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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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Mike Stovall, maintenance director, Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, and his team of host nation maintainers are responsible for all Army Prepositioned Stock-2 vehicles and equipment pieces at Eygelshoven, Netherlands – over 5,000 pieces. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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Mirco D’Aversa is an equipment specialist and quality control coordinator in the maintenance directorate of Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, 405th Army Field Support Brigade on Leghorn Army Depot, Livorno, Italy. He said everyone at AFSBn-Africa is very professional, respectful and hardworking. If you work here, you’ll enjoy every day, he said. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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Letizia Silicani, a program analyst with the Directorate of Maintenance, Army Field Support Battalion-Africa, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, says her job is a family affair. She’s been working there since 1985, and her husband and son both work there, too. My husband, Alessandro, is a mechanic and a small arms repair technician, and my son, Elia, is a mechanic, she said. And the entire directorate of maintenance is part of my extended family. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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Valerio Andreazzi is the property book officer for Logistics Readiness Center Italy, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. The Italian local national employee is about to retire after 37 years of service with the U.S. Army and says he looks forward to a life of family, photography, Ferraris and his famous tiramisu. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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