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jmowreader

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18. It also screws with enlistment figures

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 06:41 PM

May 3

A LOT of people enlist in the military specifically in hopes of being stationed in Germany. I know when I signed up for my second enlistment and filled out my dream sheet I put on it "send me to Germany." And...that's what they did.

Funny story: I wrote for the unit newspaper. We reported things like reenlistments, and what people asked for. Quite a few of us asked for Current Station Stabilization...if you are being paid to live in Berlin why wouldn't you? I started calling this the "die-in-place reenlistment option" in my articles. About six months after I started doing this the station reenlistment NCO came up to me with this big ol' shit-eating grin and informed me that he'd had dozens of people walk into his office asking for the die-in-place reenlistment option. Yup, here ya go, sign here.

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Withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany only weakens the US. We weren't there to protect Germany. [View all] red dog 1 May 3 OP

"Trump doesn't understand" should be a song -misanthroptimist May 3 #1

Trump doesn't C A R E. B.See May 3 #9

Putin probably told Trump it was a brilliant move. dem4decades May 3 #2

Probably a little jolt of dopamine from the cranial dispense with a link to the kremlin. erronis May 3 #11

Correct, all of those bases are to protect and expand the empire. BlueTsunami2018 May 3 #3

The Republican Congress will need to go along with shitstain. ODDs ?? dave99 May 3 #4

The odds are inching up as the political animal instinct for self-preservation kicks in for a few more of them. pat_k May 3 #12

Disagree. The US presence is not for empire expansion - perhaps more maintenance of influence. erronis May 3 #14

He shoots from the hip with no facts or understanding the ramifications Deuxcents May 3 #5

It's what PuppetMaster wants The Blue Flower May 3 #6

Trump invented superpower suicide BeyondGeography May 3 #7

He didn't invent anything. He's been "carefully taught" erronis May 3 #10

He didn't say in 2 weeks MacKasey May 3 #8

"Oh that's gonna take two weeks..." calimary May 3 #17

Agree 100% IF he does this, it's only the beginning! bluestarone May 3 #13

Putin ordered Dave Id May 3 #15

US troops in other countries, especially the Middle East. wnylib May 3 #16

It also screws with enlistment figures jmowreader May 3 #18

Name a basic fact IT does understand. One that doesn't involve Putin and/or LoisB May 3 #19

Everything he does ... Hope22 May 3 #20

Ramstein Air Base in Germany is very important. Botany May 3 #21

He's following Putin's orders to weaken Europe so Russia can invade in the near future kimbutgar May 3 #22

"US needs the bases to be able to carry out US operations beyond the North American continent" Martin Eden May 4 #23

Does not bother me too much EX500rider May 4 #24