SGT Private RallyPoint Member5603402<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I’m stuck between the two duty stations and I’m not sure which one would be better off for me unit wise.Which duty station has better units for a 68W, Baumholder or Ansbach?2020-02-26T17:24:08-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member5603402<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I’m stuck between the two duty stations and I’m not sure which one would be better off for me unit wise.Which duty station has better units for a 68W, Baumholder or Ansbach?2020-02-26T17:24:08-05:002020-02-26T17:24:08-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member5603438<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Choose Ansbach. It is closer to larger cities. Baumholder is mainly a training area and there is not a lot to do there in my opinion. Frankfurt and Nuremburg are a close train ride away, and the beer is better in that area! LOl!Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2020 5:34 PM2020-02-26T17:34:32-05:002020-02-26T17:34:32-05:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member5603506<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Wasn't assigned to Baumholder, but I had visited it a few times. I was not a fan.Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2020 5:50 PM2020-02-26T17:50:08-05:002020-02-26T17:50:08-05:00SSG Dennis R.5603789<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Baumholder was the last place one wanted to be in the 1980s. Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahlmer was stationed there, so it might be haunted.<br /> I spent 7 years on Wiesbaden Air Base. Wonderful Wiesbaden.Response by SSG Dennis R. made Feb 26 at 2020 6:59 PM2020-02-26T18:59:23-05:002020-02-26T18:59:23-05:00Landrew Usoalii S.5603899<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was stationed back in Germany and we shut down baumholder for 10SFG to move in back in 2012. But I would not want to be stationed there again.Response by Landrew Usoalii S. made Feb 26 at 2020 7:28 PM2020-02-26T19:28:31-05:002020-02-26T19:28:31-05:00PFC Larry Armstrong5603929<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe Ansbach May prove a better duty station.Response by PFC Larry Armstrong made Feb 26 at 2020 7:34 PM2020-02-26T19:34:09-05:002020-02-26T19:34:09-05:001LT Private RallyPoint Member5604098<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I agree with the consensus, choose Ansbach. I was there from '08-'10. Good times, great people, loved the locals and their seasonal fests. I was with the 5-158 (gone now last I heard) and the work life was enjoyable. Of all the little spots to work, Anbsach seemed to be the favorite among my peer group. I lucked out in getting it. The aid station was nothing special, but that was years ago.<br /><br />I have a fond memory of several of us young guys going out drinking during a particularly bad snowstorm one night, as one does, and getting into a random snowball fight with two locals who were also drunk and roaming the town (they started it!). <br /><br />Hope it works out! Let us know either way.Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2020 8:33 PM2020-02-26T20:33:06-05:002020-02-26T20:33:06-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member5604261<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Baumholder was my very first assignment. I loved it. Lots of fond memories. It was bustling when I was stationed in Baumholder and had over 20,000 personnel. Kind of a ghost town these days. However, any duty assignment can be great if you have personal transportation. I've never been to Ansbach, I cannot speak about it. A duty assignment is what you make of it. And yes, Jeffery Dahmer was a 68W stationed in Baumholder. They showed us the area he worked in during inprocessing.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 26 at 2020 10:07 PM2020-02-26T22:07:13-05:002020-02-26T22:07:13-05:00SFC Charles Dennis5628752<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in Baumholder and loved it. However, I was not a 68W.Response by SFC Charles Dennis made Mar 4 at 2020 7:04 PM2020-03-04T19:04:46-05:002020-03-04T19:04:46-05:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member5631613<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>SGT, <br />I can’t give you much advice going solely MOS based, however I’d recommend you go with Ansbach. Baumholder these days is a very small post, with very little to do. It’s rare to hear anything good from any of the companies there that are under my Battalion. Ansbach has a decent location, and is much closer to things than Baumholder is.Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2020 2:09 PM2020-03-05T14:09:03-05:002020-03-05T14:09:03-05:00PFC Cj Lipsey5639159<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Baumholder it's like the Fort Leonardwood of Germany. There's nothing there! Start away if you have a choice!Response by PFC Cj Lipsey made Mar 7 at 2020 6:12 PM2020-03-07T18:12:09-05:002020-03-07T18:12:09-05:00SFC Charles Dennis6185329<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was stationed in Baumholder and really liked it there. They had a really nice clinic and if you have a passport, you can go to France and other locations.Response by SFC Charles Dennis made Aug 8 at 2020 7:34 AM2020-08-08T07:34:48-04:002020-08-08T07:34:48-04:002020-02-26T17:24:08-05:00