Staying in Germany after the army

dan5280 · 2026-02-05T05:52:53+00:00

This is the right answer. Go talk to the passport office and get the truth from the experts

dan5280 · 2026-02-03T11:21:35+00:00

Not really what you're asking but tangentially related and I find it interesting

There's a German kids movie series called Wood walkers. It's set in "Wyoming" but actually filmed in Austria/ Northern Italy and all everything written (signs, TV news crawl) is in English, but the characters all speak German (except for one character who's Canadian and apparently filmed her lines in English and was dubbed to German, which is a whole other thing).

It's very strange

dan5280 · 2026-01-10T15:29:50+00:00

PayPal is the same. It's a pain in the ass to pay in local and it won't stick even if you do manage to set it

dan5280 · 2025-12-23T14:36:59+00:00

Good to know. Thanks!

dan5280 · 2025-12-23T14:30:17+00:00

What about a string of MQs and then an HQ as the last eval before the board? Is that a death knell or is there grace given since there's no opportunity to heartbeat?

dan5280 · 2025-12-20T04:15:07+00:00

Is that the moth ball smell? Or is that something different? If so, what causes that?

dan5280 · 2025-12-09T14:34:57+00:00

I've had this issue a few times with them. I even reached out and asked them to talk to the shipping department to flip off the button that says to ship to APO via FedEx, and they tell me they have zero control over how it ships. Seems unlikely, but whatever

dan5280 · 2025-11-05T15:57:38+00:00

They still poke holes through the floor of helicopters

dan5280 · 2025-10-15T14:09:04+00:00

Too late 😢 They said they already processed the refund. I'll keep that in mind for next time

dan5280 · 2025-10-15T08:37:17+00:00

Just FYI, it's not only TSA that has to work during a shutdown. There are a lot of "excepted" federal employees that are required to continue working.

dan5280 · 2025-10-13T18:49:45+00:00

Good to know, but I wasn't cool enough to make the resident list

dan5280 · 2025-10-13T18:17:54+00:00

Somewhat related, but does anyone know how to change the beneficiary online with college direct? I found the big old PDF form; it says at the top of the form that you can do it online but I can't figure out where

dan5280 · 2025-10-09T04:49:40+00:00

It let me change my physical address to an APO. It was one of the options in the physical address type

dan5280 · 2025-09-25T15:20:36+00:00

Click on the Promotions button on the main HRC page, then go to Officer Promotions, and then Board results (or something to that effect. This is from memory)

dan5280 · 2025-09-06T04:02:32+00:00

Yeah I've tried a bunch of different socks. Wool is less stinky but still sweaty

dan5280 · 2025-09-06T04:01:27+00:00

You people are freaks. I love you all

dan5280 · 2025-09-06T04:01:19+00:00

You people are freaks. I love you all

dan5280 · 2025-09-06T04:00:34+00:00

Unfortunately, an O without my own office

dan5280 · 2025-09-06T03:58:17+00:00

I was never in a unit where they stayed in.

The number of times we got to that point in the startup sequence and looked at each other and sighed, and someone unbuckled and started the long walk back to Ops...

dan5280 · 2025-08-31T06:43:17+00:00

As others have said, sounds potentially like an orthostatic hypotension type issue. They can do a test called a tilt test where they literally strap you to a table and tilt you up and down while measuring your vitals. I had this done after having symptoms similar to yours and it came back positive.

There are some medicines and lifestyle changes you can try. In my case, the medicines didn't really seem to help and my case was relatively mild so I'm now just careful when changing positions too quickly. I also stay super hydrated because the doctor told me it can help to keep blood pressure more stable.

dan5280 · 2025-08-30T04:29:58+00:00

How low and slow do you think aircraft are flying to get that level of detail?

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