If there are no dependants, property, etc in Europe, then there's a definate chance the individual soldier will want to leave and go "home" no matter how bad it actually is there.
If on the other hand they've built some sort of a life in Europe, well, that's probably something of a case by case situation.
For those units which have been stationed in Germany for a long period of time, such as the 11th ACR which was stationed there since the early to mid 1970's, the likelyhood of the bulk of it's personnel staying should be much higher than in say a unit which was only shipped over during the war.
Some of the personnel of the 11th ACR could well be US citizens but never laid eyes on the country - parent(s) were soliders in German in the 70's and 80's and they've grown up in and around the military bases. It's theoretically possible that two or three generations of the one family could be serving in such a unit at the same time.
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