After finally getting him I was near panic knowing he must be so miserable having been thru all of that stress AND having been in his kennel for 17 hours straight. My husband checked in with the USO office to see why our sponsor wasn't there to greet us and take us to the Military base where we were suppose to be going. Well he just didn't show up. So we were then forced to stay in Frankfurt for the night until the bus the next morning left for Schweinfurt which was a 3-5 hour drive in a BUS. The Army didn't have a place to keep your animals in the barracks they had set up for incoming families. They said Buddy had to stay IN his kennel the whole night AND in a SHACK outside with no lock or supervision. I flipped out but it did no good. There were no bending of the rules. So now the 17 hours of him in his kennel you can add 12 more hours to for the night we slept there. 29 hours in his kennel so far.... The next morning after I sat in the shack on the floor with him most of the night... we went to board the bus only to find we had to put him UNDER the bus with the LUGGAGE!! I was sooooooo mad. The bus wasn't even nearly full and they still wouldn't let us put his kennel in there with us. After a little over 3 hours of hearing him barking till he lost his voice, we finally made it to the base. Now it has been 32 hours. My husband had to do some inprossessing as I stood our in the 100F+ weather with Buddy STILL in his kennel. 2 hours later I am informed we will be staying the night in a military base Inn. Finally I feel better knowing I can take buddy out of his damn carrier. 34 hours now he has been in it. Get to the Inn find out they don't allow pets in your room!! I was shocked! This was a military base they should EXPECT incoming families to have family pets! Instead there is a basement storage room that we must put buddy in his kennel in while we are there. Talk about being pissed!! I was hot!! But my husband spoke to everyone he could and they wouldn't budge on the matter. SO the next morning we think we will get temporary lodging or something but no... we get one more night at the Inn. By the time we finally were put in temporary quarters Buddy had been in his kennel for 71 hours!!!!!!!! I have never been so disappointed with the military in all my life. They need to make appropriate arrangements for family pets in all aspects of moving etc. It took Buddy a couple weeks to get back to his old self and eat right again. I have never felt so bad in my life for what he had to endure! I would have stayed in the US for 2 yrs while my husband was here had I known then what I know now. I don't know if this was a one time bad thing or if it happens everytime ...but my God it was horrible for us all! Good luck to anyone deciding to bring there pets overseas. I hope it isn't anything like it was for us! Sorry this was so long but I thought it was a good opportunity to let others in my shoes know what COULD happen. Thanks guys!