Thanks for the encouragement !
Did a 4-month tour with a British infantry battalion in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan back in 2002.
As the only German (and their only rotorcraft expert) I was assigned as a german liasion. Lot of experience back then...
And a couple of (not to bad) nazi jokes...
With an JAR ATPL (H)-IR MCC in my pocket and the experience of a couple of unanswered applications I wonder whether my german origin or my military background is the main cause for not being successful so far with my transition in the civil world.
By the way I like Monty Python !