European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 letters to the editor thursday july 22,1993 thes european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan. Commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor. News and editorial Bill a of european editor Deborah Absher news editor Bob wicket sports editor Paul Cozby City editor Georg Man Especial sections editor to write us unit 29480 apoaeq9211 Orost Facell 1437 64278 Darmstadt 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 Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news exl. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117. Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the stars Sod stripes of the products a services advertised. Insensitive details t support Kathy Densberger. The Arti Cle summarizing the autopsy report of the helicopter crash victims was undoubtedly sensationalism. I am angry with ombudsman Bill Monroe for even hinting that if the Story were unacceptable More protests would have been received. Well Here s one More. That the crash victims were Public Fig ures should not matter if the Public needed to know whether their deaths were caused by fire or Impact they could have been told this without All the de tails. It would have taken one sentence not several paragraphs. Further those who Pilot helicopters or Are responsible for their safety would have received the information through official channels. These people were probably much More interested in Why the crash occurred than How the victims died anyway. I Hope is. Densberger understand the sympathy i feel for her. I certainly Hope that the reporter and editors involved feel d. Makl Rhein main a Germany dedicated reservists your article reservists Job leaves an eerie feeling leaves me who a sick feeling. I am a trained and skilled individual. My qualifications Are not limited to a body that someone could train in an a technical skill. Driving a forklift takes a qualified person. I am not Only driving forklifts i drive Many different types of vehicles. I have More than 500,000 Miles of Over the Road tractor trailer driving experience and 100,000 Miles of passenger movement via 26-, 29-, 39 and 45-passenger buses. The amazing thing is that this a technical person also has to drive on the left Side of the Road Here in England. Reservists Are very dedicated individuals. Unlike Active duty people reservists must show up at their military Job not every Day but once a month or once a Quarter. We must do a 12 or 14-Day annual tour with our unit or assignment. We must be fully Quali fied in our military Job. I am also qualified As an air cargo specialist Aerial delivery cargo rigger aircraft cargo Load planner which i Aid during a 220-Day temporary duty in support of operation desert storm vehicle operator Dis Patcher plus Many More. This is not to make my ego in the stars and stripes. The reservists have a hard enough time with Active duty units because Active duty units Don t always understand who of what we Are. The other reservists with me come from other career Fields an electronic warfare technician who is now a vehicle operator dispatcher and a Security police officer who is now a civil Engineer production control specialist. We Are not forced to be Here on this try we volunteered for it. They did not ask for bodies they asked for qualified personnel. It just prove How versa tile and adaptable the weekend warriors sgt Tom Lundy Raf Ben Waters England. Dollar Bucks the trend a june 18 front Page headline read Dollar seen As peaking against Mark for four Days later the Page 1 Lead Story was headlined Dollar Heads up along with i realize currency rates fluctuate but does the optimism pessimism of the cur Rency experts fluctuate this much Over a four Day period on a weekend fortunately As a close Follower of cur Rency rates and the causes of fluctuations i tended to discount the first Story and watered Down my Hopes in the l. Scribble Heidelberg Germany give it a College try i m tired of people making up excuses As to Why they Aren t going to College. In the june 29 Graffiti comic it said think education is expensive try the Price of for All those people who Are saying they can t afford College you have tuition assist Ance available Pell Grants and if you have been in the army for More than two years you can Start using Nirgi Bill. This term i needed a required class that was offered but because of no Tui Tion assistance hardly anyone signed up for classes so the class was cancelled. Instead of taking a term off i signed up for a video course that will give me three More credits toward my degree and will also give me three More promotion Points toward making e-5. So for All those out there who Are making excuses As to Why they Are not going to College i say that they just Don t want it bad enough or else they would at least try. Fred Smith Augsburg Germany v Irish eyes Are Reading i would like to Correct an error in the entertainment listings. Dublin was twice listed As being in the United kingdom. Dublin is in Ireland not the United kingdom. All irishmen would take great exception to this error. Charlotte k. Mulligan Harrogate England editor s note letters from readers expressing their View Points or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. 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. Let tors should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Commentary fired sessions brought new spark to Fri by Carolyn Skorneck William s. Sessions came to Washington with a Pristine reputation As a Federal judge in Texas. He leaves As a fallen Fri director fired by president Clinton months after the Justice department accused him of ethical lapses. But in the last Syz years sessions changed the Fri and supporters say he changed it for the better by battling some hidebound traditionalists the very people sessions and his wife say hounded him out of the Job. He brought fairer treatment to Minori ties and women in the Fri modern technology to its fingerprint system and cooperation to its relations with other police agencies. Rep. Don Edwards d-calif., a for Mer Fri agent whose House judiciary subcommittee oversees the Bureau said sessions affirmative action based efforts to rid the Fri of racial and sexual Bias amounted to a remarkable accomplishment done with considerable diff his supporters say he would not Budge when Justice department leaders in the Bush administration wanted a less Independent Fri chief. Observers also credit sessions with overhauling the Fri s vaunted fingerprint files so information was quickly accessible nationwide dramatically reducing a huge backlog of requests for help. Keeping the Fri at the forefront of efforts to use Dan or genetic material to identify people. Improving computerized Access to criminal Justice information. Restructuring foreign counterintelligence efforts to free 325 agents for other jobs in recognition of the world s new realities. Focusing on violent crime and cooperating closely with state and local Law enforcement to fight drug dealing gangs with Laws originally aimed at organized crime. To sessions his most important accomplishment was establishing stability for Fri agents the life of a special agent and the pay of a special agent is better than it s Ever by winning raises for agents from con Gress and installing More rational promo Tion methods he reversed a trend of agents retiring As soon As they turned 50. C the associated press Tosh mom in the Hospital Hospital a hat Hap she flu off her tractor. 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