European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From pug 5 Tion to a service Market with jobs in the hotel and restaurant business. Also More than 60 percent of those jobs arc not advertised which makes Landing a Job even More difficult Curtis said. The Good news for soldiers is that they possess Many of the skills that employers Are looking for Curtis said. The military gigs people skills such As working under pics crib amp a guidelines and working under the pressure of deadlines she said. Another plus for service members is the Large number of former military members who Are now employers and want to help fellow veterans Curtis  out Early although the air Force had its pluses for senior airman Charles Barr the 25-Ycar-old secure communications technician opted to take the service up on its Early out program when he a found out that staying in might have put him in a different Job. A i did t want that. I like my electronics Job. I had no desire to be on a flight line Quot said the airman assigned to the 513th comm so at Raf Mildenhall England. A a lot of people talk about the Security of the air Force. I agree there probably is Security in the air Force but you can make the same for yourself on the outside if you go and get  Barr leaves for the United states nov. 12, and officially leaves the service dec. 1. He believes that by dec. I hell be employed. His contacts with electronics companies in Philadelphia Are telling him jobs Are available. But if he can t find immediate employment Barr s decision to get out of the air Force wont leave him his wife and two children in financial Straits. His wife Maureen a qualified a Ray technician who put her career on hold to follow him to England found a Job within a few Days after her return to Philadelphia in october. A now she s its Chudi Roberts Raino Scharck could be without work once Geln Hauseng a Coleman Barracks closes. The breadwinner of the family a said Barr noting she earns More at her beginning salary than he docs after almost four years in the air Force. Master sgt. Earl Laird jr., also at Mildenhall believes getting a Job after the military wont be that difficult if you re willing to take what comes along. A it seems like there arc plenty of jobs out there if people ire just willing to work. It May not be the Field i want to permanently work in but i m not above working in a Mcdonald a Burger King service station or a 7-11,�?� said Laird who will retire in february after More than 25 years in the air Force. A you can to just sit there and spin your wheels hoping for somebody to open the doors for you. You be got to open the doors for . While the air Force is trying to help its separating and retiring airmen get ideas on How to open those doors by holding transition assistant workshops and the like Tylar arct Munster thinks it is ignoring another sector affected by this upheaval in lifestyle a the non military spouse. A the husband wife relationship  be ignored a said Munster who recently attended a transition assistance workshop at Mildenhall with her husband. Master sgt. Joseph Munster assigned to the defense courier service. Munster said similar workshops or programs should be run for spouses to prepare them for the transition. A a in a sure there s information out there because. Let s face it people have been retiring for years a she said. A she and her husband find themselves preparing for retirement two years earlier than they had planned. One of the air Force s earliest Steps to pare Down its Force was to lower the High year tenure level. Now master sgt. Munster a 25-year-Veteran, is looking at retiring in May 1991. But he like Laird and Barr is confident life Quot on the outside wont be too Tough. Tonya Root is not so sure. An army wife for four years Root said she found it ironic that the army was telling soldiers they had nothing to work about if they get caught in the troop reductions. Root and her husband left the army and Germany last month to move Back to Odessa Texas. Quot the army really sabotaged themselves a a Root said. She said that while she used to hear first sergeants Tell soldiers they should stay in the army because they probably could t make it on the outside they now arc singing a different song. The joke in her husbands former motor Pool in Giessen Germany Root said is that the army has prepared them for three things in life a Burger King Mcdonald a and Taco Bell. Contributing to this report stall writer Amy Geiszler Jones in  could use draw Down time to draw up test Cindy Chambers columnist l by now you be probably heard the news thanks to the draw Down Uncle Sam Isnit nearly As crazy about you As your Recruiter was. You remember your Recruiter a the Guy who promised you 20 years of work free service in Hawaii if you would just please please please sign on the dotted line remember How he insisted that Vou possessed priceless military skills namely a it score Over 50 and the ability to write your name Well those Days Are Over according to officials at the . Department of insecurity conveniently located right next door to Louis resumes. The hard part is figuring out which soldiers Are allowed to stay in and which will probably end up working As Street mimes. Once the obvious undesirables Are weeded out a soldiers with a go awol or die tattooed across their foreheads v a its simply a question of firing the soldiers who Are least Likely to sue the government for breach of Promise. O is this a fair system  is. But it s also a time consuming system. And that s a problem especially when you consider the fact that George Bush wants to Cut about 42 million soldiers by next thursday. So in order to simplify things i have developed a fool proof plan that takes the pressure off the Soldier and puts it where it always Falls a on the soldiers wife. Each wife will be required to take this suitability test a sampling of w hich appears below to determine whether her husband will Surv Ive the cutbacks. Wives give yourself 10 Points for every a a Quot answer live Points for even a a a Quot and Zero Points for every  1. When your husband gets orders for saudi Arabia do you a Call upon your inner reserves of strength b Call your friends for moral support c Call Twa for a flight Back to the states. 2. When entertaining Are you Likely to serve a smoked Salmon brie and White wine b Tortilla chips Taco sauce and margaritas c bugles Ketchup and Colt malt liquor. 3. Is your name a Marijane with an a i a b Trace with an a pc a c Loretta with a Hyphen 4. When your commissary suffers from a chronic shortage of meat do you a adopt a healthful vegetarian diet b learn to shop on the Economy c buy Vienna sausages by the Case. 5. Do you View your time in Europe As an Opportunity to a broaden your Outlook b pick up great bargains c learn to swear in another language. 30 to 50 Points prepare to a be All that you car be forever or you can slay in the military. 15 to 25 Points think about cultivating a tit Enship with your brother in Law in the used car business. 0 to 10 Points Register for mime College while there a still time. Cindy Chambers is a family member in Schweinfurt.  6 a sunday november 3, 1991