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Class VIII medical supply and equipment containers are loaded onto Army line-haul transporters at the Dülmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite to be convoyed from Dülmen to Baumholder, Germany, for DEFENDER 24. For the first time in Army medicine history, an APS-2 field hospital was activated and issued, and for the first time in APS-2 history, an Equipment Configuration and Hand-off Area was established at Dülmen to support this mission.

APS-2 field hospital activated, issued for DEFENDER

Dwann Jackson, an Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim quality assurance specialist, observes onsite suspension and track upgrades to an Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 M2 Bradley fighting vehicle at the Coleman APS-2 worksite. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Quality Assurance support at Coleman APS-2 Worksite

An Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 staging grid is set at Libava, ready to issue an entire cavalry APS-2 equipment set to the 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment from the West Virginia Army National Guard for DEFENDER 24. The 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Army Field Support Battalion-Africa has established an Equipment Configuration and Hand-off Area in Libava, and over the course of the next couple of days the battalion from Livorno, Italy, will be conducting technical inspections of all the tactical vehicles, basic issue items and support equipment with Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 150th Cav. Regt., the gaining tactical unit.

DEFENDER is the Dynamic Employment of Forces to Europe for NATO Deterrence and Enhanced Readiness, and is a U.S. European Command scheduled, U.S. Army Europe and Africa conducted exercise that consists of Saber Strike, Immediate Response, and Swift Response. DEFENDER 24 is linked to NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercise, and DoD’s Large Scale Global Exercise, taking place from 28 March to 31 May. DEFENDER 24 is the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe and includes more than 17,000 U.S. and 23,000 multinational service members from more than 20 Allied and partner nations, including Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

APS-2 ECHA grid in Czechia for DEFENDER

Congressional and U.S. Embassy staff delegation members move through one of the storage warehouses at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Powidz, Poland, Sept. 5. The delegation visited the Powidz APS-2 worksite to assess and provide first-hand information and knowledge on APS-2 operations in Poland back to Congress. (Capt. James Bath)

DV Visit to Powidz APS-2 worksite

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German rail now being used to help deliver Army Preposition Stocks-2 from Mannheim to Grafenwoehr
March 14, 2022 — The 405th Army Field Support Brigade recently began augmenting its line-haul heavy equipment transporter deliveries of an entire armored brigade combat team’s worth of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment with rail... MORE

A contractor assigned to support the 405th Army Field Support Brigade ground guides an M1A2 Abrams main battle tank as it is loaded onto a German rail car at Coleman worksite in Mannheim, Germany. The 405th AFSB recently began augmenting its line-haul heavy equipment transporter deliveries of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment from Coleman to Grafenwoehr Training Area with Deutsche Bahn, or German railway, assets. More than two dozen armored vehicles and equipment pieces – ranging from tanks to Paladin self-propelled howitzers to Bradley fighting vehicles and more – were shipped via rail March 10. This was the first of many rail movements to come over the next few weeks. The APS-2 is being issued to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at an Equipment Configuration and Handoff Area. The 1st ABCT is deployed to Germany from Fort Stewart, Georgia. Their deployment supplements the more than 90,000 U.S. personnel already deployed to or based in Europe as part of the United States’ longstanding commitment to European security and close defense partnership with host nations. (Photo by Maj. Allan Laggui)

LRC Wiesbaden TMP chief: my grandparents came to Germany as refugees, U.S. Army gave them jobs
March 14, 2022 — Joerg Weinmann is the transportation motor pool supervisor at Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. Pictured here is Weinmann’s grandmother, Agnes Weinmann, who fled Czechoslovakia following World War II with his grandfather. When they arrived in Germany, Weinmann said the German government gave them a little house and the U.S. Army gave them jobs. His grandmother was a waitress at an Army club on Ayers Kaserne in Kirch-Goens, he said... MORE

Joerg Weinmann is the transportation motor pool supervisor at Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. Pictured here is Weinmann’s grandmother, Agnes Weinmann, who fled Czechoslovakia following World War II with his grandfather. When they arrived in Germany, Weinmann said the German government gave them a little house and the U.S. Army gave them jobs. His grandmother was a waitress at an Army club on Ayers Kaserne in Kirch-Goens, he said. (Courtesy photo)

405th AFSB LOGCAP provides vital life support to deployed U.S. forces across Europe
March 12, 2022 — Using its Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, the 405th Army Field Support Brigade has established life support operations for thousands of U.S.-based Soldiers deployed to Europe, including elements of the XVIII Airborne Corps in southeastern Poland... MORE

Paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, and Polish soldiers pose for a group photo in Poland, March 3. Using its Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, the 405th Army Field Support Brigade has established life support operations for thousands of U.S.-based Soldiers deployed to Europe, including elements of the XVIII Airborne Corps in Mielec and Zamość, Poland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Claudia Nix)

LRC Stuttgart employee with important family commitments in U.S. says she’ll miss the Stuttgart community, people
March 11, 2022 — Beverly Sowell is the supervisory traffic management specialist at the Personal Property Processing Office, Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. She said when customers come into her office to start the process of shipping their household goods and vehicles to wherever they’re going next, worldwide, she and her team help to give them a sense of peace that she feels they need... MORE

Beverly Sowell is the supervisory traffic management specialist at the Personal Property Processing Office, Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. She said she and her eight employees help to ensure all the Department of Defense employees in the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart community – plus their families – receive the absolute best assistance when it comes to shipping or receiving their household goods, unaccompanied baggage and their privately owned vehicles.

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