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SUBJECT:- Known and/or suspected Drug Abusers
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1. You have been identified as \@"thOwh-OF-Suepeeted"drug"ebuser) (an
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associate of a known or suspected drug abuser). As a result
actions ere now taken:
&. You will remove the door fron
Room.
j b. Effective this date you ore denied and lose ell pass privileres.
in other words, you will not leave the physical limits of Pinder Barracks
except to perform authorized or detailed militery duties.
tour civilian and military drivers licenses sre suspended and the
éreen USAREUR license pletes will be mncdiately ret.oved from your POV.
ir driver licenses and creen plates will be Jelivered to the Orderly
m for safekeeping.
d. fou wili not wear civilian clothing under any
. ircumstances. Your
Civiilan Lotning will be inventoried and turned in to the Supply Room
fi safekeeping.
e. Everything will be removed from your room except for your bed,
bedding, wall locker, military clothing, toilet articles, and other
essentials. All electronic items, tables, cheirs, rujs, carpets, other
furnishings, and all items on walls will be turned in to the upply Room
for safekeeping. In other words, you will live in a bare room and have
@ wall locker and bed.
You will go to the community drug and alcohol assistance center
for counsellin¢.
g- You will undergo urine testing at leest three times o week.
If you are married and live off post, you will be required to
to the barracks and follow the orders in this letter.
i. . You will live and sleep in your own room and you will not accept,
buy, or take anything from another person.
The above instructions and procedures are lawful orders and violsetions
ore punishable in accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Theodore P. i.ohler
THIS PAPER CANNOT LEGALLY BE
TAKEN FROM YOU. ACCORDING TO
DOD DIRECTIVE 1325.6 oPOSSESSION
OF UNAUTHORIZED MATERIAL MAY
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April 1973 Free to Gls
GERMANY (jan"March) " HowTd you like your room
broken into at 2 am by a 1st Sgt who orders you to (1)
piss in a jar, (2) give him your clothes, books and
records, and (3) then takes your door off its hinges?
According to the new Nelligen Anti-Drug regulations, all
this is olegal�, and more, as part of a three-pronged
attack on the Gl movement in Germany. The brass is
following a policy of deport activists, harass civilian
supporters, and scare the rest into a fear-bound apathy.
The brassTs most direct attack on the GI movement
began with the so-called anti-drug regulations. According
to the reg, a oknown or suspected drug user� or an
oassociate of a known or suspected drug user�T is subject
to: having the door taken off his room; losing all pass
privileges; suspension of his diriving license; confiscation
of his civilian clothes; having everything taken from his
room except his wall locker and bed; being forced to go
through drug treatment programs; being forced to
submit to urine tests; being forced to move on base.
A GI writing for a local underground GI paper called
oFighT bAckTT says, oAt the 34th Sig. Bn. it is a well
known fact that any man might arbitrarily be considered
guilty of using drugs and be duly dealt with under the
anti drug program. The policy is that you are guilty with
no chance of any defense or plea of innocence.� oWhen
officers and NCOs can engage in dehumanizing tactics
such as armed guard, or confinement, restriction,
removal of doors, and all this with no charges against the
men in question, then some change is badly needed!!!�
Within ten days of the date the reg was issued, Gls
had organized to fight back. At McNair Barracks in
Berlin, up to 300 Gls marched in protest of the anti-drug
campaign.
In Butzbach, Gls met to form an organization which
would be strong enough to push back the BrassTs
counter-offensive. They named their group the
Committee for GI Rights, and began printing a
newspaper called oThe Truth.�T Our correspondent in
continued on page 2
THE PARIS
AGREEMENT:
ME fi3 Ch 3 any fp yore
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
For twenty years the United States government has
had one main goal in Vietnam: to keep it safe for
American capitalism; large markets for American pro-
ducts, cheap labor to work in American controlled
factories, and valuable resources like oil for profit-
minded American corporations. In communist North
Vietnam, large land holdings have been distributed
among all the farming people. Wealth and profits are
reinvested in social programs. American investments
could not survive under these conditions.
During these twenty years, the US government has
said it had one main goal in Vietnam: to prevent a
takeover of the south by the north. Naturally! In order
to keep this excuse for US intervention and invasion in
Vietnam alive, the US invented the idea that Vietnam
wasnTt really one country, but two countries divided at
the DMZ. The Geneva Peace Accords of 1954 clearly
states that Vietnam is one country. The spectre of an
invasion or infiltration from the north into the south
was the official justification for intervention of US
troops and air power.
The fact that this excuse was invented for the
American people didnTt make it real for the Vietnamese.
After twenty years of fighting diplomatically, politically,
and militarily, the majority of Vietnamese have forced
the most powerful government in the world to back
down, withdraw its troops, and publicly retract its
owhole reason� for waging war against Vietnam. This
fact alone makes the peace agreement a real victory for
the Vietnamese and all other people fighting against US
WHICH SIDE HAS THE MOST TO LOSE?
PRG: the Provisional Revolutionary Government
(PRG), led by the National Liberation Front (NLF),
represents both communists and non-communists. It has
had the support of most Vietnamese peasants since
1945, when land was taken from landlords and redistri-
buted. But also in the cities, the PRG has won much
support, especially since Thieu declared martial law.
Even though the PRG gets material aid from outside
Vietnam, they accept no foreign advisors or troops, and
the people see them fighting in the tradition of Viet-
namese independence and self-determination. The Paris
agreements make it clear to the world as it is to most
Vietnamese that northern troops in the south are not
oforeign troops.�
THIEU: The Saigon government under Thieu is not
popular in the cities where his army and police suppress
most overt anti-war or anti-government activity. This
includes a large number of neutralists who are not
communist but are very opposed to Thieu. He maintains
his control over both refugee camps and cities with a
wall of fire and steel. Every tool of his control is paid for
by the United States, and guided by US o~advisors.�
Because of these differences, the PRG has been able
to thrive in political struggles as well as military oper-
ations. Under the conditions of the Paris agreements,
they could rally the majority of Vietnamese to support
them in an election. And while they have little to gain
by fighting militarily against ThieuTs troops, they are
fully prepared to defend the areas they controlled on
January 27.
Ceasing the Fire:
/
domination. The US government, defeated politica y
and militarily, has been forced to admit that Vietnam is
independent and a single country.
WHAT DOES THE AGREEMENT SAY?
The actual oAgreement on Ending the War and
Restoring Peace in VietnamT is long, but its most
important points provide for:
* The United States will respect the independence,
unity and territorial integrity of Vietnam.
An immediate cease-fire in place by all parties (the
Saigon regime, headed by Thieu; the Provisional
Revolutionary Government (PRG) which the US calls
the Vietcong; the Democratic Republic of Vietnam,
or north Vietnam; the US)
Release of prisoners of war and political prisoners on
all sides.
Freedom of movement and residence for all civilians
in all areas of Vietnam.
Total withdrawal of American military personnel
from Vietnam
The step-by-step reunification of north and south
Vietnam, including elections.
Most news from Vietnam is that the communists are
violating this agreement. But the key to what is really
happening in Vietnam is not in the papers. It lies in
answering the question, oWhich side has the greatest
need to violate the agreement?�T
*
b Will it Work
� Hs
NORTH VIETNAM: The primary interest of the PRG
and the north Vietnamese now is to get on with healing
and reunifying the country. As Pham Van Dong, prime
minister of north Vietnam, recently said:
oThe political situation in~the south is such that
one must have a government that reflects the
realities. You must realize that war in the south
has meant that an entire generation has known no
other way of life. There has been terrible suffering
in every family. No one has been spared. Families
are divided, father on one side, son on the other.
Those are the realities. One must now try to
abolish those divisions and not by imposing our
will. ThatTs why national reconciliation is para-
mount.T
The North Vietnamese do not want to take over the
Saigon government or the rest of south Vietnam. They
want all political prisoners to be released, the refugees to
return to their home land, elections to be held freely and
openly, an end to hostilities, and the country to be
reunified.
Since Thieu knows he does not have the support of
the people to be free/y elected, his regime will survive
only if it can rely on the United States to reintervene
and back up his troops with air power. As long as he can
buy time and keep up a shooting war (including an
invasion of Cambodia), the political provisions of the
peace agreement will have to wait.
VIOLATIONS
CEASE-FIRE. With the encouragement that Nixon has
given him, including a visit to San Clemente and a world
tour as the US man in Vietnam, Thieu is exploiting the
situation for all itTs worth. He has bragged that his forces
have retaken over one-fifth of the villages in Vietnam
since the cease-fire was signed January 27. He admits to
12,000 attacks into PRG areas since then, including
eight division-sized operations inside of two months.
And instead of allowing freedom of movement, these
attacks have forced between 200,000 and 300,000 more
people to become refugees. This is in a country of only
18 million people (New York Times 1/18/73)
POLITICAL PRISONERS. There are over 1000 pri-
sons operated by ThieuTs government, many built by US
companies. Buddhists in Vietnam estimate that there are
about 300,000 political prisoners in jail. According to
two Frenchmen released by Thieu in January, and letters
smuggled out of the country, most of these prisoners
have been reclassified as ocommon criminalsT This gives
Thieu the option of keeping them in prison indefinitely.
That is how Thieu can announce that there arenTt any
political prisoners that havenTt been released, but only a
ofew communists.�T
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE.
Millions of people have been deliberately forced by US
bombs and the Saigon regime into the big cities during
the course of the war. This was done to undermine the
PRGTs base of support in the countryside. Thieu has
kept the city refugees under his control through enor-
mous graft and corruption, by trading rice for votes.
These refugees still supportive of the PRG " now
want to return home to rebuild their destroyed villages
and farm their land. However, the continuation of the
hostilities and some of ThieuTs deliberate efforts to keep
them in city refugee camps has kept them from return-
ing to the countryside.
ELECTIONS: No elections have been scheduled, even
though the peace agreement says they must be. Elections
will not take place until all political prisoners have been
released and the refugees can return to their homes in
the countryside.
FUTURE US PLANS
Nixon had to get out of Vietnam now in order to Stay
in Asia for the long run. Now that the uniformed
combat troops are out, and the POWTs are home, Nixon
makes it look like the US is getting out. These moves are
designed to fool the American people and convince us
that the government has good intentions.
But heTs only trading old POWTs for new ones.
Civilians with military skills are being sent by the
thousands to replace returning troops. The new 1974
budget allocates $1 billion for support of US forces
remaining in Southeast Asia, and $2 billion for military
aid to South Vietnam and Laos. Add in another $2
billion for Thailand and Marcos in the Philippines. Add
in the Seventh Fleet, the thousands of troops stationed
throughout Asia, and the huge air force which is combat
ready for renewed intervention.
The recent invasion of Cambodia by South Vietnam
may have been performed by Vietnamese soldiers, but it
was done with American equipment and backup by the
US Air Force. The US intends to stay in the rest of Asia
as long as possible and even threatens to reintervene in
Vietnam. But any reintervention would only delay the
inevitable and won't be enough to maintain the Thieu
regime as the osole legitimate government of South
Vietnam.�
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1984
Heidelberg reports that as of mid-March, he knew of at
least ten such groups, both black and white, which were
organizing to fight back in the courtroom and the
casernes (barracks) of the US Army Europe.
Deportations of Gl movement activists began in
mid-January, when five Gls were given 24 hours notice
they were being shipped back to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Four were active with the underground GI paper,
oFighT bAck.� The other had worked with oFTA With
Pride� out of Wiesbaden. These five were supposedly the
first of 40 brothers scheduled for deportation for what
the military called ~conduct of possible discredit or
embarrassment to the US.�T
Finally, heat was applied to German and American
civilian allies of the Gl movement. German police and
MPs were instructed by base commanders to keep people
from distributing Gl appers at the entrance to bases. At
Patton Barracks in Heidelberg, Dr. Regina Fisher (chess
champion Bobby FisherTs mother) was forced into an
MP station when she was seen giving out copies of
leaflets and six different underground GI papers. A Gl
active in the movement told a reporter for Liberation
News Service, ~~WeTre often asked how we get our papers
distributed. ItTs no real problem, but if we get some
more Mrs. Fishers, we'll triple our press runs.�
The repression meant to smother the Gl movement
has only added fuel to fire. There are now more Gl
organizations, more GI papers, and more peopee reading
them than before the repressive regs were implemented.
So if want to get involved, check out the people below:
LaywerTs Military Defense Committee, 69 Heidelberg 1,
Marzgasse 7; FighT bAck, D69 Heidelberg, Marstallstr.
11A; FTA With Pride, Postfach 9687, D6202, Wiesbaden
Beibrich; The Word, c/o Reichart, D79 Ulm,
Blumenscheinweg 14; RITA ACT, D69 Heidelberg,
Marstallstr. 11A; Forward, Postfach 163, 1 Berlin 45.
Jeff Allison
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA (December) " A military judge
found Jeff Allison guilty of arson, sabotage, and
hazarding a vessel in the fire aboard the USS Forrestal
last July 10. Jeff was sentenced to serve five years in the
Norfolk Naval Prison, and handed a BCD.
The fire Jeff was charged with setting was the biggest
act of sabotage in Naval history, causing between $7 and
$12 million dollars damage to the carrierTs vital
equipment.
The NavyTs case rested on the testimony of an NIS
agent who claims Jeff confessed to him. Jeff denied he
ever made that statement. The NavyTs only other
oevidence� was that Jeff possibly had access to the area
where the fire started. Although there were no witnesses
that saw Jeff do anything related to the fire, the Navy
still rammed through a guilty verdict.
The general opinion of the enlisted men and women
in the Norfolk area was that Jeff was the NavyTs
scapegoat. Their ships suffer fires, accidents, and
malfunctions all the time. If they couldnTt find an
enlisted men to blame it on, theyTd have to blame
themsevles.
wn History
Neo-Nazi's
WASHINGTON (February) According to Jack
AndersonTs column of February 6 in the San Francisco
Chronicle, Armed Forces Radio Network has given air
time to two men who advocate the rule of the world by
white, anglo-saxon, Christian men. The two men are
Gerald L. K. Smith, who specializes in speaking about
the inferiority of Jews and Black people, and Rudolph
Steiner. SteinerTs broadcast advocated resettling ~~at least
one-half of the Negro population in the countries that
they came from,� and deporting criminals to labor
camps in the Pacific Islands. ItTs these kind of low level
lies which encourage race fighting. Next time you read
of an enlisted man being charged with orioting� or
oinciting to riotT, just remember you heard it first over
AFRN, Brass Radio Network. [Source: San Francisco
Chronicle]
Chenoweth
SAN FRANCISCO (April) " Patrick Chenoweth is
another scapegoat whoTs taking the rap for the sabotage
thatTs spreading through the fleet. Pat, whoTs 21 years
old and from Puyallup, Washington, has been in the brig
at Treasure Island since August 1972. HeTs charged with
willful destruction of government property and sabotage
in time of war. They say he destroyed the main
reduction gears of the USS Ranger, causing $800,000
damage and delaying the shipTs return to Vietnam for 3/2
months.
For the last four months, the Navy has been trying to
move the trial to the Philippines, where the USS Ranger
is now berthed. They say itTs cheaper that way, since
they donTt have to fly witnesses back to the states. Yet
there are as many members of the defense committee to
be flown to the Philippines, as there are witnesses to be
flown back to San Francisco.
Pat has also stated in legal affidavits that heTs more
than ready to wait until the ship return to San Francisco
in June. In spite of PatTs affidavit, the court martial
judge ruled to move the trial to the Philippines, the
Court of Military Appeals upheld the ruling, and the
Federal District Court went along, too.
The Philippines is the perfect place for another Navy
snow job. It is thousands of miles from PatTs defense
committee and his many supporters " literally thou-
sands who have signed petitions, sent letters of protest,
and filled both the military and federal court rooms.
Also, PatTs civilian lawyer, Eric Seitz, is not exactly
welcome in the Philippines. When President Marcos
declared -martial law there in October 1972, four of
EricTs co-workers were picked up and thrown in
detention camps by Philippine police. TheyTd like to do
the same to Eric because he helped defend the Gl
movement at Subic Bay and Clark. Eric would be
arrested by the Philippine police the moment he set foot
in the Philippines.
As if that werenTt enough, Marcos has also banned the
US press and wire services. So thereTs little chance of
news of PatTs case reaching people here in the States.
Congressman Ron Dellums and the Berkeley City
Council have registered official protests of the transfer.
Jane Fonda appeared to host a benefit for Pat which
attracted over a thousand people and raised nearly
$2000. If youTd like to join the ranks of his supporters,
you can contact his Defense Committee at 3325
Kempton Avenue, Oakland, CA 94611. You can also
write Pat at this address: Pat Chenoweth, Correctional
Facility, Treasure Island Naval Station, SF, CA. | Source:
Camp News and Chenoweth Defense Committee |
The Bulkhead is currently experiencing some major financial
problems. Funding has decreased over the last few months.
These financial problems, compounded by shortage of staff,
have forced the Bulkhead to produce the smallest issue ever.
If half the people that subscribe could send a one dollar
donation, we would have enough money to print two
additional issues twice this big. In the past, it has been your
donations that have helped keep the Bulkhead going. And
we would like to thank you for that. It has always been
our policy to distribute our paper free. We will continue
this policy. This means we rely on your donations to keep
us going. So send us bread..And support the GI movement.
Lee King
OKINAWA (December 5, 1972) " Lee King is a Spec5
in the US Army with six years service and an absolutely
clean record. He is a black man who is married to a
Korean woman, and is stationed on Okinawa. For five
years he put up silently with things like hearing his
warrant officer call him ~colored boyT, and tell him
about the slaves his grandfather owned. He put up with
warrant officers putting white soliders to work in the
shade and black soldiers to work in the sun, all because
oyou Nigras donTt get sunburned.�� When Lee King began
to speak out against this racism, the military attacked
him, and created a kangaroo trial protested by Gls of all
colors, as well as Okinawans.
One night in June, LeeTs 20 month old son fell out of
bed and hit his head on the concrete floor. Mrs. King
called Lee, called for an ambulance, and rushed the baby
to the hospital where he died four days later. Even
though Lee wasnTt even home at the time, even though
their son was never abused by either parent, Lee was
charged with murder. In order to charge Lee, the
military had to get a doctor to testify that a bruise from
a spanking could have caused death, and they had to
scare one of LeeTs friends into signing a false statement
which implicated Lee in his sonTs death.
The JAG office investigators said to drop charges. But
the CID, pushed by General Maples. wanted a conviction
so bad that they went ahead anyway. Gls united behind
LeeTs case. A private radio station on Okinawa, JORO,
sponsored a show about the case and racism in the
military. Petitions were circulated, and letters mailed up
the chain of command. A benefit was organized, and
500 people attended. Gen. Maples took the slogan ~Free
Lee King� so seriously that he detailed 150 extra MPs to
the stockade on the night of the benefit to prevent a jail
break.
After 90 days of confinement, and much organizing
by supporters, Lee King was found not guilty after only
nine minutes of deliberation. As oOmega Press� put it:
oGen. Maples lost this one, just like he can lose all
others. Oppressed Gls just need to stand together and
petty tyrants will be immobilized.� [Source: Omega
Press and Camp News|
Germany
January 31, 1973
Dear D. & Fellow Family Associates,
_ | still donTt believe it, but maybe all of the POW'Ts
will be freed, we will get the hell out, and Vietnam can
finally get the peace they deserve instead of being
riddled with war. They voted by free election for a
communist government; so the fact that they will soon
be red is not business of ours. So many lives and limbs
were lost there. Thank goodness we are finally getting
out.
Things are shitty to the max here in Germany. ItTs
just Vietnam without the war. The lifers are down on
smoking dope. They have been in my room at /east ten
times looking for dope. On three occasions they found
hash there ... for which | am still waiting on my
court-martial. My C.O. and Ist pig (especially the C.O.)
are hard-core alcoholics who are fucking with everybody
(not just the heads).
The Army in Germany is just as politically oriented as
the Army in Vietnam. Black and white clash instead of
making grey. Most Germans hate Gls (especially black
Gls). They want us to go, but donTt send us because they
need us to support their country. People are also stealing
from Finance, burning down government installations
(such as PXs, barber shops, commissaries, etc.), using
bombs, frag grenades, etc....
/ would send a small donation, but lawyer expenses
are killing me. Continue to help stop all wars.
2
Germany
Thailand
February 21, 1973
The Brothers & Sisters of the Bulkhead,
Well, | am glad to hear from you, | received your
package yesterday. | had to hold one back for myself,
Really now, | donTt have one left.
Boy, this place is fucked up. Especially Security
Police Squadron. These lifers are pen happy. They'll
write you up if you look cross-eyed. ITve been written up
17 times for different things since ITve been here.
Also, Golden Flow [forced urinalysis] ... guys here
have been called in between three and twenty times a
year. One Brother was called fourteen times in one
month. One test came back positive, but not from illegal
drugs.
The only people who get what they want are the
officers, the ones who fly the war machines.... The
barracks ~~The Chicken Coops�T framed screens and sheet
metal roofs. Maybe we could give a couple to the
Marines at Nam Phong. Some of the guys here went to
Nam Phong for the Bob Hope show. They said it is really
fucked up. Peace.
R.C.
Thailand
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magazines and newspapers. If you want a sample pack-
age, just send us a note asking for one. /
LETTERS
Korea
5 February 1973
The Year of the Ox
Dear S.
Let me clear up a few thoughts to you so you can see
where American troops are at in this spineless relation-
ship with Park Chung Hee and the Korean people.
The martial law has ended. US forces took a very low
profile, even striking flags and having guards hide during
the day so as not to appear in support of the fiasco. It
was pitiful to drive through Seoul and pass checkpoints
armed with cal 50Ts and vicious looking Korean soldiers.
The Seoul University was closed and surrounded by the
same entourage of democratic enforcement.
The press here is censored to the point of printing a
disclaimer, ~~All pages censored,TT on many of the issues
after the law decree. Once the decree was lifted, the shit
was not so blatant but freedom here for the masses of
struggling Koreans is a headlong slam, oup against the
bulkhead.�T
More on that later. Oh, one more thing. During the
Red Cross talks with North and South Korea, the Ameri-
cans hide, including the MP guards on the Joint Security
Area. Also, at the Armistice Commission meetings held
monthly between north and south, the Koreans are now
blasting American involvement rather than the south
Koreans.
Enclosed is a picture of a KATUSA soldier (Korean
Augmentation to the US Army) " Koreans who serve
with the US Army rather than with the ROK [ Republic
of Korea] army. Anyway, the US is extremely racist
about its dealings with these soldiers. Depicted here is
the use of a South Korean citizen, the Katusa, being
forced to pose as a North Korean aggressor during a
training exercise. The list only begins here of the shitty
stuff these guys go through. Yet is is better than being in
the ROK army so they put up with it. It is also well
known that most KATUSAs come from middle class
families and. a little money changes hands somewhere
along the line to get them into the program with the
American Forces.
An interesting thing happened this weekend which
may be an indicator of things to come here in Korea in
the realm of racism. 65 blacks were arrested at Camp
Howze, the home of the Third Brigade headquarter, for
voicing their grievances on the local heli-pad. So far no
punishment has been meted out. Apparently they were
ordered to disperse three times, the common warning,
then all handcuffed and trucked off, Each one is being
interviewed as to his reasons for being out there, The CG
here, MG Jeffery G. Smith has said that if they are legit,
he will take care of them. But otherwise they will be
punished ocommensurate with their involvement in the
demonstration.TT Nothing has been made public. ...
The pursuit of truth is accountable to no one....
Charley
Republic of Korea
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welcome, folks).
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6th Fleet
Viarch 19, 1973
Friends,
As you can see by my rank on the subscription | have
been in the Navy for awhile (15 years). | have only read
two issues of your paper, but | would like to read more
of them.
Presently | am working in the Drug Education Pro-
gram in the Navy and some of your articles could be of
benefit to the program. Especially the one in the May 72
issue on Heroin. The drug exemption program has
changed a lot since May 72, even though it has some
problems, senior officers that wonTt accept it. As for us
senior enlisted people, there are STILL some of us who
really think we believe in what we're doing.
Peace through love...
|. F.
Sixth Fleet
Vcamp Swampy /
March 7, 1973
Dear Bulkhead,
Just picked up a copy of your paper at the United We
Stand Bookshop here in Jacksonville, North Carolina. |
must say, by far, that you put out one of the best papers
/ have ever read in the military regime, | donTt have to
tell you what Camp Swampy is like. ItTs all been said a
thousand times over. Enclosed find $2.00 for the book
oTurning the Regs Around.� Keep up the fantastic
work!
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Lage ,
¥
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
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A Gis POINT OF VIEW
VIET NAM
GEASE FIRE
Article 4: The United States will not continue its
military involvement or intervene in the internal affairs
of South Vietnam.
This critical part of the Paris cease-fire agreement
signifies an end to the killing and dying for American
servicemen in the land, sea, and air that is Vietnam. No
segment of American. society feels more relief and joy
than the enlisted men and women of the armed forces.
Now for the thousands of us in the service who have
worked toward this end and for those who have sup-
ported our fight, comes a time for examination and
decision.
One essential question must be: what is to be the
purpose and the future of the millions of Americans who
still wear the uniform of this countryTs armed services?
To answer this we must examine the policies and the
power held by the military at the beginning of this
post-Vietnam era. At the same time we must look at the
roots and the history of the Gl movement. We must
decide whether the end of US involvement in Southeast
Asia eliminates the reasons or legitimacy of our struggle.
Historically the end of a war has brought with it
demobilization for the vast majority of those in uniform.
This is not to be the case for the almost one million Gls
presently stationed on foreign soil or for the 1% million
garrisoned in the US.T Our brothers stationed in the
Philippines are already seeing parallels between that
country and the Vietnam of the early sixties. One major
difference, though, is our ability to recognize the nature
of AmericaTs role in such a situation. It is because of this
understanding that we cannot wait for another TNam to
emerge and engulf us. We must educate ourselves and
others and organize in an effort to avert such a pos-
sibility.
GI resistance to the Vietnam war has not been an
isolated issue ... it has not been built in a vacuum. We
fight on two fronts. We have resisted and must continue
to resist the misuse of the military machine for wars like
Vietnam, riot control, or to enforce US policy abrodd.
And second, perhaps even more basic, is the struggle for
fundamental human rights. We have come to understand
the dehumanizing and oppressive conditions of the
military have a purpose. They are designed to cut us off
trom our roots and to remodel us into instruments to be
manipulated by the brass. They exist to divide us from
the civilian world and from each other. We refuse to
accept this situation and are determined to fight against
all aspect t trom the institutional racism of the
juities of military justice.
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The brass expects to be able to use this period to
reshape and rebuild the military. With the end of the
draft and the concept of the new volunteer services, they
are trying to eradicate the last vestige of the citizen
soldier and to replace it with the concept of the
professional. With the raw material of men, and increa-
singly women, forced into the military by unemploy-
ment, poverty, and the slick PR work of recruiters, the
generals and politicians hope to produce soldiers whose
only loyalties are to their units and superior officers.
They wish to create American servicerhen who can be
trusted to carry out any mission, anywhere in the nation
or the world, without thought as to its political or moral
significance. We stand between them and that goal. It is
our refusal to be remodeled into their image that will
defeat them.
We occupy a position in this society that allows us to
see around the rhetoric of military and government
policy. We are going to continue to speak out and
organize around all issues that contribute to a more just
America.
The ceasefire is in part our victory. We must see it as
evidence of the power we have when we work in unity
and apply this strength to the problems that still lic
before us.
by a GI at Ft. Polk, Louisiana
