THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, January 21, 1995             TAG: 9501200029
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

HERE FOR A REASON

Reading Anne Smith's letter (``Don't pay federal retirees,'' Jan. 10), I felt betrayed. She mainly focused her attention on the military and how we take advantage of being stationed here in Virginia.

Military men and women are in Virginia for a reason, to keep Anne Smith and her family, Virginia and the entire United States free and secure. We don't ask to be stationed here. We are put where our country needs us most.

DREW D. SANDE

Virginia Beach, Jan. 1995 by CNB