European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes tuesday april 23, 1991h Sipes european eur room circulation 1 8,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commando publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor . Ogayl w. Fix Usa Deputy commander. Marta to Minckl production manager Blit Walker european editor Deane b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 06155 6010, ets 348-5741 or 5023. Telex 419-332. Business Tel fax 06155-601376. News Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11,  06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-6 plus Extension. News ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 328, sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332,321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245,341, letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 228. Business Randy Mcclain ext 326. 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Civ Lian 0635-44768, Dan 266 3209 advertising display Exi 24 7.309 classified ext 349 trus newspaper a an Duiho vet  ,-.a it in Tor Merri Buru Al the  serv tort Ove Vas Chr i c1 1-4 stars and stripes do not Rojc Esrang eff it it e of Yai new re. Or endorse Mem by. The of s . She Jil re Ostenso or Trie u s eur cps an c Tvr Ard the appearance of Edvird Quot a in t 1 por.,? on  avg inserts or Aupiu menus. Does w  a a to a av<-e>4 a the department erf Vetense or the a a and  Pes of re p ducts or services ave hired everything  in ifs p-,r,  m made available Tor Purchase use or  thou  to race co for. Religion sex Nat dial Orvyn age rear Lai Sfa us physical hand Cap Point Cai air  or any c or try Quot it Factor of the pure race user 01 Par on care with pos an article that appeared in the april 19, 1991, edition of the stars and stripes May bring concern to some of our Fine soldiers deployed to the mid cast. From the article titled a owners of delinquent vehicles sought a it might be inferred that a soldiers Pov which had been in the German port of Bremerhaven awaiting pickup Lor More than 120 Days would be disposed of through defense a utilization and marketing office channels. Nothing could be further from the truth. Soldiers who shipped pos to or from Europe and subsequently had their assignments changed and were sent to the Mideast need not worry. We will hold these pos until the soldiers or their legally designated representative inform us of the ultimate shipping destination. There arc routinely a number of pos that soldiers elect not to pick up for whatever reasons. Action to dispose of a vehicle is not initiated until the vehicle has been on hand without any communication with the owner for Over 120 Days. At that Point a process that frequently lasts up to six months or More begins. An exhaustive search is conducted to find the owner or lie Holder. Then a Board of officers and the staff judge advocate review the entire process to ensure a Soldier s rights have been protected before any disposal determination is made. Right now there Are 28 vehicles classified As abandoned at the military traffic management Comdr a vehicle processing Center in Bremerhaven a number that is lower than Normal. Of these 28, Only one is in the disposal stage. For the remainder Legal ownership is still being ascertained. Routinely no More than one or two pos Are disposed of in a year through demo channels. We also classify a vehicle As delinquent if it has not been picked up after 45 Days. What this classification really Means is that the records of the car Are passed to a special Section of the processing Center that is charged with locating owners. This Section is very successful at working with 1st personnel come and the service member Schain of command for pickup of delinquent and abandoned pos. Right now there Are 70 delinquent cars at Bremerhaven. As an aside we Are currently storing More than 425 pos for service Mem ers assigned to the Mideast. These vehicles which Are kept in a secured and lighted parking lot Are visually checked and started once a week a capt. Ray a. Josey chief vehicle processing Center a tic trans brigade Bremerhaven terminal silent soldiers we Are a part of Bravo co 6th in 6th inf currently in Iraq for operation desert storm. When we Are fortunate enough to receive a stars and stripes which is about once every 10 Days we Are angered and frustrated with what we read. We Are tired of Reading stories about support trips and especially car Echelon troops returning Home to the slates while we be been on the front line since the beginning and Are still Here. Meanwhile troops that never left saudi Arabia Are getting All the headlines. We know support has its place but it s not on the front Page. Even when it do finally leave it won t be to go Back Home to the slates but to Ger e Many. We feel the Public has a right to know How infantry soldiers live from Day to Day on the front lines unlike Thorsti personnel often featured on your front pages we done to get showers and mail daily. We re proud of being grunts and Roud of what we do and feel the time As come for the Public to hear from the silent soldiers. A sgt. Antonio Arrington a pfc Charles Hunt a spec. Raymond e. Elkins a sgt. Earl Harley a sgt. Jason t. Lilze a sgt. James s. Kailburn a sgt. Tommy d. Howard operation desert storm aviators soldiers first having just completed operation desert storm and four months in the desert i feel impelled to comment on the statement a these aviators complained about not flying and seemed to have forgotten All about being  through operations desert shield and desert storm aviators warrant of flyers one through captains and above spent their Days and nights digging fighting positions foxhole standing guard duty and loading and off loading trucks. They acted As mechanics and refuel ers for their aircraft not to mention All the required duties of an officer in the combat theater. Due to the a a a series joint command to amp a table of organization and equipment aviation units Are critically under strength. Unlike the air Force the writer so conveniently quotes our aircraft mechanics must be truck Drivers and guards before they have time to repair aircraft. Hence your a Prima Donna pilots fill in. We served proudly As soldiers first Here in the cavalry and in a sure in other aviation units As Well. Only after the soldiering is completed do we climb into our aircraft As a proud  a chief warrant officer 3 John e. Vandenburg Niernberg Germany mail support helped a a a. A a a. I a a. I wish to sincerely thank everyone who took the time to write letters to soldiers involved in operation desert storm. I am a platoon Leader from the 5th in 15th inf in Schweinfurt Germany my platoon and i deployed to saudi Arabia about a month ago to act As a platoon replacement. Since we have been Here we have never had a permanent or even semipermanent address to receive mail through. But after about one week in the country 1 discovered there were an awesome number of letters addressed to a any Soldier a i went to the postal facility and was Given a Box of these letters. When i returned to the tent i announced a email  my men were in Awe. You should have seen their faces Light up. Many asked a sir did i get any sir did i a i replied that it was funny but we All had mail. I started Down the roster handing each Soldier a few letters after i called their name. It Wasny to Long before they realized that i had not brought personal mail but at this Point it just did no to matter. My men started arguing about who had received the Best letters or pictures of the prettiest girls which were enclosed in some of the  to the editor i read some of the letters myself and they brought my own spirits up substantially. A a. A. Thank you again for your undying support. You have done wonders for the morale of every one of my soldiers and myself. A. �?2nd it. John r. Rosenfeld operation desert storm decries Arab bashing one could riot miss the insulting tone of Andrew glasses column published March 18 about the Lack of the a melting pot in saudi  choose to live. Would that the United states had a president As concerned with his citizens welfare As King fahd is Over the welfare of his subjects. Would that the United states had streets As Safe As Riyadh a. Whenever i return to the United states in a shocked at the hostility that prevails among the people there. One of the things one notices in the saudi press is that columnists rarely preach to the West As to How life should be in the United states. Generally they limit their comments to those aspects of Western life that affect the Arab world. I done to question the Way the saudis How sad it is that Arab bashing is still so acceptable among columnists who like to portray themselves As tolerant. Or. Glass is Little better than those misguided missionaries who arrived in Hawaii to cover the natives nakedness. Like theirs or. Glasses prejudices seem to be grounded solidly in eth no Centric Ity and  it from one who lived Here Long before the War saudi Arabia is a wonderful country from which we have much to learn. Yes i must admit to or. Glass its different from what he a used to. A a. A. A a. A a a a a a. A John Mccormick hair Al Batin saudi Arabia pen pals. I am a. 16-year-pld filipino interested in writing pen pals. Irish Bultron. Siti Osto Nino a. A a a a a a a a. Orgy. San Dionilo a. A. \ Gre Anellis sweat Para Iague. A metro Manila Philippines 1 Welcome All pen pals a a a Carol Gwen. A a 67, Falmouth place. A a a a. Murtishaw Runcorn a. Chesire England. T am a 25 years old and in Loving a a Julie Aldridge a a. 105 West Molhem Road. Molvern Worcestershire England. A we would like to have pen pals. A Edwina a. Cuerda,23. A. A Yollie m. ,16 \ a Rasalinda p. Canon.21 a a a a 9206 Huangan West Mango a. Lanao Del Norte ,. 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