PCS to Germany: Your First Look at Vilseck, Germany!

[@tiffanyarney9047]

I was stationed there in 2014 and that place will always be apart of me. The Hotel Villa was home for a few months while waiting on housing. Our whole family misses Vilseck, Germany and all the good people we met there❤

[@rdgSWwot]

DT... Thank you for this channel. I lived just outside Vilseck (the town then) from 1979-1983. Brought back memories as I have pics of me at age 10 at the Vogelturm in spring, summer, winter. I was born in Hanau. Still, despite growing up in the Carolinas I consider Vilseck my true "hometown" because of the quality time spent there. We lived on post near Little Mike. My dad is a Vietnam War Vet, worked on Graf - helped design the first M-1 tank! He retired in 1984 after 25 years. Just before post we lived in Ehenfeld. Appreciate the great videos and love how you edit!

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Wow, great story. I can't imagine what it looked like back then, do you mind sharing those pics? Thanks for the support of my channel!

[@rdgSWwot]

@@DTVDanielTelevision Yes, can share a few pics. I'll pull some and just let me know how to get them to you. Rob

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

@@rdgSWwot cool you can send me a dm here: m.facebook.com/dtvdanieltelevision/

[@cathyjackson5959]

My Dad was stationed in vilseck but we lived off base in Fitchumn Village-near the swimming pools. Loved it there and still miss!!

[@shinuo888]

Daniel, your video clip gave me a Deja Vu moment: In the early 1980s, I was a civilian employee for the U.S. Army at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. I did three TDY mission to Vilseck, Germany to perform "Fire Control Inspections" (laser range finder, night sight, etc) on the M60A3, the M1, and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the Rose Barracks tank park. The inspections were to assure the Army that the systems were fully operational before hand-off to the soldiers. Each TDY, as a civilian, we stayed off-post at Gasthof Hammer, Vilseck (at 11:08 of your clip your left ear is pointing to the room that Frau Hammer always put me it). Each TDY lasted about 4 months. Every chance I got I walked all around the area and on many weekends I went on Volksmarches all over Bavaria; they even had one in Vilsek (do they still do them?). I got a kick out of your clip of the Tower. In 1982, they completely replaced the roof the Tower and I got to peek inside. As I got to know the locals and they me, I was invited to many social events including drinking at the "Castle", watching the local Vilseck football team (soccer) matches, and Fasching parties. Also, there was a local Chess club in town. I wasn't any good but I enjoyed the banter (and beer). PS: You mentioned that you could even "get a speeding ticket on the Tank trail". I can attest to that. We took the various vehicles out on the trail, to shake rattle & roll, them before taking the vehicle to the boresight stand to inspect the fire control system. One time, out of curiosity, we wanted to find out how fast an M1 would go on dirt. About half-way into are run we got pulled over by the MPs - and they were not happy with us (they sought we were GIs out of uniform). We showed them are civilian ID and kinda stretched the explanation by saying we were performing speed test and that we were "required to check every 20th tank at "max speed" - not true; but they bought it and told us to let them know the next time we did such a test. Anyway, I enjoyed the trip down memory lane. bob smyth, retired

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Hey Bob! I love hearing old army stories down memory lane lol. Many people have shared some with me over the years, but you definitely win for funniest tank trail story lol. Thanks so much for watching, I appreciate the support with my channel!

[@courtneydaniels718]

Your videos make me miss Germany so much ! Thanks Daniel for the memories ! My best to you and Emily ! ❤️

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Germany misses u too Courtney! Emily says hi! We love u!

[@jonham8469]

That looks like a dream area. I lived in Germany as a dependent for six years and in the Air Force for two years, so I have something to compare it to. I hope everyone in the Graf area realizes what a gem they have right in front of them.

[@LoriASinger]

Awesome, Daniel. Thanks!

[@dangerousli]

I grew up in Germany. We also lived in Holland. You I can say have the best videos . Updated,Accurate and Easy to watch . Great job Daniel.

[@fredburns773]

Was stationed there 2000-2003 Aco 2/2 IN. Beautiful area and great Beer!!!!

[@nastassia19]

Not really the intended audience for your videos, but I live close-ish by and enjoy your outside perspective on my home region a lot. Taking part in life outside base and especially learning the basics of the language instead of isolating yourself definitely means a lot to the German community around you, even if they may not always show it. I think you're just an all-around great example of how to make the most out of the stay here.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thank you so much my friend ✊🏽 I appreciate your kind words 🙏🏽

[@L_T34]

ты русский?

[@tarinroberts2047]

Thanks so much for this video! Brings back some of my favorite German memories! I lived there 2009 to 2011. It's nice and not all that surprising to see that it has not changed much

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

You’re welcome! Ya, not much has changed lol. Been here since 2014

[@paulslajchert937]

Man watching this takes me back. 95-98 was awesome

[@arnaudkouemi2539]

Hello Sir, I really like what you do for our community. Thank you very much. Have a Wonderful day.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

🙏🏽 Thank you so much! 😊

[@PM-tb1ze]

This channel is a godsend! Thank you for this.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

You’re welcome 😇 Thanks for watching 👍🏾

[@kcsizzle23]

Thank and keep it up

[@stephannieschmitt5469]

This is awesome! Thanks so much! My son in law and daughter are being stationed there in August!

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

You're welcome! They're gonna love it!

[@Daniel-vh1wu]

Extremely entertaining and well put together content. Thank you Daniel

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel! I'll keep the entertainment coming!

[@friendofcoal]

I made a couple of FTX's to Graf back in the mid-80's and enjoyed them very much. They even let us go onto the main post (Graf) one evening to see the original "Red Dawn" movie. I remember seeing the large buildings near the tank trail next to Vilseck. I guess they're still there...

[@surysatha26]

Was stationed there 6 years, best time of my life

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

🙌🏾 Right on Brother 👌🏾

[@adrielbarrios4559]

Your videos are absolutely amazing.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Thank you for watching them!

[@64wiggins]

Your Flying in and landing is awesome 👌

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Lots of practice my friend 😉

[@DoorKnob37]

Was there 2010-2014, absolutely loved it! There’s always Nurnburg and Munich, but also smaller towns like Amberg, Weiden, Regensburg are all just a train ride away

[@surysatha26]

2009-2014 for me

[@antoinettetaylor4455]

Totally amazing 😲 👏

[@shawnesor9792]

Your content are super helpful. My family and I will be moving to Graf in Dec 2021. We are excited about all the Christmas Market.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thank you! I’ll be making another vid about the Xmas markets soon! Finally open again!

[@linsan4362]

My family was stationed there 2009-2012. I miss the slow drive on the tank trail.

[@loralechsaenz8600]

It has grown. Our family was the first American family to live in Edelsfeld before Vilseck was a thing. Spent most of my childhood there and I miss it terribly.

[@sunnyshines3653]

Lived there as an army spouse 30 years ago. Wow has the area grown! Still so beautiful. I loved my time there. We lived off base in Freihung on a dairy farm! I saw on another video they have military housing units in Freihung now.

[@user-dl1xz3mj3i]

That dog is so cute . 😍

[@itsdakideli755]

I was born here, seeing SV where I used to play soccer was heart warming.

[@tbird3883]

Just beautiful and so well done! I just interviewed for a job there! Currently in Italy!

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thank you! Fingers crossed 🤞🏾

[@steffenfischer1673]

Great Video 👍👍

[@Michael-e4h5w]

Welp you called it. Was stationed there and want to see what it's like now. Was there 2005-2006 1st ID 2/63 AR BN. I've always missed Germany. Would go back in a minute.

[@jpcoleman3408]

I was stationed at Rose Barracks from 1988-1991. Vilseck is a beautiful little city, and I enjoyed every moment of it. Is that little nightclub called Nashville still there? I met the most amazing lady at that club.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thanks for watching, I don’t think that nightclub exists anymore 😋

[@IntheNRP]

Fun fact the fire department is also near the Dog groomer and there is an Youth fire brigade were Kids could go from age 12 to 18 its great to make friends and have lasting memories Im in the Youth fire brigade aswell

[@sonjadavis406]

I would add the tower museum as top 3 things to see in Vilseck.

[@ebo7310]

I was stationed there from 04-06 Rose Barracks. ☺ I'm trying to get back to Germany as a federal employee. I've been applying for jobs.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Good idea, I would come back too, it's beautiful here!

[@ebo7310]

@@DTVDanielTelevision I'm actually trying to get back to Germany not necessarily Vilseck somewhere around Wiesbaden or K town.

[@miguelamedina2390]

It's hard to get GS jobs in Germany....but keep trying.

[@TravelVlogSanaz]

Big Like . Big support , I enjoyed . you are perfect my dear friend 😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thank you so much 😀

[@JessicaNavarro-yu3fv]

Hey thanks for the video. Very informative. We need help with finding a home off base and how to go about bringing our dog with us. Civilian being stationed at Vilseck from the US.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Hi Jessica. Thanks for watching. Shoot me an email and I can help you with both those issues - [e-mail]

[@keila04]

Thank you for all the information. My brother is going to move there next year from Chile. Any adult school that he can go to learn the the language? Any other recommendation that may help him? thanks again.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thanks for watching! Have your brother look up VHS in Weiden for language classes 👍

[@josenieto8818]

So, my wife is PCSing next week, my son and I follow in June. She will be teaching at Vilseck high school, and my son will be attending Netzaburg in the fall. My question is... What is there for ME, a 47 year old man, to do? I mean, other than explore and hang out.

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Hey bro! Congrats on your assignment here, it’s super tough to get in as a teacher, so congrats to your wife as well. There’s a TON of stuff for you to do my man. What’s your passion, your talent, your skills/background? If your wife is a teacher, there’s a good chance you could be in the DODDS system indefinitely. My wife works at the school and we thought we would only do 2yrs, and here we are on year 8. I followed my passion for travel/videography and created my own business making money online and through professional video services for the government and various travel companies. You can do the same. But… Take the time to travel locally and then discover the different flavors of Europe. With a teacher schedule, you literally have all the time in world to travel and make memories with family. If you decide to stay longer, I encourage you to find (or create) a job that fits your lifestyle and your passion. There’s government jobs on base, opportunities to start your own biz, or you could get back into school to prepare you for a career change. For example, i had to go to “school” online to learn more about videography and then I had to learn how to sell to the government. But I didn’t realize I wanted to do all this until year 4 that I was here. The sky’s the limit, but you may not realize what that next opportunity is until you actually get here. ✊🏽

[@dangerousli]

Where’d you get your dog lol super cute

[@Syreious]

DT, thanks for showing us around. Question for you, for people who are PCSing to Vilseck and don't have to live in the barracks/dorms, do you see people living out in Nuremburg and making it a commute daily to Vilseck? Thanks!

[@chrisgaston5241]

Have to ask, how family friendly is it? Have you gotten positive feedback from the dependents who accompanied the service member there? Just curious, thank you!

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Extremely family friendly (including pets). You can learn more from dependents in my “spouse spotlight” videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLjr7wTAVqnqjsjzPqQXsE27YwkzCVWLVm

[@LaloThadon]

My brothers living the dream😂

[@kennyp11111]

Any good dog boarders you could recommend?

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

You could try one of these guys: 1. Nicole’s Little Animal Residence (near Vilseck): facebook.com/Nicoles-Kleintierresidenz-113277302096412/ 2. Hunde Paradise Lienlasmühle kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXqTaHeOfL1oipY

[@kennyp11111]

@@DTVDanielTelevision Thanks!

[@AyaReyn9]

My brother is stationed here!

[@boohickman2470]

I have a friend there now from 🇺🇸.

[@abelnatal40]

The Garrison should use your videos as part of the In Process

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Working on it ;)

[@nataliazavala3761]

😀👍🏼

[@christiankastorf4836]

LKW = Lastkraftwagen; "Last" means load. PKW= Personenkraftwagen. As a rule of thumb when it comes to terms that are essential in administration you will come across those compound noun "monsters" that give an entire description of that thing or abstract notion. But nobody uses them. In everyday language they get abbreviated or replaced by some kind of nickname. When people speak of traffic lights they say "Ampel", using an almost forgotten word for a decorative, colourful light. But its proper name is "Lichtzeichenanlage". "Licht"=light; "Zeichen"=sign, indicator; "Anlage"=implement, gear, construction, tool....

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

VERY helpful information, thanks man! I've been meaning to make that LKW correction because someone else pointed it out. Finally made the change, so thanks again!

[@christiankastorf4836]

@@DTVDanielTelevision We even had the "Kraftdroschke" in legal German. Nobody EVER used that horrible expression. And even on the cars themselves that were defined by that linguistc monster would you ever see that written. How comes? Well, a "Droschke" is a horse-drawn carriage, mostly a rented or hired one. You still find them in Vienna, some Spanish cities or Prague as tourist attractions. And when the motorcar had been invented it was the French that called them "taxi" because of the machine that calculated the price that passengers had to pay. Very soon people in Germany adopted that word, but in an era that saw the French as the "inherited arch-enemy" of the Germans it was ok that French was a matter of higher education but NOT for law, administration and road codes. And so the name "Kraftdroschke" became the official term. We had a reform in the early 1970s that changed a number of our traffic signs. So the old familiar HALT in white letters against a blue background with a red triangel around it made place for the American style octagonal STOP. And from that moment on waiting places or areas for taxis were marked as places for so and so many taxis and not "Droschken" anymore.

[@user-gp8fe9eg1s]

Hey are u still in Germany? I show you Würzburg, Kitzingen & Nürnberg & Fürth. If you want to….

[@abalada]

LKW is short for LastKraftWagen, i.e. a motorized (Kraft = power) carriage (Wagen ~ wagon) transporting goods (Last = load). I.e. a truck or lorry. And PKW is short for PersonenKraftWagen. A motorized carriage transporting persons. I.e. a car. Colloquial in German is Laster for LKW and Auto for PKW. Nobody shows you his car and says "Mein PKW" but will say "Mein Auto". LKW and PKW are bureaucratic German. You will find those in legal texts, traffic regulations, and signs. E.g. you can register a pick-up as LKW or PKW. This has consequences on the insurance, emission standards, taxes, maximal (towed) load. And the latter can mean that you need a different driver's license and all other regulations applying for vehicles over 3.5 tons. Krankenwagen: transports sick persons (Kranken (pl)) Müllwagen: transports garbage (Müll)

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

Thanks so much! This is extremely helpful. I could make a whole video using only your comment 😂

[@herrdownloaden]

Important: do not say to a person from schlicht u are from vilseck, its like texas and mexiko.

[@sjnxsjxyn]

If you get stationed in this hell, I’m sorry

[@DTVDanielTelevision]

That’s the spirit! Everyone listen to this guy! 🕺🏽

[@sjnxsjxyn]

@@DTVDanielTelevision just speaking from experience😊

[@easylogistics7414]

Lil America