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AFSBn-Africa ECHA site in Slovakia

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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Baumholder transportation office’s unofficial mascot, Merlin, and his human to retire soon
February 1, 2023 — When customers visit the transportation office at Baumholder to set up a pack-out appointment or attend a transportation briefing, they are greeted by a friendly, receptive staff. But one staffer stands out. He’s friendly, fuzzy, receptive and really cute. His name in Merlin. Merlin the Spanish rescue dog is the transportation office’s unofficial mascot. He comes to work with his human almost every day, perches himself on a special chair fit for a prince, wags his tail perpetually and offers greetings to everyone who visits. His human is the local national chief of transportation, and she’s been working there almost 44 years. ... MORE

Iris Nickel, the Baumholder transportation office local national chief, poses for a photo with Merlin, the Spanish rescue dog and unofficial mascot of the transportation office. When customers visit the transportation office at Baumholder to set up a pack-out appointment or attend a transportation briefing, they are greeted by Merlin almost every day. (Photo by Beverly Abalos)

CIF manager heads team in support of 5,000 Soldiers, 90 units across USAG Rheinland-Pfalz
January 31, 2023 — Hassan Hearne knows how important CIF is to Soldiers like this. The Kleber Kaserne CIF manager has been working in Army supply and at CIFs for 15 years – nearly half of that time at the Kleber facility assigned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz... MORE

Hassan Hearne, the Central Issue Facility manager at Kleber Kaserne, assists a Soldier with his CIF issue at the facility, Jan. 30. Hearne, who is assigned to Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz as a supervisory supply specialist and property book officer, has been working in Army supply and at CIFs for 15 years – nearly half of that time at the Kleber facility.

LRC Benelux maintenance supervisor leads team in keeping Chièvres air operations flying
January 27, 2023 — If the snow sweepers, plows or ice removal trucks at Chièvres Air Base break down and are out of action during peak winter months, air operations supporting NATO and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe could be grounded. But that won’t fly for Giancarlo Giardina and his small team of mechanics who are charged with maintaining all that U.S. Army Garrison Benelux snow and ice removal equipment. ... MORE

Giancarlo Giardina, the maintenance supervisor from Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, poses for a photo in front of some U.S. Army Garrison Benelux snow removal equipment at Chièvres Air Base. Giardina and his small team of five personnel are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance on all the snow and ice removal vehicles and equipment at Chièvres Air Base to include snow sweepers, plows and 36-ton trucks with de-icing systems and cranes. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Looking for better work-life balance, Transylvanian now serves with LRC Rheinland-Pfalz
January 26, 2023 — Bernadett Szekelyhidi is a professional. The transportation assistant and counselor at Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz – with her comprehensive knowledge of all the regulations and policies that govern personal property shipping and transportation support – strives to be the subject matter expert her customers can turn to when they have questions or concerns... MORE

Bernadett Szekelyhidi, a transportation assistant and counselor at Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz and a Hungarian-Romanian dual citizen, came to Germany in 2018 looking for a career that offers a reasonable work-life balance and opportunities to grow. She said taking care of customers is her team’s number one priority.

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