
Posted on 07 May 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY KARI MARTINDALE When you get to Germany, you’ll see a lot of signs with a red A with a pharmacy symbol inside it, and the word Apotheke. “That looks a lot like apothecary.” Yes. It does. The Apotheke is the German pharmacy, and you’ll go there for your OTC medical needs as well [...]
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Posted in Health, Beauty & Pampering, Just In Germany, PCS-ing

Posted on 30 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ She made it! Amy and her husband are PCSing back to the States. She shared her experience in a series of articles. If you haven’t read them already, take a look at her first four posts in the series. Thank you Amy for sharing your journey with us! Hopefully others will learn [...]
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Posted in PCS-ing, Pets

Posted on 23 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ Amy’s time in Germany is coming to an end. She and her husband are getting ready to PCS back to the States. Amy is sharing her experience in a series of articles. If you haven’t read it already, take a look at her first three posts in the series. Keep checking back [...]
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Posted in Cars, PCS-ing

Posted on 16 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ Amy’s time in Germany is coming to an end. She and her husband are getting ready to PCS back to the States. Amy is sharing her experience in a series of articles. If you haven’t read it already, take a look at her first two posts in the series. Keep checking back [...]
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Posted in Military Life, PCS-ing

Posted on 09 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ Amy’s time in Germany is coming to an end. She and her husband are getting ready to PCS back to the States. Amy is sharing her experience in a series of articles. If you haven’t read it already, take a look at her first post in the series. Keep checking back [...]
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Posted in PCS-ing, Pets

Posted on 02 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ Amy’s time in Germany is coming to an end. She and her husband are getting ready to PCS back to the States. Amy will be sharing her experience in a series of articles. Keep checking back as she continues on her journey! What do you do when you find yourself within [...]
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Posted in From Your Germany Ja Managers, Military Life, PCS-ing

Posted on 28 March 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE KING My last post about filing claims talked about the process up until submitting the final claim. Here is what needs to happen next! Once that final red “submit claim” button is pushed you will receive an email stating that the moving company has received it, this may take a few days. [...]
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Posted in OY, PCS-ing

Posted on 15 March 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMY BERMUDEZ Amy’s New Home I recently let the cat out of the bag about being homesick. (Moving is hard!) My friends were there for support and helpful suggestions! I wanted to compile some of the great advice they gave and offer some of my own take-aways: I got lots of suggestions to [...]
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Posted in Military Life, OY, PCS-ing

Posted on 13 February 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE KING If you received anything that was broken, damaged or lost through the moving process, you can claim those items to either have them repaired or replaced. This process can take a while so once your HHG are delivered unpack everything as soon as you can. You have 70 days from day [...]
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Posted in OY, PCS-ing

Posted on 06 February 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMANDA PAPENFUS We have two dogs, a two-year-old Pembroke Welsh Corgi named Gir and a seven-month-old Miniature Pinscher named Apollo. When we decided to bring them to Germany when we PCSed, all we knew was that we would have to arrange and pay for their transportation and that we would need to have [...]
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Posted in PCS-ing, Pets