US Military should have an Official (Brown) for work & Tourist (Blue) if they intend to travel throughout Europe.

Dependents should have a No-Fee (Blue) with SOFA Stamp for entering and staying in Germany and a Tourist (Blue) if they intend to travel throughout Europe. (e.g. If you and your family decide to fly to the U.K., you will need the Official/ No-Fee Passports to return to Germany and the Tourist Passports to enter the U.K.

DO NOT allow anyone to put a SOFA Stamp in your Tourist Passport-- it will make it a No-Fee and you may encounter issues trying to enter other countries.

US Military

• Military personnel on official business require military ID card and NATO or service travel orders.
• Military personnel assigned to positions or units with missions that may require deployment to other countries that do require passports should bring a passport to Germany.
• Official passport required for military personnel assigned to Africa Command.
• Military personnel who already possess a passport (official or tourist) should carry that passport with them for travel beyond Germany on duty or leave.

US Government Civilians

  
• No-fee passport required, except as noted in section I.A.2.b, below. Passport must be valid for at least three (3) months beyond travelers planned departure from the Schengen area for short stays or temporary duty (TDY). For Permanent Change of Station (PCS) assignments or stays longer than six (6) months, passport must be valid for at least three (3) months at the time of entry into the Schengen area and can be renewed at the sponsor's servicing military passport facility not earlier than (NET) six (6) months prior to the expiration date.
• US citizen civilian personnel on a command-sponsored assignment and all accompanying US citizen family members of both military and civilian personnel should arrange with a US military passport office or agent to obtain a State Department-issued Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) stamp in their US no-fee passport before arriving in Germany.