thank you for your response, steve robinson. the reason i asked was because an old friend was stationed outside of madrid a while back & he said he had broken windows & all of that almost on a monthly basis. i know our insurance would take care of it, but its just not something i want to deal with.

we also dont know where we'll be living yet, not until my husband finds out where he'll be working, but thank you for the suggestions.

i suppose that facebook picture does make his uniform look pretty fancy, but he's not high ranking. he's a specialist, hoping to make sergeant after a few months in madrid. this coming march would be his 3 year mark in the army & a promotion would be the best!

i have 2 friends stationed in germany right now & that sort of thing [possible car explosives] is unheard of. plus, they live on an actual military post so it's mostly americans anyway. [not saying americans don't create explosives..]