News

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

Latest News

Stress recognition, management important part of AFSBn-Germany’s mission set
January 25, 2024 — When Raphael Scharf, a certified social worker, researched the effects of stress on Soldiers as part of his university thesis, Army Community Service experts at U.S. Army Garrison Ansbach and a Bundeswehr psychologist who deployed with the German army helped him better understand how. Now, the transportation specialist at Army Field Support Battalion-Germany is directly responsible for supporting Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 operations across Europe. He said the management or mismanagement of stress can absolutely affect APS-2 operations... MORE

Raphael Scharf, a support operations transportation specialist at Army Field Support Battalion-Germany, (left) poses for a photo with a Soldier in front of an M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzer from the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Mannheim, Germany. Scharf, who is a certified social worker and did his university thesis on how stress effects Soldiers, said the Army must focus on both its people and its mission to be successful. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Former K-9 dog handler, Marine steps up to assume critical position at LRC Stuttgart’s CIF
January 24, 2024 — Last July, Ryan Jones was slammed with a significantly greater amount of responsibility at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, but for the former active-duty Marine and K-9 military dog handler who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, this was nothing he couldn’t handle... MORE

Ryan Jones is the acting property book officer and central issue facility manager at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart. The former active-duty Marine and K-9 military dog handler who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan stepped up to fill the critical vacancy at LRC Stuttgart when his leadership asked him, following a short-notice, unexpected change to manning. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

After 22 years with Army in Alaska, new chief at LRC Wiesbaden excited to be in Europe
January 22, 2024 — For the past 22 years, Hanni Marchuk has worked for the Army in Alaska, but her dream to come to Europe was fulfilled recently when she accepted a job position with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade as the chief of plans and operations at Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden... MORE

Hanni Marchuk, the chief of plans and operations at Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, (right) speaks to Haciba Lathrache, an administrative specialist at their office in Wiesbaden, Germany. Marchuk arrived to Wiesbaden in December after 22 years of working for the Army in Alaska. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Ops officer: AFSBn-Germany to take command of APS-2 site, participate in DEFENDER 24
January 18, 2024 — Most people learn about the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 program in military publications or by reading about it in the news, but for Cpt. Andrew Marvets his introduction to APS-2 was more direct. He learned of APS-2 while serving as a company commander for a movement control team on a rotational deployment to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve... MORE

Army Field Support Battalion-Germany issues Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment to National Guard Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division during the DEFENDER exercise in Lithuania in May of 2022. Army Cpt. Andrew Marvets was a company commander deployed to Europe when he observed this equipment issue and first started to understand the capabilities of APS-2. Now, he’s the operations officer for AFSBn-Germany, and APS-2 is his business. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

Latest News

Fact Sheets

Learn More