European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes tuesday september 17, 1991 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Quot Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manes sports editor special sections editor to write us Apo 09211 -4211 or Postrach 11 14 37 0-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows 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 ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471-88782. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. 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However one aspect of a soldiers career is completely lacking lately namely How can a Leader Tell if a Soldier is Good enough in his her military occupational specially mos ? i May be prejudiced by the fact that for the last 18 /2 years 1 have been responsible for ensuring the expedient repair of sophisticated air defense systems and therefore choose the most competent individual to repair the system when the a heat is  whether you want to accept it or not soldiers with technical specialities Are a a different  i know that we Are All soldiers first and technicians second but that does no to quite Cut it when you re out there on a tactical site with a broken radar and your Boss 32nd army air defense come Usa eur a to is wondering Why its taking you so Long to fix it. You simply must have High Quality experienced technically competent individuals a regardless if they scored Only 196 on the last it physical training or Are a a borderline on weight or Only shot Marksman the last time at the Range. With the demise of the set skills qualification test which Hadnot meant much lately anyway there seems to be the implication that a Job performance competence Means Little in the army of today. How sad. Id much rather have someone reliable and competent to repair our equipment than 1 would someone Skinny who can score 295 or better on the it test but can to put screw a a a into socket a a by any Day of the week. The Only leadership tool i know of that currently addresses Job performance competence is common sense. This is unacceptable t9 me and should be to you too. Without specific definitive Job mos performance standards Well become an army of trim wondrous physical specimens who can All shoot straighter than Ever before but need to Call Raythelon every time the Patriot  Don t want sympathy. I Don t want although in a sure i la get letters encouraging me to get out of the army if 1 can to Hack it. All 1 want is either a specific Standard to judge Job performance competence or an answer Why there Isnit one. A chief warrant officer 3 Thomas j. Warrick Kaiserslautern Germany cultural intolerance 1 would like to respond to the letter concerning multiculturalism. While i have nothing against numerous euro recognition weeks for everybody from brits to hungarians i must question the need for it. When i was a High school student i Learned much More about the accomplishments of euro americans than anyone else. Accomplishments of africans asians indians and hispanics were very rarely emphasized. And How Many fourth or fifth generation Whites even know which european group they belong to let alone know the culture and if Whites Aren t a monolithic bloc Why do they seem to be so intolerant of non european culture a Good example is american Public outcry against products from the Orient never do i hear that same grievance concerning european products that Are More expensive and frequently inferior to their Oriental counterparts. Another Good example is immigration. For More than 200 years America opened its doors to every european who could fit on a vessel. But As soon As the cubans mexicans and orientals began their quest for a slice of America we started finding excuses to slow Down immigration. Some even suggested closing Borders entirely. Few people can dispute the fact that europeans were accepted far More rapturously and had a much easier time assimilating into american society than others. A Anthony Barkley Darmstadt Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve 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 a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211.most women prefer Home the latest feminist fad seems to be the mythical  ceiling a recent writer complained about. The Small percentage of women at High level management positions is not caused by discrimination. It is caused by the simple fact that most women done to desire that Type of Job and make other choices. The family research Council states that the majority of women still choose to stay Home with their children. Some live simply enough so they can make it on one salary a their husbands. Others work part time Many in a Home business. Most women today still have families and do not wish to work the Long hours or go on business trips something which comes with upper level management jobs. We must look at each discrimination Case by itself. Mere percentages done to mean much when you Are talking about men is. Women discrimination. A Suzanne m. Dunkleman . Upper Heyford England a someone Dies regardless i would like to address the age old discussion of abortion in America. In an age when the decision to have children is not Only a moral one but a financial and mental one i feel that the . Government is partially to blame. It has been at least 15 years since the food and drug administration has considered alternative methods of birth control. That is Why 1 think americans turn to abortion As much As they do. A mistake 1 think americans make is that you done to have to condone abortion to agree with Choice or that every woman can do what she desires with her own body. It is merely a matter of Choice. In a country where most of our actions Are governed by Law or subject to lawsuit actions i think there has to be a line drawn. One example is the Case of Becky Bell a teen age girl who had a Back Alley abortion because she did not Tell her parents that she was pregnant. She died because of a sterilized instruments and questionable medical procedures. My Point to the american Public is if we prosecute the right of abortion and seek the demise of Roe is. Wade either Way someone will die a an unborn child or the woman who has to seek an unsafe abortion because it is not Legal. A Kimberly l. Voorhess Bobingen Germany # when did god say that a recent letter to the stars and stripes quotes god As saying homosexuality is an abomination in his sight. In a wondering when he said that. I do recall that St. Paul said something like that. St. Paul also said that if a woman wants to know anything she should ask her husband and that women should keep silent in the churches. And i believe Moses quoted god As saying something along that line. Moses also quoted god As ordering us not to eat pork or lobster bisque and to Stone to death anyone who commits adultery. Christ did no to seem to go along with that latter idea. From my recollection of Jesus words he seemed to be noticeably silent on the topic of homosexuality. He seemed to be More interested in people s relationship to his father. Gene Phillips Frankfurt Germany defend America first i read in the stars and stripes about the United states and Britain sending Aid to the soviet Union. The United states is proposing to Cut $1 billion from the . Weapons program. Why should cuts be made that affect . Defense and jobs of those in the industries contracted by the government the soviet Union needs to Cut its own defense budget. If it is serious about the further spread of democracy it should spend its weapons program Money on food and Medicine. Its time for the United states to spend its Money on the poor and hungry within its own Borders. After All we just defended american interests in the Middle East. It  Hurt to put the same Energy into defending american interests in America. A pfc. Kenneth Bushnell Doha Kuwait a Joe bobs comic Relief this is in response to the letters criticizing Joe Bob Briggs. My husband and i look Forward to Reading his column All week. It provides us with some Well needed comic entertainment. When he talks about women he a referring to the characters in the movies he  those women choose to portray themselves As  he a making fun of their Choice in roles not of them. We think its funny. We be also read some very intelligent and insightful serious articles by Joe Bob Briggs creator so we done to take Joe Bob Briggs seriously. He Isnit real he s just a character someone created. If you done to appreciate his humor by All Means done to read his columns. You Don t have to begin Reading each column to know what it will be like. They done to change much. A Mani and Clay Deckert Stuttgart Germany