I lived in that region of Germany for most of 2007. The bases in that area (Bamberg, Schweinfurt, Wuerzburg) are involved in pre-deployment and post-deployment activities. More than likely I would assume that this was someone coming back from Iraq.
I’ve talked with a few of these guys over beers in various pubs during the evening. They can get quite rowdy. But they pump A LOT of money into the local economy. It will be sad when those bases close down.
Ping.
This is where I was living over there.
If this was a guy coming back from Iraq, we are going to be treated to lots more about this incident.
The press is working on spinning our victory in Iraq back into a Vietnam failure, complete with it’s own “crazy vets” myth.