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.
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.
Tin-Legions, stay safe and you have our prayers.