Okay so this is what happened . . .I was an active duty soldier serving in Ansbach, Germany

Why I went into the Army? Sheer stupidity, I suppose. I got to Ansbach, Germany after a very long journey.

After graduating from basic training and AIT, I was sent to Germany as my first official duty station. I flew into Frankfurt and was put into a holding barracks for about a week. I hated it. We couldn't go anywhere or do anything. The days were spent in the "hurry up and wait" military pattern I have come to know. I waited for the next thing to do, which was mostly Army red tape, pre-computer days, mind you. The only thing that made this slightly different from training was the food was much better, I didn't have to get up at 5am for Physical Training (PT) and we had a TV in our room. Other than that, it was the same miserable Army existence I had come to know.

And I hated being in Germany, I wanted to go home. . . .