[Kaslin]

I clicked on the comments and someone posted this linkChildren Born Outside of the United States

My son and my daughter were both born in Germany about 6 years apart in the same US Army hospital which made it US territory. We had to travel to the US Consulate in Munich to get their US Birth certificate

[ScreamingFist]

My son and my daughter were both born in Germany about 6 years apart in the same US Army hospital which made it US territory.

I was born in Germany to US parents as well. It was a simple matter for my parents to have me naturalized when I was about six. Someone is BS'ing this patriot.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[My son and my daughter were both born in Germany about 6 years apart in the same US Army hospital which made it US territory. We had to travel to the US Consulate in Munich to get their US Birth certificate.]

This is crazy. But it may be a result of the post-9/11 legislation that made it harder to obtain personal documents. I hope the Army has fixed this.

[cynwoody]

My son and my daughter were both born in Germany about 6 years apart in the same US Army hospital which made it US territory.

No, it didn't. If it was US territory, then any Kraut born there would be a US citizen by way of the 14th. Since that's not the case, it wasn't US territory in any relevant legal sense.

We had to travel to the US Consulate in Munich to get their US Birth certificate

Which would not have been necessary, had the Army hospital been US territory, would it? In any case, it was a mere formality to ratify the fact that your kids were citizens from birth and hence eligible to run upon attaining the age of 35.