The 405th Military Area Assist Brigade totally activated its Military Prepositioned Inventory-2 websites, and for the primary time within the brigade’s APS-2 program historical past it’s tasked with outfitting a whole armored brigade fight staff being deployed to Europe from america. On the route of the Commander, U.S. European Command, U.S. Military Europe and Africa is drawing APS-2 tools and automobiles, largely from Coleman work web site in Mannheim, Germany, underneath the command and management of Military Area Assist Battalion-Mannheim, 405th AFSB. All 4 battalions assigned to the 405th AFSB ready and pushed out a whole bunch of automobiles and tools items from their respective APS-2 websites in the course of the second week of February, and now the brigade is tasked with supporting the first Armored Brigade Fight Staff, third Infantry Division deploying to Germany from Fort Stewart, Georgia, as introduced by the Division of Protection.
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The APS-2 draw of an armored brigade fight staff plus enablers is presently within the strategy of being delivered to Grafenwoehr Coaching Space in Germany. The APS-2 tools and automobiles are being loaded onto navy and industrial line-haul vehicles and transported to Grafenwoehr. The 405th AFSB’s Military Area Assist Battalion-Germany is tasked with reception and staging of the APS-2 in preparation for concern to 1st ABCT, third Inf. Div. at an Tools Configuration and Handoff Space, also called ECHA, in Grafenwoehr. This consists of tracked automobiles such because the M1 Abrams essential battle tank and M2 Bradley preventing automobile, Joint Mild Tactical Autos, Paladins, turbines, Palletized Load Methods and Load Dealing with Methods, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Vehicles, and extra. Some APS-2 can be scheduled to be despatched by industrial rail from Mannheim to Grafenwoehr, as properly.
“The execution of APS-2 ECHA operations is a posh and difficult job that really requires a strong staff effort to make sure mission success. Right here within the Grafenwoehr Coaching Space my battalion is executing this mission with the assist of our three sister battalions, our brigade headquarters, U.S. Military Garrison Bavaria, seventh Military Coaching Command, 624th Motion Management Staff, sixteenth Sustainment Brigade, 409th Contracting Assist Brigade, twenty first Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Military Sustainment Command and quite a few different organizations. It’s unimaginable to see so many various organizations come collectively to allow our staff to quickly obtain, stage and concern an ABCT’s value of kit to 1st ABCT, third Inf. Div. in assist of operations right here in Europe,” mentioned Lt. Col. Rebecca Milkowski, AFSBn-Germany commander.
Up to now, the 405th AFSB has deliberate and executed a flawless APS-2 mission in assist of U.S. Military Europe and Africa and U.S. European Command, guaranteeing the proper varieties and portions of kit and automobiles are shortly positioned to assist U.S. forces. Through the preliminary draw of APS-2 in early February, greater than 600 items of kit – to incorporate Humvees, heavy expanded mobility tactical vehicles, medical tools, turbines, containerized programs, development tools and different assist and sustainment tools – was drawn from the 405th AFSB’s APS-2 websites and despatched ahead to U.S. forces to enhance command and management, life assist and sustainment capabilities in Japanese Europe. 1000’s extra are being drawn and shipped this month to Grafenwoehr to assist 1st ABCT, third Inf. Div. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and offers materiel enterprise assist to U.S. Forces all through Europe and Africa – offering theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and expertise; and leveraging AMC’s materiel enterprise to assist joint forces.
