European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1meless love continued from Page 15 and i look at her and i realize. She s been sitting on the Couch All Day Quot in the Jungle she never knew loneliness Here she has no one to talk to Day after Day week after  nonetheless he says they Are Happy Quot its a very simple relationship. We just live we re not overburdened with trying to figure it out we re just Happy to be together he can t say Why nor can he pinpoint the moment when tenderness turned to love. It was boundless and intoxicating but when he thought about All they d have to give up to stay together he kissed her forehead gazed at her tear streaked face and Lell he can t describe his sadness. Nor can he explain what drove him Back to her again and again despite eight bouts of malaria despite every obstacle disparate cultures could pose finally they knew. They belonged together As Yarima instructed Ken to Tell the judge who officiated at their wedding Quot Tell the Pata that i am your wife Tell him that even if you become sick i will still be your wife. If you cannot leave your Hammock i will go Down to the River and get you water i will Harvest plantains and roast them for you on the lire Tell the Pata that i will gather fruit and Honey Lor you i will care for you and do All these things even when you Are very old. Even then i will be your wife still it is hard hard to watch her listen to tapes of loved ones with tears running Down her Cheeks hard to hear her struggle to count to 10 hard to watch her walk into Dunkin donuts with the note he has written for her that says Quot two frosted Cullers Quot words she still can t pronounce All this stuff makes her seem like a child so Yarima spends much of her time at Home watching television especially mtg. Helpless Quot says Ken. Quot but in the Jungle she kept me alive. She can get food from the inside of a log. In the Jungle she a a Complete  and so. They Are going Back to her world if Only for a few weeks. Yarima is eager to show Oft her children and see her family to kick off her shoes and eat roasted Snake to go to the Forest and come Back with Flowers in her ears. The trip will of course be a logistical Nightmare it s Tough enough taking three kids to Disney world let alone to the Amazon Jungle they la travel by car plane and boat. When they reach the headwaters of the Oronoco they la walk finding the Semi nomadic tribe could take some doing but when they do they la be warmly greeted. The children will be admired. Yarima and Ken will be chided for having stayed away so Long. The past and the present will touch linked by a love Strong enough to encompass them both a love supple enough to stretch from the Stone age to the suburbs and Back about 13,000 Yano mama like this tribesman live in the forests. Readers action Lin Vilseck High Grad gets the runaround a i graduated from Vilseck american High school in june and am attending College in Kentucky my Stepfather checked on the procedure to Send me and my belongings to College. He was told that the request had to be As Quot student travel Quot or it would not be approved he submitted that request on june 4 to his Pac personnel and administration Center. Since i had to attend freshman orientation at the College on aug 2, my Mother booked me on a Corn Merical flight on july 28. My request asked for travel by july 20, just to be Safe. On june 25. After not hearing anything my Mother called battalion and was told the request was on the wrong form and had been returned to the 2/37 Pac office it Trad been returned to them on june 18 they told my Stepdad to come fill out another form he did the same Day. June 25. On july 20 my Stepdad was notified in the yield that 1st personnel come had disapproved the request Tor being on the wrong form the battalion said the Pac officer would fax another set of requests to per com but it would t be enough time to get the request and get me on a Mac flight before aug. 2 i just wanted my clothes shipped at least t was told that if i did no to Fly Mac then my clothes would t be shipped. My Stepdad a company commander and the battalion commander signed an Quot exception to policy to have me reimbursed for my airfare and to get my clothes shipped i was denied by 507th pcs stating Quot there is no exception to policy Quot a a c. Troy Fluhr Louisville by. In maj. Steven w. Shively Public affairs officer he 3rd inf div replies c Troy Stuhr did not receive government sponsored student travel because his sponsor did not use the proper application procedures. The sponsor should have applied directly to 1st personnel come 1st per com family actions Branch on an a form 325-1 with attached documentation. Without student travel orders the u s government cannot reimburse or. Fluhr s family Tor his travel expenses or Fluhr s personal belongings cannot be shipped at government expense because of a Lack of the aforementioned orders. However his sponsor can request an exception to policy to be reimbursed due to an administrative error. This request should be processed through the Chain of command through 1st personnel come family actions Branch to Headquarters department of the army Aqda with Aqda making the final decision on the request. Should or Fluhr decide to visit his family in the future his sponsor can apply directly to 1st personnel come family actions Branch and obtain student travel orders the 3id g1/ag mailed a copy of the 1st personnel come student travel instruction letter to his sponsor. Once or. Fluhr has his student travel orders he can take one round trip per fiscal year to and from his school to visit his parents. However or. Fluhr s sponsor must request travel orders from 1 St personnel come each time student travel is requested he can also request to have up to 350 pounds of unaccompanied baggage shipped with his family member per trip but this allowance must be included on his family member s orders. These requests must reach 1st personnel come 60 Days prior to the desired travel Date if or Fluhr s sponsor has any questions he should Contact 1st personnel come or visit his servicing personnel service Center pc personnel actions sect onto write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. 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