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To: kattracks
Im currently serving here in Germany, and German soldiers are now acting as the sole guard force for most American posts. Where we were only able to post 2 or 3 soldiers at a guard point, the Germans post 10. They have proved to be very professional.

However, in my earlier days in the Army in the early 90's I trained with some German airborne troops and found them, to say the least, lacking in true soldier skills: they were physically unfit, mortally afraid to conduct a night time airborne op (standard stuff for US troops), and generally sloppy in dress and drill.

49 posted on 03/07/2003 10:37:40 AM PST by Tin-Legions
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To: Tin-Legions
Are they still unionized and allowed to wear beards? I was in Bamberg from 1979-1982 and trained with some of them in Graf. Some were professional and some should have remained in the rathskeller where they were better suited for duty.
63 posted on 03/07/2003 11:02:14 AM PST by capydick (The triumph of evil is short)
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To: Tin-Legions
Tin-Legions, stay safe and you have our prayers.
78 posted on 03/07/2003 11:59:30 AM PST by TexKat
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