Is anyone here familiar with the Duty Station “ELTG”?

JBLM was actually what I was hoping for as my first duty station but when I found out that Germany was an option, I jumped on it. I’m sure that I will end up visiting LRMC at some point during my time in Germany. The uncertainty -of where I’ll be going- is actually pretty exciting, what is life but an adventure, and any good adventure should have a few unexpected twists and turns.

Thank you LTC Conway for taking the time to give me your insight into my situation, I really appreciate it!

PV2 (Join to see) you are very welcome, I didn't expect to be flown there but I broke my ankle incombatives. It was too swollen to get operated on there in Germany. For the couple days that I was there, the chaplain Corps has tours of different parts of Germany for free. I think these were for Wounded Warriors and they had a trip to Heidelberg which I couldn't go to but then they took me to visit the Siegfried line and CA Museum of underground tunnel bunker fortifications in the Saar border with france. The Germans had a defensive line with bunkers and underground tunnels and they used tank turrets as stationary fortifications to defend the German border. I remember going there and I was being pushed by an army nurse. My leg was in a splint so I couldn't walk but I was push around in a wheelchair or I was on crutches and the German curator of the tunnel complex couldn't speak English but I was able to ask questions about the 88 mm gun or I knew some of the ordinance the Germans had and he was impressed even though I couldn't speak German because I would write stuff down on notepad and he would understand me that way.

I was not accepting a broken ankle, I was not expecting to be taken on a tour of German World War II fortifications. The people at that hospital were very friendly and I know they had wrestlers and other celebrities come by and visit the Wounded Warriors. My injuries were nothing compared to those who I saw messed up on life support flying on military airlift command transport planes like the C-17 globemaster.

The JBLM staff were also asking questions like do you feel like you want to kill yourself? They wanted to mitigate or prevent any military suicides if at all possible.

If you are stationed at the US Hospital in germany, check out this location. The Uso may have tours of this place. They also took us to a city nearby and fed us at a nice restaurant. This was back in may, 2009.

If you are a history buff, this would be a good place for you and some fellow soldiers ago check out World War II history.
https://www.historyhit.com/locations/westwall-museum/
COL Randall C. MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P SPC Jason Brown SPC Jason Brown PV2 (Join to see) SPC Rob Scheerer

Thank you for the information sir!

That makes sense, MEPS told me that the G in ‘ELTG’ means Germany, I have been taking language classes for German in preparation for this assignment, I just want to make sure I am studying the correct language.
The orders that I received from MEPS don’t specifically state Germany as the station, they just state that I am guaranteed an assignment to Europe. “I understand that I have been guaranteed an assignment to Europe (assignment code ELTG).“

I appreciate your time in answering my question!

Thank you for the reply MSGT. Holt! That’s kinda what I was finding on Google too… nothing. I am very excited for it though! I was originally going to choose 19D with an option to pick my first duty station (JBLM) but MEPS couldn’t guarantee me that station so we started looking at other stations, when I found out that Germany was an option I jumped on it, I even changed my choice of MOS (to 68W) in order to go to Germany. My dads side of the family is German, and I have always wanted to live there.