible. This will allow a much greater Opportunity for a Job offer from one of a maximum number of Dod activities. A Archie e. Grimmitt assistant Deputy chief of staff personnel civilian personnel Heidelberg Germany must be submitted and approved within 30 Days of receipt of official Alert. The retirement Date will not be later than six months after the Date of notification and All service obligations must be fulfilled not later than the approved retirement Date. Statutorily title 10, us Section 3914 provides that regular army soldiers who have completed 20. But less than 30 years of ass May at the discretion of the Secretary of the army be retired at his or her request. However the Soldier must have completed All required service obligations. Soldiers those having More than 20, but less than 30 ass assigned to a Long tour area overseas do incur an obligation to serve either the a with dependent 36-month or the a fall others 24-month foreign service tour before retirement. The comments regarding the personnel build Down in Europe Are partially Correct. The army will eventually reduce european strength to the troop Levels dictated by the conventional forces Europe cafe treaty. In the interim the army must continue to sustain our Forward deployed Force. Sustainment dictates rotation of soldiers into the european theater to offset losses As they occur commensurate with the reduced strength Levels imposed by cafe. Should the Soldier feel his assignment is creating an extreme family problem he can request reassignment under the provisions of Section ii or Iii a 614-30. Additionally if the writer believes an irregularity in the application of army policy occurred in this Case he she should seek redress from the Chain of command. A army gives explanation on retirement european edition circulation 190,000 col. Gene e. Townsend Usan commander editor in chief. It. Col Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Bob Wicker Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of. Or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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