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A letters requesting information or assistance will be  a new feature called readers action line which will appear on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line co the stars and stripes Apo ug211-4211. Letters to the editor helicopter Pilot provides a the rest of the Story f am writing in response to your article titled Quot purple heart Winner charges medevac  corps Man Connery a remarks though Correct do not Tell the entire Story i was piloting one of the two m de evac helicopters that flew him to medical facilities. After Reading your article one leaves with the impression that the medevac  helicopter Crews were incompetent thus resulting in unnecessary delays. Corps Nan Conner is Correct in stating that it did take a Long time and there is room for improvement. As Paul Harvey would say Quot Here a the rest of the Story . We received the Call for slide vac and despite Mission planning and coordination of fixed Wing escort were Able to launch within 30 minutes. Twenty five minutes later we were Over the directed area and began a systematic search for the. Landing zone. Radio communication with Connery a unit was repeatedly attempted but never established Noc were any visual signals observed. We continued the search near enemy lines until both the fixed thing escort and medevac helicopters ran Low on fuel and had to depart the area after refuelling and donning night vision goggles we continued the search. Upon arrival in the search area a visual signal was. Ohse red a and the Rescue was completed thus ending a Long and frustrating Mission for both corpsman Conner and the aircrew. A total of. 13 aircrew and four air Craft participated in the Mission. Ai though no enemy fire was observed the search was conducted within Range of hostile fire. We take great Pride in our Mission and arc committed to evaluating casualties expeditiously. Its frustrating to read about Public criticisms when so Many people placed their lives in harms Way. Maybe a Sim pie Quot thank you is in  capt. Monty Johnson operation desert storm oath a serious matter re Quot mothers at War a the commentary by Sally Quinn. The Solu lion to her perceived problem is a simple Ope a it even existed in the air Force once upon a time a in voluntary separation of pregnant women from Active duty. 1 would go a couple of Steps further than that a elimination from the service of All dual i 1 itary couples with Chi 1 Dren and All single parents. Of As Quinn believes nurturing is a higher priority than upholding ones sworn military obligation then these people have no place on Active duty or in the reserves i am a woman and half of a dual service couple who chose Jot to have children. I resent the implication that my husband and i Are More expendable in War than servicemen Bers with children. I also resent people who want All the benefits of military service without any of the risks. All of the parents of Active duty or in the reserves freely chose to take the oath of enlistment or commissioning. If they did not understand it then woe to us All. A Beverly j. Led by -. Bruch Miihlbach Germany a. A -. A a warrant of Larrr lauded i would like to congratulate warrant officer Robin l. Jackson for having the courage to put his her career on the line by painting a very ii Eurate portrait of a problem common to Many units poor leadership. The sad fact is that Many of the individuals on whom Quot the shoe fits will probably never bother to try it on. A a. A staff sgt. David s. Farley Heidelberg Germany Quot a i loll sit but this dance i just read an article in the february Issue of the readers digest. It was entitled Quot dirty secrets behind the budget  if there is even one Iota of truth in the article then the governing body of America is too Busy trying to pull the Wool Over taxpayers eyes instead of accomplishing what it was elected to do i can be sure that if i were Over extending myself financially like the government seems to be doing with the budget someone would Call me on it. The deficit will not see any improvement unless we Stop spending Quot our Quot Money on political issues Aid to foreign countries for drought or flood Relief when we can to even help the people of our own nation and on ridiculous things such As restoring the boyhood Home of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg . What great things did this Man do for our country Why should our dollars go toward this Type of spending the Money should have been raised wit Hin the state Vohen will we open our eyes we can apply the Money for such idiotic uses toward More important ones such As education social Security medicare and even defense. I can to believe that the people we elected to represent us Are supporting such spending its time. Tote our government know that we wont stand for throwing our tax dollars away any longer. A a Shawn Marsteller. Ankara Lurecy words to Roni Ember l am an no serving proudly with the 101st airborne div air assault in saudi Arabia Here is a message passed Ori to me by a Mem bar of my battalion a Fine Man and a great american Quot War is an ugly thing but it is not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degrading moral value which believes that no Freedom is Worth lighting for is much worse. These men Are never truly free unless their Freedom is secured and maintained Lor them by better  a staff sgt Brent Horner operation desert storm idea on Oil Revenue recently someone wrote to you with an interesting idea that i fully support lie said it hat there should be two Oil prices after the conflict in the persian Gulf has been decided a one for those who supported the allies and  who did not i would like to add a corollary to that suggestion. The allies should Divide the use of Revenue from the iraqi Oil Wells in two ways half should be used Tov build the iraqi nation a reparations should be paid to the allies with the other half to in elude the Cost of the War pensions to those injured and compensation to the families of those killed in action. A Robert h. Ray or. Raf Croughton England  noteworthy american 1 read with great interest a recent article about 1 he honorable Martha Pope the first woman to be elected by the . Senate to be the . Senate sergeant at arms. In a1 related matter. I would like to bring to your attention the presence of us. Marine capt. Ernest e. Garcia in saudi Arabia. Garcia also has the distinction of  a first in the . Senate in that he was the first hispanic to be elected by the . Senate to be Striate sergeant at. Arms. Other significant accomplishments in his distinguished career include legislative assistant and administrative assistant to sen. Robert Dole a Kan. Special assistant to the president of the United states Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for legislative affairs and then of course nominated and confirmed by the . Senate to be the sergeant at arms. Garcia currently sexes with the 8th Marine regt 4th civil affairs group 2nd Marine div. Garcia is from Kansas but has lived in Washington ., for the last14 years a Lance Chi j. Caviedes operation desert storm the Price of being a go Why join the military if you re not willing to fight for Freedom and democracy did you think you were going to get All this free training which in some civilian jobs costs top Dollar and not be expected to pay for it    v since the Start of operation desert storm shield there has been an abundance of individuals filing for conscientious objector status. These people have received training and benefits that have made their lives easier than if they went to College or worked at 7-eleven. These benefits and training add up to Money that they should be forced to pay Back to the government \ a staff sgt. Sid Price a sgt. Scott Walter _ a airman 1st class George Truini Rhein main a Germany  a Quot a. Needing her support just a Short response to the writer of Quot support groups should help not stifle Reader  she not Only bit the hand that feeds Het she chewed off he entire Arm. Its unfortunate she feels stifled by her husbands units Well intended efforts to support her while he is deployed to operation desert storm. However she might use her vast experience As an army spouse to seek out and give her support to those who really need it and would appreciate it. After 18 years  life the writer obviously has a lot to other younger and less experienced spouses. By now she should know that the majority of people who need support Are the ones who usually will not ask. . Moore Ramstein Germany