re: Options for next duty station [Update pg 5]

Tacoma or Germany? GTFO.

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having to move again and the hassle of doing so,

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You realize you're moving into an almost fully furnished pad, right? Tacoma or Germany? Germany, sir! You may have additional leverage in the EU for future employment, too. Get a local work permit for minimal amounts of part time work, while you're on duty, that should help with your options afterwards. Mine was issued after I'd worked there for almost six months, after I was on my way back to the US.

Take into account that unless you're going to go into pharma sales, you may not have a civilian career to speak of on your timeframe, at an acceptable pay rate.

German women are ... uh, weird (avoiding sex talk, but you can find it if you want to)? Ukranians come in through Poland, get EU citizenship, and then roll out looking for anyone with a job that isn't an alcoholic (I know you're Army, but you're an actual doc).

Your sweet spot will be Eastern European women. They will prioritize you over milque toast EU fools, including Germans, as long as you act like a man. But, do not ever get in a fight with a guy from Eastern Europe over a chick. I've never seen so many MMA stores in my life as I did in nowheresville Poland.