>When I was stationed in Germany back in the mid 80s, about 1/3 of our company received a week of admin leave to go skiing in Swizerland as a unit for morale and welfare! :o) It never happened again (sad to say). I had a great time. I also received a week of admin leave to go to East Berlin during the same tour as a reward for winning Division NCO of the year. I toured Berlin and East Berlin on Flag orders back when Checkpoint Charlie still existed and the zones were separate. I really enjoyed it and it was very educational.
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Tracy;

As I recall there were over 6000 different breweries in West Germany, and one in East Germany (Red Star). Did you ever taste “Red Star”? I think one of the reasons the two Germanys reunited was because of “Red Star”. Germans like good beir. Not something I would ever drink again! :)

Tom