European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and Stripe wednesday february 6,1991 readers action line clarification on sergeant s time r _ a a. A 1. A a. A a what is sergeants time St ? according to 32nd army air defense cd my circular 350-1 it is a Quot period of time each week of five consecutive hours where cos train their soldiers in subject areas that they determine each Soldier  it is also stated that Quot the Goat of combat level training s to achieve combat level. Standards within the confines of safety and commonsense leaders must be willing to accept less than perfect a results initially and demand realism in training Quot Usa eur regulation 350-1 states Quot the keys to St Success Are total leadership involvement. Dedicated time one Hundred percent participation at battalion  the list contains five More keys that i Haven to. Mentioned. A. V. A the army Usa eur and 32nd army air defense come All insist on realistic demanding and effective training that will train the Soldier for War. We As cos train our soldiers As safely As possi6le in the Field and in Garrison. But yet there seems to be a Lack of foresight Here. A a a 1how effective Are you after being awake for Over 24 hours How attentive is the Soldier after being awake for. 24 hours is it Safe to have that Soldier or no driving to and from the training site All of these questions have a a a negative answer but yet that s what happens would it degrade the units training readiness that much not having individuals who had duty the night before attend St on the other hand maybe it will affect the. Unit. Then Why Are there soldiers who have to stay in the office and answer the phone Why do soldiers get pulled from training to work in the office m not trying to say that the above occurs All the time. But the same Soldier does not pull 24-hour duty every time either. It seems to me that what 32nd army air defense come does with those few individuals is just the opposite of the objective they strive for train for War safely and with common sense. It s easier to write a policy than to follow  a a Thomas d. Mcfarland Darmstadt Germany in command sgt. Maj. James e. Walthes Headquarters 32d army air defense come replies we Are glad to know that sergeants time is working As intended in the writers organization. We have made significant Progress. The requirement for a Soldier to attend sergeants Lvie after having had duty the night before is the subject of continuing debate. But if we Are going to use combat Leve training to achieve combat level standards the writer must realize that combat often requires performance Over an extended period of time often More than 24 hours and under conditions far More arduous than those found in most sergeant s time sessions safety is the responsibility of the leaders conducting the training and they Are capable of evaluating each soldiers condition. A i believe our cos Are doing a great Job with. Sergeants time. The sessions i have visited were Welt planned the training was relevant and realistic and the soldiers were learning. With regard to some soldiers being pulled from training to Quot stay in the office and answer the  it is a policy enforced in 32nd army air defense come that a Soldier can be excused from sergeant s time Only by the first colonel 0-6 in the Chain of command. Sergeants time works when leaders Are involved with f it. It has value when it is planned and carefully prepared. Conducted correctly and under appropriate conditions. Serge ants time improves and benefits the Soldier. That is the  write us readers action line is the readers a a court of last resort a striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action Une a othe stars and stripes. Apo 09211-4211. All letters must be. A signed and preference will be Given to  a information of general interest to our readers. _ recent news reports indicated that the us. Senate passed a Resolution in support of the president and the military personnel serving in the Gulf. The vote was 98 to nothing in favor of the adoption of this Resolution. The same vote in the House of representatives was also overwhelmingly positive except for 6 Quot nay Quot votes. Could you please identify which two senators vote were not recorded and which six . Representatives voted against this Resolution a a a. A name withheld be Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau chief. Replies a a a a v a a v a a a. A a a the two senators who did t vote on the Resolution. Supporting president Bush s decision to use Force in the persian Gulf were sen. Alan Cranston d-Calif., and sen. John Glenn a Ohio. Cranston is undergoing cancer treatment in California. A spokesman for Glenn said the senator could not vote because he was in Ohio for an engagement at Ohio state University that had been scheduled Long before the Resolution  the House Side the six representatives who voted against the  Mervyn Dymally a Calif. Charles Hayes Dell. Gus savaged let. Craig a Washington a Texas Maxine Waters a Calif. And Bernard Sanders let. Sanders is listed As an a Independent. A. A a a a there were also six representatives who voted neither yes nor no but Only answered Quot present Quot during the Roll Call on the vote those six were Vardiss Collins Dell. Ron Dellums a Calif. Henry Gonzalez a Texas major Owens . Donald Payne , and edolphus towns . There were also 24 representatives in the House who did not vote. Content with Oneby Shari Roan los Angeles times. _ b Aby Boomers May want to have , but. More of them it appears Are settling for less As Boom age parents in the United states opt for the one child family. A a in the past 30 years the number of single child american households has increased steadily to about 15 percent of All households with children by 1989,. _ _ according to census Bureau figures. And by the end of the Century experts predict that figure could Rise to 25 a Percenta  a a a a the trend ties in neatly with a distinctly 90s practicality with less Money time and space having just one child makes Good sense to Many. And although myth sometimes depicts them As selfish spoiled and socially handicapped Only children May have numerous advantages Over children with siblings. Diane and Dan Barrows of los Angeles Are on couple who decided to have just one child. Their son Robbie is 4 the Barrowes in their mid-40s, say they Leel too old to begin raising a second child they also wander whether their financial resources would stretch to cover privileges such As private school for two children. In addition both parents work full time and Diane Barrows says she cannot imagine dividing Between two children the Foiw \ hours she now devotes to Robbie a Quot you can get around the financial problem but the time problem is very difficult Quot she says indeed today s parents of Only children usually have just one by Choice and Are Ike by to have considered the effect that family size will have on each member of the household. A / a. Nevertheless some baby Boomers with characteristic angst seem to have trouble reconciling their desire Tor Only one child with other expectations. Because most grew up with a sibling a or two or three a that adds to the Quot discomfort Factor Quot in limiting their family says Ellie Mcgrath the author of the Book my one and Only the special experiences of the Only child. A Quot having a child is the greatest thing i Ever did in my life Quot says Barbara Campbell a 37-year-od los Angeles j actress. Quot but i never thought i would have just one. What i miss most. About not having More than one child is that big sense of family Campbell who grew up with four siblings and her. Husband Ken who has three still have not made a final decision about the size of their family. Their daughter Molly is 7."we think about having another one All the time Quot Campbell says quo but that thought gets a. Little a dimmer every year.&Quot\. A researchers say society a views of one child families have fluctuated Over time. Early in the century., Many books on child fearing suggested there was something Quot defective about an Only child says Toni Falbo a researcher from the University of Texas at Austin. Then during the depression it was considered Wise for a couple to limit their family to one child because of financial hardship. \ a. But during the Post world War ii baby Boom couples with Only one youngster were More Likely to be regarded As Odd. One study in the mid-1950s found that the. Primary reason parents gave for having a second child. Was so that the first would not be an Only child Mcgrath  Only children seem to have a head Start in. Many aspects of development adding a that Quot the precocity a that stereotype of the Only child is actually somewhat  further because Only children have to venture outside the family for social contacts they might become More involved in extracurricular activities studies show. A a study of 150,000 adults and children found that Only children performed better on academic tests and developed better social skills. The .1989 study by University of California los Angeles demographer Judith Blake showed that Only children get about one fifth More years of education than children from Large families. A indeed education is one of the few areas where studies have shown a differ be Between Only children and. Children with siblings. There appears to be Little difference in personality characteristics although Mcgrath also found that Only children Are much More Ike by to be straight shooters