Exceptions can be made to 90-day policy

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Exceptions can be made to 90-day policy
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, November 30, 2008

When a U.S. soldier dies while downrange, the surviving spouse is required to leave Germany after 90 days.

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For example, families would not be able to buy rationed items or use Community Bank accounts, and they would need to de-register any vehicles from the U.S. Forces registration system, Patton said.

Children of deceased soldiers can attend Department of Defense Dependents Schools for the school year in which the sponsor’s death occurs on a space-required, tuition-free basis. But for the next school year, parents would need to pay the child’s tuition and kids could only attend on a space-available basis, she said.

Also, after the 90-day period, family members would be restricted to 16-ounce packages for mail in and out of military post offices in Germany. Spouses of deceased soldiers could shop at Army and Air Force Exchange Service stores and on-post Commissaries but would have to obtain a German Customs Certificate and pay 13.5 percent in duties on items purchased, Patton said.

USAREUR did not respond to a question about whether it was acting to get the policy changed.


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