European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes sunday january 20, 199 i i a a 1, _ it a v a a Job preference explained i am writing concerning the policy of the military spouse Rule for appropriated fund positions. I was in the air Force and served a country for 41/2 years. During this time i got married. A recently while looking for a Job i was told by the civilian personnel office that i would not be considered a spouse because i did not Complete a pcs permanent change of station move with my husband. Instead i would be considered a family member and have the lowest priority for a position. I would Only receive a position if no a a spouses applied for the Job. Since the Odds of this happening Are slim i was told that my chances of obtaining a position Are almost non existent. 1 would like to know Why i am. Not considered a spouse Why the criteria for being a spouse have to be a pcs move i think this discriminates against the people who marry overseas. I am punished for having been in the military and coming to Germany by myself. I have excellent qualifications and yet cannot find anything except a Low paying Naf position due to this Issue. Quot a. A a a name withheld Rhein main a Germany a a a a. Editors note a Michael b. Of Hara acting director civilian personnel office of the Deputy chief of staff personnel he Safe replies the intent of Public Law 99-145, Section 806, As amended authorizing military spouse preference is to assist the spouse who has had to relocate due to the assignment of a military sponsor in obtaining employ ment with the department of defense. In Many cases the spouse had to disrupt his or her career in order to accompany or join the military sponsor at a new location. This recognized and compensated the spouse for sacrifices made due to the military commitment of the sponsor. In your situation you neither had to relocate nor interrupt your career As a result of the assignment of your sponsor to his current duty location. Once you Are required to relocate with your sponsor provided the relocation is not for retirement or separation purposes the military spouse preference rules will apply to you at. The new duty location. As you have indicated family member preference currently applies to you for employment purposes. As a family member you would have preference Over any non family member who does not have veterans preference As veterans preference eligible have priority Over non Veteran military spouses and family members alike. A recent change to the Dod hiring freeze requirements now allows family members in the overseas area to be hired As an exception to the freeze. As such your opportunities for employment May increase even though you Are not considered a military spouse prey a. Ence eligible at this time. Tvs top 10 things you won t need in the desert of so you re getting ready to go someplace hot Sandy and not even Texas. You re porn a processed for overseas rotation Pom a processed for overseas movement and maybe just never mind. Above everything else you re packed. Boy Are you packed. A. A a a . You be got Cool clothes for the Day and warm clothes for night you brought Salt tablets and sugar fixes Saran wrap for your Sony Walkman and tapes scorpion repellent and Bug Spray. You be bought enough stuff frown the clothing sales store or the military magazines to be awarded most favored nation status by the state department if you take much More you re going to get a cargo ship All to yourself. As a matter of fact its getting tougher and tougher to decide what to take and what to leave behind. Do you really need 47 changes of socks and what about your dress blues and brass Knuckles just in Case you get to meet the Bozo of Baghdad in person Well we re Here to help you with that problem if every other person you work with is starting his sentences with a be sure to take there May be a bit of confusion As to what is really nonessential for your upcoming trip to the worlds biggest Sandbox. In keeping with a time honoured and not copyrighted tradition and to clarify the matter we present the top 10 things absolutely not required for your trip to saudi Arabia. Trust us. You really done to need 10. Your tanning lamp 9. The video a Zarach Sopho Bias 8. Sandpaper 7. The Book �?o101 Best arabic pickup lines a 6. Your Contact lenses unless you re just into pain5. Your a i like Saddam pin on Button 4. The fatigues that Are a just a Little too big because you think you la probably grow into them 3. A form 31 Ordinary leave2. A form 31. Pass1. A form 31 re Tirc ment separation pcs leave. The last three Are a hint. Now at the same time there Are some absolutely essential things required for this trip that take up exact Reader defends saudi deployment a no sane Man chooses War he is pushed into it by the insane Many is a quote i read the other Day in an English language Arab newspaper published Here in saudi Arabia. No one wants War most of All the troops. I can to speak for All of us but i think i am speaking for the vast majority in saying that we arc justified in being Here. Pct Siam Golf. Being the policeman of the world is a big responsibility and a big pain in the neck. Especially to the . Military. But what do we do to protect the . And world economics How do we protect Small countries from obnoxious neighbors Stop terrorists from obtaining nuclear weapons we should learn from mistakes of the past. The police Are around to protect us to hold other people responsible for their actions. We need to be Able to do the same thing to nations. Around 50,000 people a year die in traffic accidents Many related to drugs or alcohol. How Many peo pie demonstrated in Washington d.c., last year for safer cars or cleaner Drivers on the average one construction worker Dies for every seven floors during completion of a High Rise building. See anybody in downtown new York or san Francisco protesting skyscraper construction. I can to think of very Many better reasons to be Here in saudi Arabia than the ones outlined by president Bush. Yet the same people who wont allow offshore drilling nuclear Power or other methods of fighting off our dependence on imported Oil will walk around with signs saying a Check no we wont fight for a it would be great if there were no War no greed no fighting but that is not How the real Worlich stared until it changes we americans need to get our Heads out of the Sand and wherever else we have put them. The Atlantic and Pacific Are no longer effective barriers to people with enough Money to buy nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. A Bob Ramey operation desert storm re pen pals in a interested in writing to new to funds All Over the world my hobbies include Rock Quot a Roland sports. Spec. Alvin fanning hic 3.67 a 2 and Mort Apo new York 093710030 i am 22 years old. I would like to have pen pals Charlene Basylio 6th ave Lizada Bangoy St Davao City Philippines i a i t get much mail and mail is like Gold Here i am 23 years old and will try anything at least once t love to have Tun. Tony Frazier. A. A 1.319 afar 82nd airborne div Apo. New York 09656 i am a 37-year-old filippa working in Hong Kong. I am interested in business and politics vent. Inq letters and Reading Are my hobbies. A Elvira Herrera. 19th floor Flat d a 82 Broadway a me Foo. A Sun Chuen Kowloon a Hong Kong t am 24 years old. My interests include writing pen pals of course and Reading magazines of different types. A Mely Cayabyab a Magsaysay Avenue Tasista Pangasinan Philippines. By Zero space in your Duffel bag yet no one should leave Home without Mem. Luckily nearly every Soldier already has a full complement of these vital supplies. In no particular order except my own they Are 10. Your fellow soldiers 9. Your training experience and Soldier skills 8. Your friends aka a a buds a7. Faith in yourself 6. The respect of the country you serve 5. The respect of your Peers 4. Conviction that what you do is right 3. The courage to do what a right 2. The love of your god 1. The love of your family. Go with these and you will need Little else. God bless the american military. A capt. Jerry a. Lowe Frankfurt Germany a Cost of extras in Italy most of our thoughts and prayers these Days Are on desert storm and rightly so. But Here is some input on current everyday life in Southern Italy. It is nothing new to suggest that there Are several very significant stressor for americans or Northern europeans living in Naples. But perhaps the one least talked about in recent months is the almost a a brutal level of the costs of living and travelling. On a recent weekend my family and i went to Rome for 48 hours our three children Are 16, 8 and 4. Planning ifs frugally As possible we still spent $302 for two nights in a religious Retreat House $158 for three pizza Only meals the other meals we simply skipped and $175 for two Uso guided Tours this excludes travel. For most of us such rates Are much More than merely they Are brutal. Of course if the government had not based us in. Italy we could not have seen any of these things at All. We love the people language the country. And we found Rome to be a gorgeous place. But the costs have become so immense that for most of our Young enlisted families in particular travelling around Italy is now virtually . We do know that expenses Are often High in Northern Europe too. But for most military members travelling in Germany there Are often a if not usually a american facilities at american prices. In Italy such facilities Are extremely few and far Between indeed. The cultural opportunities for All of us in Europe Are profound. But we in the far South do ask that our a a majority counterparts in the North remember our particular circumstance. And if you do decide to visit Italy a Beautiful place bring All the credit cards you own. You re going to need them a cmdr. R. Bruce Pierce. Naples Italy see additional letters in the sunday Magazine Page 10
