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AFSBn-Benelux MRBC issue in Poland

AFSBn-Germany ECHA operations in Lithuania

AFSBn-Germany ECHA ops in Lithuania

Outgoing Army Field Support Battalion-Africa Commander Lt. Col. Miguel Flores, 405th Army Field Support Brigade Commander Col. Brad Bane and incoming AFSBn-Africa Commander Lt. Col. Alexander Amato render honors to the National Colors at the AFSBn-Africa change of command ceremony June 10 at Leghorn Army Depot, Italy (photo by Vincenzo Vitiello)

405th AFSB’s battalion ‘South of the Alps’ changes command

More than 25 Polish high school students from the Stanislaw Mikolajczyk Economic and Technical School in Paslek, Poland, and their instructors pose for a photo with Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim personnel at an Equipment Configuration and Hand-off Area in Braniewo, Poland. The students were afforded the opportunity to see, touch and learn about the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 sets at the ECHA site following DEFENDER-Europe 22. (photo by Cpt. Aaron Carpenter)

Polish military students get a look at APS-2 equipment sets

Equipment from the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 site in Eygelshoven, Netherlands arrived at Grafenwoehr, Germany, April 12. The equipment was off-loaded and staged to be issued to the 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (Enhanced) for DEFENDER-Europe 21. (photo by Jesse Pilgrim, 21st TSC PAO)

DEFENDER-Europe ECHA ops in Graf

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Former refugee from Sri Lanka now prosperous employee at LRC Stuttgart, German citizen
December 5, 2022 — In their 1980 hit song ‘Refugee’ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sang the lyrics ‘… you see you don’t have to live like a refugee’ and that’s exactly what Kajendran Vasanthakumar is no longer doing. He’s no longer living like a refugee. The purchasing agent at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, who is originally from Sri Lanka, arrived in Germany as a refugee in 2011. A couple of months ago – now in his sixth year with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s LRC Stuttgart – Vasanthakumar received his permanent citizenship for Germany... MORE

Kajendran Vasanthakumar, the plans and operations purchasing agent at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, presents a trophy to Connie Buchwald for being selected as the People’s Choice winner for her luncheon dish at the LRC Stuttgart food fest, Dec. 1. Vasanthakumar came up with the idea for the food fest and presented it his director. He is originally from Sri Lanka but arrived to Germany as a refugee in 2011. A couple of months ago and after working at LRC Stuttgart for about six years, he received his citizenship for Germany.

U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands visits Army prepositioned stocks worksite in Eygelshoven
November 29, 2022 — The team at Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux welcomed U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal to the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, Nov. 28... MORE

Walking through one of the maintenance facilities at the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, Gregory Hahn, the Eygleshoven APS-2 site director, briefs U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Shefali Razdan Duggal, Nov. 28. “The ambassador’s key focus during her visit was on interpersonal relationships between the U.S. government and our host nation Dutch Ministry of Defense workforce and how we work together to accomplish the mission,” said Maj. James Maskovyak, AFSBn-Benelux executive officer and Support Operations officer. “She seemed very impressed.” (Photo by Charéll de Koster, USAG Benelux public affairs)

From growing up in Croatia to working in Germany for the U.S. Army, CIF tech has story to tell
November 21, 2022 — Living in a small village in Croatia close to the border of Hungary as a young girl, never could she have imagined that one day she’d call Germany her home and the U.S. Army her employer. But that’s exactly what’s happened... MORE

Emina Pecanin is a Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden Central Issue Facility supply technician, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. Pictured here, Pecanin sorts through CIF clothing and equipment at the Wiesbaden facility, Nov. 16, preparing it for turn-in to the Defense Logistics Agency in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Pecanin said making the decision to move from her home country of Croatia to Germany wasn’t easy, but five years later she’s glad she did. (U.S. Army Courtesy photo)

German girl who grew up on Ramstein Air Base found a 2nd family with LRC Rheinland-Pfalz
November 18, 2022 — Growing up on Ramstein Air Base in the mid ‘60s in a German family and being one of the only German girls on her block was very unique. Monika Gorczynski Spanier, the property book officer for Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz, said all her friends were American, and it wasn’t until she reached school age and attended a German elementary school in the village of Ramstein did she even know many German girls her age. ... MORE

Some people light up a room when they enter the door, and Monika Gorczynski Spanier is one of them. Gorczynski Spanier is the property book office supervisor for Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. She started working at LRC Rheinland-Pfalz in 1986 when it was called the Directorate of Logistics, 29th Area Support Group. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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