Update on Army Goddess
She arrived in Germany on Friday morning, July 6. However, after everyone else had been processed, they were unable to get anyone in Heidelberg on the phone to confirm her assignment. So she spent the weekend in a transition housing place in Hanau.
On Monday morning, she was told she was being reassigned to Wiesbaden. She was transported there and during "inprocessing" someone noticed her job on the orders and told her that wouldn't work there. All their mental health services are contracted to civilians. It turns out they were looking for a 68W (combat medic) rather than a 68X (mental health specialist). So back to Hanau.
A day later, she called me today from her new home in Landstuhl, Germany. She got moved this morning and has already been assigned a room, a company, and a sponsor (a soldier who has been there a while and becomes a kind of guide for new people). Tomorrow she will continue "inprocessing."
She will be working for the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center -- the largest Army medical center in the world (outside the US). This is the first stop for all wounded combat personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan. She is very excited about her new job. She will be in orientation 2-3 weeks which will include tours of the city and learning to eat in local restaurants (sounds like hell doesn't it?!)
Landstuhl is a relatively small German city but the installation is a part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community (shortened to K-town by infidel Americans) which includes the air base at Ramstein and multiple other posts/bases in the area to form the largest American community in the world outside the US. But it is still Germany (4 hour drive to Paris; 4.5 hrs to Amsterdam; 3 hrs. to Switzerland; 6 hrs to Italy).
On Monday morning, she was told she was being reassigned to Wiesbaden. She was transported there and during "inprocessing" someone noticed her job on the orders and told her that wouldn't work there. All their mental health services are contracted to civilians. It turns out they were looking for a 68W (combat medic) rather than a 68X (mental health specialist). So back to Hanau.
A day later, she called me today from her new home in Landstuhl, Germany. She got moved this morning and has already been assigned a room, a company, and a sponsor (a soldier who has been there a while and becomes a kind of guide for new people). Tomorrow she will continue "inprocessing."
She will be working for the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center -- the largest Army medical center in the world (outside the US). This is the first stop for all wounded combat personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan. She is very excited about her new job. She will be in orientation 2-3 weeks which will include tours of the city and learning to eat in local restaurants (sounds like hell doesn't it?!)
Landstuhl is a relatively small German city but the installation is a part of the Kaiserslautern Military Community (shortened to K-town by infidel Americans) which includes the air base at Ramstein and multiple other posts/bases in the area to form the largest American community in the world outside the US. But it is still Germany (4 hour drive to Paris; 4.5 hrs to Amsterdam; 3 hrs. to Switzerland; 6 hrs to Italy).
posted by Anonymous | 7/11/2007 11:25:00 PM
5 Comments:
Could have been worse. Upon realizing there's a difference between an X and a W, the military could have decided her services were not needed in Germany and sent Sam back to the states. Now that would have been a hissy fit to post on YouTube.
I'm so jealous. Germany's a great place to go. Good food, good beer, good people!
So how long before you and yours are able to join her, Don?
the question i want to ask kellykline
What is her name? Is she still in Germany? I am a 68X (SSG) on orders to Germany. Please, call me and leave a message.
Patrick Callico
SSG, USA
(661) 303-3444
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