European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars alb stripes saturday april 27, 1991 european edition circulation 160.000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan. A commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski a editor a. U. Col. Tyl w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kohl Nickl production manager Bill Waikart european editor a Dean b. Mcdermott circulation manager switchboard 06155 6010. Ets 340-5741 or 5823, 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 p us Extension or ets 348-8 plus. Extension. A a news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226. 326. Sports ext 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext 230, 245, 341 letters to editor ext 208 education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext 326. / a. Bureaus a a Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103. 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Classified ext 349, this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members Olipe military services overseas contents of the stars and stripes do not necessarily reflect the official views of or endorsement by the us. Government the department of detente  european command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex Nasonal origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron unfair hiring policy i am writing this letter to highlight the hiring policies that affect . Citizens married to service members. As of april 2, a new hiring freeze has been issued throughout the Usa eur command. These constant freezes do not allow germans and especially other nationalities who Are married to service members to apply for Job vacancies. Our husbands Are serving the military overseas arid we the local National wives should have military spouse preference just like our american counterparts. We too gave up our permanent Domi cite in order to follow our husbands. We too would like to have equal chances in getting appropriate jobs. A i feel that this policy is discriminatory and does not consider in a military dependents. It is also shortsighted and unfair a Christina Palmer. Pir Masens Germany a a consider the source a carefully orchestrated Campaign seems to be under Way to belittle and demean the accomplishments of our forces in desert storm. In Large measure this Effort to diminish the achievement of stated object lives is a natural outgrowth of prior arguments against military operations in the Mideast i believe that four primary lines of at tack Are being taken by the Media and the. Liberal establishment a the scope of the Victory was overstated and iraqi forces were a predictable Pushover according to to newsman Sam Donaldson and others. _ a the defeat of Iraq has made conditions in the Region worse than before the War according to to news commentator Leslie Stahl a liberating Kuwait was an unworthy goal because the kuwaiti leadership is greedy corrupt repressive and the moral equivalent of iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein according to the associated press and Abc. A the rebuilding of . Defences which proved effective in the Gulf should be credited to the Reagan administration. However Leslie Gelb of the new York times has credited those successful defense systems to the Carter administration. This last argument is in Complete consonance with the Liberal leftist hatred of president Reagan. There Are some things for which the left can forgive Ronald Reagan. But they can never forgive him for being right. A fifth path of attack May also exist in the demeaning of our allies contributions. A quota i urge stars and stripes readers to be aware of this Multi pronged attack and to consider the sources from which it emanates. We risk forgetting the significance and magnitude of our Victory or that we won at All. A Charles Hill a ecu Briecke Germany earned our wings we Are uh-1 helicopter pilots in Frankfurt Gerri any and our commander recently informed us of a policy that bans the wearing of flight suits in the Abrams Complex. We must change into our Battle dress uniforms if we have any business at the Bank Post office Legal assistance Etc. We were told that wearing flight suits hurts army cohesion and we do not look like soldiers w Hen we Wear flight suits. We do not understand this concept. We Are army aviators who Wear our flight suits and wings with Pride a Ranger earns and wears a Ranger Tab. A special forces Soldier wears a Tab and Green Beret. Airborne soldiers Wear red berets wings and Tab. Are All these sol Diers Prima Donnas i think not. All of us aviators worked hard to earn the right to Wear our uniforms. A chief warrant officer 2. Brian q. Porter a chief warrant officer 2 Robert a Kerlin Frankfurt Germany. A contented Reader i think the stars arid stripes is a great newspaper on most Points. You cover the news Well with few mistakes when i think about All the parts of a newspaper. The stars and stripes covers them All during the week. Keep up the Good work a Ann Hester no Venich elementary school a a a a a a a. Think before you enlist it makes to sense to join the military if your religious beliefs conflict with the military. Nor does it make sense to stay in if you develop beliefs that conflict with the services. If you re a conscientious objector Why would you even enlist so to complain about the military a obligation to your religious affiliations beliefs Etc., is missing the Point namely the military is about defending the country peacefully or through bloodshed. And your Job is to be a part of that defense. You agreed to this when you signed the contract. A Dwayne Manuel Leitheim Germany. ."7 a a a a. A. A a reserves not to blame Secretary of defense Dick Cheney made some poor statements about the reserves and a number of us Are not Happy about it. As a Vietnam Veteran and a reservist deployed in desert storm 1 done to totally agree with what he had to say. I was regular army in Vietnam arid i was out for 22 years i came Back in May of 1990 nothing has changed. The reserves Arentt the problem its the system  we were activated we waited at our mobilization station for six weeks. When we finally got Here everywhere we went they said a a what Are you doing Here a we were Here and we moved one hell of alot of ammo. These regular army people  have made it without us. Its getting pretty bad when management blames mismanagement on the Little Guy. Put the blame where it belongs just remember 70 percent of the fighting Force for operation desert storm were from the National guard or reserves. So what does that Tell you a spec. Thomas Sauter. Operation desert storm analogy totally off base columnist Mary Mcgrory likened our Pursuit of the iraqi army to the los Angeles police department beating of Rodney King. Quite an analogy. The personnel who took part in the iraqi Pursuit were not sadistic bullies terrorizing innocent people. And the generals certainly did no to use the War As an excuse to justify this action a an excuse implies wrongdoing and they did nothing wrong the iraqi soldiers who surrendered to american forces will Tell you that their captors treated them with dignity and respect. Is. Mcgrory if i were you i would choose my comparisons More carefully. For example i would never compare the courage displayed by or. Holliday in exposing those police thugs with the courage it took you to lambaste a far off military operation from the safety of your Ivory Tower. Stick to curing society a problem letters to the editor Brick in the United states and leave editorials about warfare to the professionals or even knowledgeable amateurs. Our leadership has been managing just Fine Over Here without your insights. A maj. Thomas Berens operation desert storm soldiers should grow up its sad when you have soldiers feeling sorry or guilty because they did no to get the Chance to possibly kill or be killed in saudi Arabia. What in be detected in All this griping is not that they did no to get the Chance to fight for their country but that they did no to get the Chance to get a heroes Welcome. A there a the rub protecting the Good old .a. Is merely coincidental in obtaining 15 minutes of Warhol an Fame. How Petty the More i hear soldiers complain the More in a reminded of school kids sulking and pouting because they did no to get picked for the game. Grow up. A Dunko Romani Guinzburg Germany. Pen pals i am 21 years old and my hobbies Are Reading writing Short stories listening to gospel music and cycling. Karen Donald /. A. Philadelphia . A a a a. A a St. Ann Jamaica a a 1 a West indies a a a a. I am 26 years old and my hobbies Are swimming and Reading. I would like friends from All Over.  a. 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