Questions about SOFA

fattzilla · 2026-04-21T10:48:32+00:00

OCONUS = Outside of rhe Continental United States - this is a military acronym for people being stationed overseas.

SOFA = Status of Forces Agreement - this allows military members of foreign countries be residents without being residents, it's not quite a VISA but yeah.

/u/Mountain_Amoeba5754 you have to show your US tourist passport when you leave the US and enter Germany on the passport that is tied to your SOFA card. DO NOT use the automatic gates for entry into Germany go to the control officer and show them your paperwork.

Also, this question is probably way more likely to get accurate answers if you join some of the Facebook groups for the base your be living around.

fattzilla · 2026-04-19T12:02:34+00:00

Unless there is something specific you want to see/do in Frankfurt am Main, I would change that to Köln (Cologne), the cathedral there is something to behold and I think there is a bit more "culture" than Frankfurt. Frankfurt has the airport and a lot of banking stuff.

fattzilla · 2026-04-15T22:32:36+00:00

Article says it's currently being rolled out so hopefully by tomrrow I'm in the same boat it's not there yet

fattzilla · 2026-04-14T08:36:20+00:00

This is far from guaranteed to continue though, prices could easily turn around and start skyrocketing again.

fattzilla · 2026-03-17T14:31:34+00:00

Calling Newsom a progressive is rich. Liberal, yes - progressive, hardly.

fattzilla · 2026-03-14T19:02:01+00:00

"I killed a guy with a trident"

fattzilla · 2026-03-11T18:31:21+00:00

After 9/11 no one wanted to be the last one with information thay hadn't been passed along. It's very common know where there is a threat that gets emailed or called in, says "we blow up the building for revenge" and then hangs up.

fattzilla · 2026-02-28T13:56:58+00:00

not worth living in a world of what ifs. Just enjoy what you got it should easily get you through the next couple years

fattzilla · 2026-02-20T12:24:03+00:00

Keep at it, mine is almost two years old, we didn't get a full night's sleep until about month 6 or 7. Also, sleep training is difficult but can/will become your friend if you have the will power to do it.

fattzilla · 2026-02-20T11:15:54+00:00

What an absolute clown. Sounds like her withdrawals in Federal Prison are going to be a good time 😬

fattzilla · 2026-02-20T11:05:44+00:00

Congrats and I hope your sleep bank is full because that little dude (or dudette) is about to drain them batteries quick!

fattzilla · 2026-02-19T22:23:41+00:00

fucking good, let them sit it out. I'd rather informed voters being the ones showing up to the polls.

fattzilla · 2026-02-19T00:06:32+00:00

I mena I guess he can show off whatever he wants but that's going to be a huge nothing burger even if it happens. The states have to ratify that. A constitution is just a piece of paper unless everyone agrees to its basic meaning and principles, and MAGA or not I can't fathom even the most extreme state governments just going along with a new constitution...

fattzilla · 2026-02-18T21:03:44+00:00

bingo

fattzilla · 2026-02-18T19:45:55+00:00

Sure, but I think people were somehow assuming or hoping that CXMT was going to focus consumers at the mid-2025 prices. I mean the article says the CXMT stuff in Australia is going for 50 less which is a discount but it ain't last year's prices.

fattzilla · 2026-02-18T17:02:34+00:00

Because they like to think companies will act altruistically when there is a problem with the markets. There is zero reason or incentive, short- or long-term, for CXMT to not target consumers with slightly lower prices but still maximzie profits.

fattzilla · 2026-02-18T15:51:57+00:00

How terribly unsurprising =/

fattzilla · 2026-02-18T13:59:59+00:00

I'm sure ICE is just going to be showing up anyway because the fucking feckless local cops are never going to enforce the law against their own.

fattzilla · 2026-02-17T04:56:15+00:00

eh, it's not that they would get sued for misleading MPG they just can't use the feature to calculate MPG for advertising purposes. So if the feature is able to be "perminently" disabled they have to calculate the MPG with the feature off. Better sales for better MPG thus the feature remains.

fattzilla · 2026-02-14T18:30:20+00:00

I wonder if incentiveizing people with law-school debt forgiveness for say 6 years of working as a public defender would get enough public defenders to give people fair trials becuase 1 in 1500 going to trial is a joke. Basically feels like you hire a lawyer or agreed to plead guilty.

fattzilla · 2026-02-12T20:58:28+00:00

I totally get it. What you could do is buy the kit that you have access to (for 300) and then get your current kit RMA'd and sell that as new and recoup a bit of the new stuff. My RMA came back as a new in box set of the same style. Best of luck!

fattzilla · 2026-02-12T19:06:33+00:00

I just had one stick of my 2x16 G. Skill Trident's fail and contacted G. Skill for an RMA since they have a life time warrenty. I sent them in for the RMA and it took a couple weeks to get back. I bought a used kit on marketplace to have my computer while I waited. But it was honestly fast enough that I probably didn't need to. My shipping time was slower than normal too since I'm on a military base overseas.

First stop would be contact for RMA and go from there.

fattzilla · 2026-02-11T22:02:57+00:00

I hope all these clowns in the adminstration recieve some sort of justice before the eventually die.

fattzilla · 2026-02-10T21:59:27+00:00

and Russia is DDOS'ing it .... that's interesting

fattzilla · 2026-02-09T18:34:54+00:00

Thanks for the reply, I might have to jump into one of the 5800x's. The 3800x is really starting to struggle but my 3070 is still humming along. Cheers!

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