Where's Vilseck

Wondering where Vilseck, Germany is? Vilseck is a town in the Oberpfalz region of northeastern Bavaria, Germany situated on the river Vils, a tributary of the Naab river. Its name comes from the location of a castle built in the year 920. "Eck" is the German word for corner. The Vils river has a tight bend where the Burg is located. Thus, the name Vilseck.

Paperwork Nightmare

Today Clayton's EFMP enrollment paperwork was filled out by the doctor. After I get it stamped by the EFMP office at Ft. Myers, I believe my portion of George's paperwork is finally done! Which means we are a 1/2 step closer to getting our orders. Woohoo!

George has a meeting tomorrow morning in regards to the rest of his paperwork. So maybe, just maybe he'll be turning in this packet from the levy briefing next week. We've only had this packet for 3 weeks now. Heaven forbid anyone in the Military District of Washington would know who we have to see to complete it.

Once it's completed and gets turned in, it can take up to a month for Germany to approve the kids and I moving the same time as George. And then another 7-10 days for the orders to be cut. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Germany is on the fast track so we can get our orders quickly. There's so much to do (passports, shipping the van, setting up moving dates, plane tickets, etc) and nothing can be done without orders.

I'll be sure to post more on the progress of our orders as things develop.

Welcome

Thanks for visiting my blog. My family is getting ready to move to Germany this summer. It will be a fun and exciting time for us. My goal is to share our experiences here. So be on the lookout for updates about our preparations for moving and many posts about our adventures once we arrive at our new home.

We want to move before the kids start the next school year. Hopefully the Army will get us our orders shortly so we make our travel plans. As of right now, we are aiming to fly to Germany on or about August 12th, 2009.