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Benefits included air conditioned tents passes to tour and shop free daily Telephone Calls several thousands of dollars of try temporary duty Money alcoholic beverages and the list goes on. The air conditioning was provided Courtesy of 18 inches of overhead cover and a 100-degree-plus, t knot wind if you were Lucky. The shopping tour was basically commandeering a vehicle to slip Back across the Border into Turkey to Issue false requisitions to receive sundries. The free daily Telephone Calls were via squad radios communicating from fighting positions. Alcohol was provided but All the unit s members for some reason forgot to pack their club cards. So needless to say we fell Short. It s obvious that the author was misinformed about what really went on with All the units that participated. The next time you and your Community feel you Are being cheated because we received these benefits we will be More than glad to relocate ourselves from our loved ones patrol through unmarked minefields and face an armed enemy at times As close As this newspaper is to your face. A place in our hearts will always remain for All of our friends who sustained injuries As a result of the operation. Please done to be upset because we were awarded the a combat  if you still Are say a prayer for pfc. Chew who was awarded it posthumously. A sgt. Kevin m. Nishimura Vicenza Italy spare the Rod. I did not quite agree with the quotes that were printed in the letter a methods of discipline a so i looked them up in Webster s third collegiate edition dictionary. 1 found them to be misquoted. Discipline is defined As a training that develops self control character or  it also goes on to state that it is Quot treatment that corrects or  yes that s right punishes. Websters goes on to define a to punish As a to undergo pain loss or suffering for a crime or  further Down in the definition it has a sub definition  this is defined As a a suggestion of punishment that is intended to control or establish habits of self control to discipline a naughty child a a this is taken directly from the same dictionary that this person was quoting from before. The final definition that was quoted is spank. This was quoted correctly from the dictionary. However this person does not believe that Corporal punishment is a necessary form of discipline yes discipline for children to learn by. I have seen children from other families that do not believe in Corporal punishment and yet their children Are unruly rude and extremely disrespectful. I agree with the writer that there is More violence in the Homes across America. That is because there Are parents out there who have difficulty separating discipline and abuse. This is the problem area we should be trying to Correct instead of taking away an effective tool of discipline that is being used by responsible Loving parents. By the Way none of the definitions used the word  a Raymond e. Kmet Span Dahlem a Germany 4 a editor s note i 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Too 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211.the right to choose this is reference to a recent letter on abortion. The writer said she does a not condemn women who have had or will have abortions but condemns the system that makes it  by condemning the system that makes it Legal she is condemning those women who choose to have an abortion. Our governing system has Given us the right to choose. Take away that right and those women have no Choice. I agree wholeheartedly with the letter in Quot dear Abby which the writer refers to in her letter. The author of the letter in a dear Abby raises an important question. A what rights does a rudimentary ovum or sperm have Over a Complex grown woman who has managed to survive in this frenzied and tumultuous world Quot and i add what right does our predominantly male governing system have to take away a Choice that is More often than not a Choice made by women alone i am not  abortion but i am  Choice. Who am i or any of us to Tell another what they should or should not do i believe the Best Way to Deal with unwanted pregnancies is to prevent them. Rather than waste Good Effort picketing abortion clinics Why not Channel that Energy to educate women especially teens about birth control and the other choices they have a Gretchen Janssen Augsburg Germany proud of their jobs this is in response to the letter on vice president Quayle and Burger King. I feel your message is All wrong. There Are people out there supporting their families by working for minimum wage. Its not easy but it is done every Day. These people should be applauded not sarcastically referred to. 1 have a Friend who has a wife and three children. Four years ago he bought a new Home in a decent neighbourhood. He works for hardens. A Cousin who has two teen age sons makes a House payment feeds and clothes her sons and works in a cafeteria. Another Friend supports her son As letters to the editor a cashier in a mini Mart. My sister supports her family As an aide in a Hospital. Done to insult minimum wage professionals. They Are hardworking decent and honest people who work hard and get Little thanks but they have self Pride. As for your observation on the last 12 years of republicans Are you saying there Wasny to any unemployment before then you also forgot to mention the fact that Congress disapproved the minimum wage increase and that Congress at that time gave themselves a raise. And Isnit Congress Lead by democrats a Sharon Dewitt Pitburg Germany fuming Over confusion i am a smoker who decided recently that it would be Wise to give up my habit but looking for a program to help and or motivate me is creating More trouble than going a cold  if 1 were in the states it would be nothing More complicated than opening up the local yellow pages. Since this is not the Case in be tried to Contact the person who is in charge of the program on base and after Many rounds of a Tele tags i done to have any More information than when i started. This pain in the posterior Isnit due to any negligence on the part of the person trying to organize the smoking cessation classes a quite the contrary from what i can discern. But this is one person trying to run a rather Large program. This is particularly amazing considering the Large amount of hot air concerning How the military wants to lower the number of smokers in its ranks. Like everything else its probably a matter of funding. Think of it this Way a few dollars invested in the smoking cessation program now or millions on surgery chemotherapy and radiation treatments later. A Christy Deane Lakenheath England High school reunion a reunion is planned for All alumni friends parents and teachers administrators of the Karlsruhe Germany american High school. It will be held in Houston in october. We also would like Contact with military reunion groups from Karlsruhe so we can help each other find a a lost members. 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