European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes letters to the editor monday december 28, 1992 thes european edition col Gene a Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Paul Cosby City editor George Manea special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 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 Jimr Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer Sieve scholar building 2899, Pulaski barrack9 Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone Dan 489-6585 or civilian 0631-52104 Tel fax 0631-50696. Nurnberg Germany Ron Jensen building 21, William o. Darby Cavern Apo a 09222 Telephone Dan 460-7256 or civilian 0911 -712563. Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen european stars and stripes City desk unit 29480, Apo 09211 Telephone Dan 348-6237 or civilian 06155-601237. Wurzburg Germany Call main office in Darmstadt. Brussels Belgium Rosemary Sawyer co . Embassy pc 82, Box 002, Apo a 09724 Telephone civilian 0032-22380967 Tel fax 0032-22309088. Mediterranean j. King Cruger and Gary Miller Naples Italy Asa Box 56, Fpo 09521 Telephone Dan 625-4 8 80 or civilian 0039-61-7624049. New York City Timothy Cohill room 638, 201 Vance si., new York 10014 Telephone 212-620-3333, United kingdom a Uridill Winder and Nancy Tornor building 464 Cess us Raf Mildenhall Apo a 09459 Telephone Dan 238-2226 or civilian 0638-512226. Washington . Chuck Vinch Ray Rowdon Oast a the Pentagon room 2e756 . Box 46095, Washington . 20050-6095 Telephone 703-697-6695 i Lolax 703-693-6366. Business departments Christopher a. Eddings go Norel manager Dale Estes newspaper operations director James Wysoeki circulation manager Merle Kohl Nickl Robert Crawley production manager acting comptroller Fred Shane Directo a a new York operations circulation toll free customer service for Homo or office delivery inquiries or delivery problems Call 24 hours Germany Belgium Italy United kingdom Netherlands Spain Tel fax 0130-840048 07811-8775 1678-7-3456 0-800-898854 06022-7629 900-99-4955 06155-601436 Germany Augsburg civilian 0821-443254. Berlin civilian 030-8331846, Dan 332-3548. Bremerhaven civilian 0471-85168. Dan 34 2 0119. Kaiserslautern civilian 0631-57070 or 57079, Dan 489-7100, Lelolar 0631-50696. Nurnberg civilian 0911-712558, Dan 460-7001 Stuttgart civilian 0711-721-4203 or 4277. Dan 4214283 or 4277. Italy Naples civilian 003981-5685306. Dan 625-5306 Vicenza civilian 0444-515358, Dan 634-7545, Tol fax 0444-300-641. Spain Madrid on 665-5807. Civilian anti Tel fax 003416561465. Turkey Istanbul civilian and Tel fax 0090 1-1724843. United kingdom Cirencester civilian 0205-713 637, Dan 247-4445. Advertising display Germany 06155-801247 or 601309, on 3408247. Classified Germany 06155 sd1349. Dan 348-8349. Advertising Tel fax 06155 601412 a please Recycle this newspaper is an authorised publication Lor members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars end stripes do not necessarily dotted the official views of or endorsement by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication. Including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other no Merit Factor of the purchaser user or speech please this past year you have printed extensive information on sex sales Malcolm x in its entirety Madonna chess games condom classes in the High schools homosexual unions Etc. Could you please prove to me and the rest of the readership that the stars and stripes is a newspaper that serves each and every one in the overseas military and civilian population you could do this by printing the entire text of our new presidents state of the Union message this january and each succeeding year. I no longer wish to read the Media a interpretations misinterpretations and commentary. 1 prefer to make my own conclusions. A Linda scan rat Izmir Turkey an changes irritating i can to understand Afna a ads on prime time shows. Many times in be watched the commercial a fall the Best All the time a with never a rerun season. Well what Are we seeing these Days in a positive we be watched these programs four to months ago i still have some on tape. Also Why has the policy changed on airing sports live i.e., monday night football ? we All get up in the Middle of the night to watch a football game that comes on at 8 . Est Only to see David Letterman. What a the Deal we All know an can air live sports because it has been done in the past. Give us a break an. Please let us know your programming schedule and try to stick with it. Some places such As Here in Turkey we Only receive an on our base and also Only receive the schedule through the sunday Magazine in the stars and stripes. Why so Many program changes these Days Freddie l. Hicks Ali Kacsir Turkey nne so intelligence its Good to know that in these times of trouble throughout Europe and Africa we not longer need to rely on military intelligence for our information. In fact its obvious that for your most up to Date reporting just tune in to can. You can watch our boys armed to the Teeth and with nary a worry in the world slosh onto the beaches. They have the most dangerous weapon known to 20th-Century Man protecting them. The press. Its lights camera and action of course. The lights play hell with $4,500 night vision goggles and maybe its just a bit disconcerting for a Navy Seal to be interviewed while attempting to secure a beachhead but its what America wants to see. Now we can watch and even talk to our flybys on Larry King live As they Pilot their c-141 toward an Uncertain Fate. Who needs intelligence collecting anyway soon sooner than most people in the intelligence Community expect can will have bought rights to place its cameras in the nose of every fighter aircraft in the . Inventory. At least that Way we wont have to rely on those Grainy films the defense department provided during desert storm. Looking into the Crystal Ball i foresee reporters attached to each patrol. On both sides of the conflict. It will be split screen reporting with american marines on one Side and somalian warlords on the other and in the Middle correspondent Wolf Pilitzer will be providing a blow by blow account. I just Hope that if i Ever have to go in they will at least pronounce my name right. That a Braham just like a Graham Quot Cracker except with a a Michael c. Braham Rota Spain editor s note 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 signed and include address and Telephone number. Address letters to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address such letters to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.five Gallant airmen during the thanksgiving Holiday i vacationed in Paris Frankfurt and All Points in Between. The emotional High of my trip occurred when i was invited for drinks at the airmen a club on Rhein main a. For several hours i participated in the camaraderie of five Gallant and courageous men who Crew the c-130s for the 7th special operations so. I want to express my sincere gratitude to Taco Rich Bob Dan and Leo for doing a very difficult Mission Miles from Home and with such style and morale. America is proud to have you As her sons. A James a Sherrard Plano Texas still a matter of Choice 1 have read with interest the letters asserting that homosexuality is a lifestyle Choice or else an inborn and therefore Good Quality in a person. Neither Side of the argument understands the other at All but the truth seems so Plain to me both Are Correct. We All know that people Are More prone to dishonesty and some Are More sincere than others. Some men married or not Are much More tempted to commit adultery with lots of women than Are other men the same goes for certain women. Some people Are More susceptible to drug cigarette or alcohol addiction than others. Some people enjoy inflicting cruelties upon animals or other people most people do not a whether the satyrs sadists drunks or liars were born that Way or developed these characteristics in Early childhood is the subject of ongoing research but in the end it does t matter very much what does matter is whether they control their particular temptations a it matters whether they act on those temptations. Ill go out on limb and assert that we All have temptations to do some particular Quot bad thing and that we mostly resist doing it some More effectively than others. Its no to be tempted. We can mostly agree that the things listed above Are wrong. We used to agree that homosexual acts were wrong you can decide for yourself whether Thev Are still wrong but please done to use the a i was born that Way argument because it does no to matter. Jeffrey l. Dahmer May Well have been born that Way. A capt. Philip the witty Simbach a Germany we can Deal with it to ban or not to ban. Whether by an act of nature or Environ a significant portion of the population a military and civilian a is attracted to members of the same sex. Is it a crime of nature or a against god ill leave that for god to judge. I know most of the arguments against Gays. I used to rattle them off myself. But then something strange happened. I grew up. A but what if we have to undress Shower and bunk next to them a if you be served for any real length of time chances Are you already have. A but what if one of them makes a play a just say Nix nein no. A and if they persist a last october the country Learned a new phrase a sexual Deal with it. A but what about combat a speaking for myself if in a in a ditch with enemy bullets whizzing overhead i done to really give a Damn whom the person next to me wants to sleep with. I want to know that a they can shoot straight and b they know which direction to shoot in. A admitting them will ruin morale and destroy Esprit do if Truman had listened to that argument i might be serving in a segregated unit today. Separate and unequal. The toughest thing Well Ever have to do in the military is go to War. If we can Deal with that then we can Deal with anything else. Yes lifting the ban will cause problems in the beginning but i doubt there la be a mass a a Outing party. The change wont be easy but the fact is the ban will be lifted sooner or later. And Well Deal with the problems and go Over the bumps and adjust. And for the most part Well pull together and go on and continue to be the Best in the world. Well survive. A tech. Sgt. Keith Jones berlin1st to reach saudi Arabia although a Safe a finest the 81st fighter so is the longest serving . Air forces in Europe unit still in the persian Gulf i must agree with capt. Freeman in that it is not the longest serving . Air Force unit. At this Point i must disagree and disappoint the Good Captain on who actually is the eldest stateside unit in the Gulf. The Captain challenged and i have found the eldest serving unit in the Gulf. And As capt. Freeman stated a it not Only slights the accomplishments of other units but also slights your readers who expect accuracy and reliability in your i have personal and firsthand knowledge that components from the 55th strategic recon Wing and its sister units of the electronic Security come were the first units from the states to hit saudi Arabia. They were initially deployed on the morning of aug. 4, 1990, and were on station by that night. Their first Mission followed less than hours after they landed in Riyadh. The rc-135s from the 55th saw were the first and to my knowledge constitute the longest serving air Force unit still in the Gulf. A tech. Sgt. Brett m. Foster Spang Dahlum Germany
