Ich und meine amerikanische Militärgöfe im Teenageralter, die versucht, den Bahnhof eine Wegbeschreibung zu bekommen

As an American who has lived in Germany and not on a military base for the last twelve years, please continue to look at it as visiting. Every US military person I have ever met -who wasn’t at the diplomatic level- never left their tourist bubble.

Keep learning the language, this type of expansion of your mind will stop you from getting dementia and voting like your grandparents.