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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)

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First batch of armored vehicles arrives at Powidz APS-2 worksite
June 28, 2024 — The newest, most modern prepositioned stocks worksite in the world, officially named the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, began receiving the first batch of equipment June 27 by rail. When all the APS-2 is fully in place, the new worksite will outfit an entire modernized armored brigade combat team... MORE

Multiple M1 Abrams tanks wait to be moved from a rail car to the staging area at the Powidz APS-2 Worksite, Powidz, Poland on June 27, 2024. The newly arrived vehicles and equipment will serve as a prepositioned stock for armored brigades deploying or training in the European region, specifically in Poland.

(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Michael Mastrangelo)

Multifunctional APS-2, LOGCAP, LAR battalion ‘South of the Alps’ changes leadership
June 27, 2024 — The 405th Army Field Support Brigade and the Livorno community bid farewell to one multifunctional battalion commander and welcomed another June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot, the only Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite South of the Alps. Lt. Col. Alex Amato relinquished command of Army Field Support Battalion-Africa to Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein, who comes to Europe and the 405th AFSB from U.S. Southern Command in Florida. ... MORE

Army Col. Ernest Lane II, the commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, passes the Army Field Support Battalion-Africa colors to incoming commander Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein during the AFSBn-Africa Change of Command Ceremony June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot in Livorno, Italy. (Photo by Elena Baladelli, Training Support Activity Europe)

405th AFSB NCO’s formidable performance at ASC competition represents brigade well
June 15, 2024 — A powerful indicator of an effective Army noncommissioned officer is her mastery of warrior tasks and battle drills, and Sgt. Margarita Ferreira recently demonstrated hers during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command Best Warrior Competition at Marseilles Training Center and Rock Island Arsenal, both in Illinois. Ferreira, a maintenance NCO at the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s headquarters in Kaiserslautern, represented the brigade well at the ASC competition, June 11-14... MORE

Army Sgt. Margarita Ferreira from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade assembles an M4 carbine rifle during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command Best Warrior Competition at the Marseilles Training Center, Illinois. The maintenance noncommissioned officer at the brigade headquarters represented the 405th AFSB well at the ASC competition. (photo by Hayley Smith, U.S. Army Sustainment Command Public Affairs)

Unique field support battalion set to command two APS-2 worksites changes leadership
June 13, 2024 — The only field support battalion in the Army with a geographically dispersed Army Prepositioned Stocks worksite – and soon to be two of them – changed leadership June 12. In a combined change of command and relinquishment of responsibility ceremony under the Water Tower at Tower Barracks in Grafenwöhr, Lt. Col. Jonathan Neal assumed command of Army Field Support Battalion-Germany from Lt. Col. Denny Bernacki, and Command Sgt. Maj. Randy Leyba relinquished responsibility. ... MORE

Army Field Support Battalion-Germany conducted a combined change of command and relinquishment of responsibility ceremony under the Water Tower at Tower Barracks in Grafenwöhr, Germany, June 12. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Neal assumed command of AFSBn-Germany from Lt. Col. Denny Bernacki, and Command Sgt. Maj. Randy Leyba relinquished responsibility.

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