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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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Diana Garland, the quality assurance supervisor at Transportation Division, Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, inspects a shipping crate at the warehouse. She has seven quality assurance people on her team, and they are a mix of Army civilians and local national employees. Their job is to be the liaison between the customers and the moving companies handling their household goods shipments. Garland said having a good combination of U.S. and local national employees on her team helps keep them all on their toes, helps them perform better as a team and helps make them more effective. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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The 405th AFSB command team, Col. Brad Bane and Command Sgt. Maj. Kofie Primus, conducted a site visit and maintenance terrain walk of the Army Prepositioned Stock-2 worksite at Tower Barracks, Dülmen, Germany, Dec. 15. The 405th AFSB's Army Field Support Battalion Germany, commanded by Lt. Col. Rebecca Milkowski-Gerdelman, is responsible for the Dülmen APS-2 worksite. When Army Field Support Battalion Germany assumed command and control of the Dülmen APS-2 worksite from Army Field Support Battalion Mannheim in October, that marked the 405th AFSB's first official step to regionally align its four battalions and its critically important APS-2 program to best support U.S. Army Europe and Africa – to include future APS-2 operations in Powidz, Poland. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Guido Fermin)

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Ton Fiddelers is the resource manager at the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Logistics Readiness Center Benelux. The Dutch Ministry of Defense employee will retire in October 2022 with 41 years and 6 days of service with the U.S. Army. He said he’s extremely grateful to the U.S. Army, not just for his 41 years of service but also for the liberation of his hometown and country during the Second World War. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

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