Expert: Aaron Shifferly - 5/19/2010

Question
Hello, Thanks for taking the time to give me a little bit of feedback.

While stationed in Germany I got a dui(yes very stupid I know). The German law states that a .05 is over the legal limit while a .08 in the military is considered the legal limit.  I blew just under the limit and have already received my punishment--a LOR(letter of reprimand)--believe me I am not complaining as I thought my career was over.  The Germans suspended my license for only 1 month, but when I went to see my First Shirt he mentioned taking it away for a year then i got the feeling he backed off it.  I guess I need to ask my First Sergeant, but what would you do in a similar situation? And what could I expect? I'm Air Force if that makes any difference.

Thanks for you time!!

Answer
I can't answer for the Air Force, in particular, but I know that USAREUR policy is a one year suspension of the ceritificate of license that allows you to drive over there. I know you guys use the same licensing system as us, and I can assume that it carries the same consequences, but I can't give you a more specific answer.