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Training instructor for All aircraft rotary and no one pulls my Slack. In be been promoted for my performance through the ranks. The army has not helped me in any Way As a sole Parent i done to come to work late nor do i leave Early because of my daughter. Its the other Way around. It s not an easy Job so open your eyes a and Check out some other single parents before you make such accusations a staff sgt. Josephine Vega Mainz Germany / / jobs Well done i Feci gratitude to the folks who. Stayed behind to keep our military Community Safe for our families. They had the tougher Job. _. / i Yuish to thank the Young Man who offered a ride to my wife and daughter who were Laden Down with bags of Gro Ceries and then  accept a thing but a Heartfelt thank you. I wish to offer my gratitude to the staff sergeant and his wife who were Al ways the re to Heip my wife. They helped her move into quarters and taught her a the nuances of living in government quarters. Thank you to All my wife a n new f i end s who we re there to Suppo it. Her when she needed uplifting. A we done to really need parades and parties to Welcome us Back. We done to need National or International recognition for our deeds. We Only need to gaze upon ourselves in the Mirror each morning and realize that we did what was required and we did it Well. A Chi. Lawrence l. Kiefer or. Aschaffenbur Germany. Looking out for others i am in total agreement  recent writers Point on the tax situation for officers. All Money earned in the persian Gulf since Jan. 1, regardless of rank  tax free. 1 a i have been in the desert since january beside plenty of officers. The Only congressmen who came Here were Polit really motivated nor performing their. Assigned duties like us. Quot also while we Are on the subject of Money How about a substantial pay raise for the uniformed services id love to see any of these congressmen live on under $15,000 per year and support a wife and a baby. They live on i80, 100 per year and can to even balance a budget. Even though 1 done to earn much my budget is balanced. So in conclusion give the officers their tax Money Back give us a pay raise and help All of us out instead of just looking out Tor yourself l a sgt. Maxie j. Mcguire or. Operation desert storm it a a a a. A a. A our horses Arena special i knew it would happen. Actually i thought the stars and stripes would be swamped with letters on this subject horses raised in America and sold to european countries for the express purpose of eating them. The Tifer of the letter a horses deserve respect a seems to be the typical a outraged Quot american the anything that deviates from american varies is clearly wrong Type of attitude. She does no to car that people Ary cat ing horses lets hear it for cultural differences Only that they Are eating american horses. \ what kind of logic is that Are american horses better than other horses. And do you actually believe that horses did t make contributions to the development of Europe just As they did in America and because of these developments these animals deserve More respect than ? v if you want to be mad that  eating horse meat Fine. But 1 Don t think it is fair to Cut Down american business people for Selling horse meat while not caring that lots of other countries also sell horse meat a Mitchel j. Duckworth a Vaihinger Germany editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We re serve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. A. Quot a a Quot a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a a feature called / readers / action line which appears on Page 16 v every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be. Addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 1 a a help our own first i read the article . Always witling to help other nations a i believe that Howard Kleinburg a bringing about an Issue few people think about. Whenever a third world nation  a. Natural disaster . Earthquakes and floods the United states never hesitates in sending Relief a i am All. For this but it is time for another country to step in to help these struggling countries like Canada. France or great Britain. We need to help our own people in America who Are suffering like the homeless. We just can to  own the one whose Freedom we fight for. A pfc. Thomas j. Cousino. Quot Frankfurt Germany a a a  / a a a. Out of heir Dement. Since i m still in saudi Arabia i Don i have Access to an but after Reading the recent comments on the special a Welcome Home America a Uso tribute a i feel that maybe the president arid joint chiefs of staff were out of their element. / 1 was in Vietnam in 1966  of our a distinguished americans declined to serve his country another found ref Uge in an Over strength a National guard unit during the same conflict. One starred in training films during wartime. / / a sgt 1st class . Mckenzie operation desert storm a r / -7 7&Quot Quot Hosped both ways / the soldiers of Bravo co. 6th in 6th inf. Are right to be proud of what they do. There should be More Media exposure of How they live from Day to Day on the front lines. As a rear Echelon person i know that everything 1 do is in support of and meaningless without the grunts at the front. / on the other hand the combat troops would be sick puppies without us. To the extent that they can get mail have bullets to shoot and do riot have displaced civilians in their Way is due to their support teams in. Saudi Arabia letters to the editor Europe and the United states. We too Are proud of our contributions toward operation desert shield storm if the 6th inf redeploy out of at Khobiar towers we will be glad to web come them and will provide All services which Are available we Only ask that they not As did some of their Brothers vandalize the buildings. Please do not break windows rip up carpets chop holes in the Walls Cut off air conditioner plugs or leave piles of human excrement. Then the 6th inf will have completed a Well done Mission. / a sgt. 1st class Henry Frank Dhahran saudi Arabia. A sonic Ching o do i was in Bundlach this past weekend visiting a Friend who just returned from operation desert storm. While i was in the snack bar i heard a Soldier in line say a a it a about time they do something a referring to the headlines that said that the 11th army Cav regt was to deploy to Kuwait. / Well thanks Bud. We in the 11th army Cav regt spend most of our time doing nothing we be never trained individual ready reserves to Send to the Gulf. We never sent Drivers or scout platoons to support operation desert storm we never go to gunnery or pull guard duty. We also never go to a Mac combat Man Euver training centers maybe when we get to Kuwait Well do something. A staff sgt. . Donahue Bundlach Germany a. A / a a. Home front thanked i am thankful for All the Unsung heroes during the Gulf War. As a Soldier who was involved in the War i feel there were Many. 1 feel a special thanks is in order to the ones from whom we received letters pictures and care packages of love and support. / / / the heroes i speak of. Arc our families our friends and our fellow countrymen who always showed us support at those special times when we needed it. We knew being trained As a team we were capable of accomplishing our mis. Sion. But these heroes in most cases Only had their individual Faith to support us. / y. 7 a to my family i thank you and the. Chain of concern that you were a part of for helping make my Job easier. You kept my soldiers confident that their families were important and cared for. To those who gave support to my family i thank you also. It a. A. Thanks to All the support i feel the Mission was. Accomplished As a Complete Quot team.7 a a a a. A two 2 James f. Locklear Furth Germany pen Palsi would like my name published in your column. I am. 21 years old. A a a a a Ludsy Ina , a a a a Bucayan Macrohon a 7 t a a a Southern Loyte Philippines a. 1 am. 20 years old. My. Interests include socializing music and fundraising. My music tastes vary from jazz �?~50s, 60s motown to today s . A a. 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