{"id":114868,"date":"2024-02-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=114868"},"modified":"2024-02-13T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T11:36:13","slug":"2-5-billion-worth-of-aps-2-equipment-at-dulmen-huge-responsibility-for-senior-nco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=114868","title":{"rendered":"$2.5 billion worth of APS-2 equipment at D\u00fclmen huge responsibility for senior NCO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Army Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim, the commander\u2019s responsible officer accountable for over $2.5 billion worth of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite, and his team check the serial number on a trailer during a 100 percent inventory at the site, Feb. 13. The 47-year-old Soldier who was born and raised in Ghana but moved to the U.S. at age 28 said the assignment at D\u00fclmen is like no other in the Army. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
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D\u00dcLMEN, Germany \u2013 When Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim was assigned to the White House Communications Agency in Washington, D.C., he was the property book senior noncommissioned officer in charge of $350 million worth of communications equipment. Now, at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, the total value of the property he\u2019s responsible for is over $2.5 billion.<\/p>\n

The native of Ghana, who moved to Virginia when he was 28 years old, joined the Army at the age of 34. He\u2019ll have 14 years of service in July, and he\u2019s currently serving as the commander\u2019s responsible officer at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 site. At the site, Anim is accountable for 46 separate unit equipment sets, more widely known as UICs.<\/p>\n

Working at an APS-2 site and managing property accountability there is much different than other Army assignments, said the career supply NCO who gained his U.S. citizenship while serving as a Soldier.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the way the APS-2 program is set up,\u201d Anim said. \u201cThe way we do business is very different, here. Normally, when you\u2019re a supply sergeant, you\u2019re managing one UIC. No matter how big it is, it\u2019s one UIC. But here I\u2019m managing 46 UICs, and actually it\u2019s 53 UICs. Six of them are project UICs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anim, who is currently conducting a 100 percent inventory of all the APS-2 unit equipment sets at D\u00fclmen, said it\u2019s never ending. Continuously, he\u2019s transferring equipment to gaining tactical units deployed to Europe for training and exercises or to units that are standing up, like a newly activated air defense artillery battalion under the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command he\u2019s working with now. Or he\u2019s handling the accountability of unit equipment sets, or UICs, arriving to D\u00fclmen coming from other APS-2 sites, or vice versa.<\/p>\n

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In preparation for DEFENDER 24, Anim and his team at D\u00fclmen \u2013 in coordination with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency \u2013 are preparing to sign over an entire Army field hospital set to two U.S.-based Reserve hospital units from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to include containers, tactical transport trucks, generators, air conditioning and heating units, medical equipment, medical supplies, and more.<\/p>\n

When not inventorying $2.5 billion worth of APS-2 equipment or signing over an equipment set to a unit participating in an exercise or mission \u2013 life for Anim and his family is also quite different than most Army assignments.<\/p>\n

Anim and his wife \u2013 who he met in 2012 while stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia \u2013 have four young children, together. They live in M\u00fcnster, Germany, which is about 20 miles from the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite. There are no commissaries or Exchange services nearby and no Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities. Two of their children attend an international school, and two go to a German kindergarten. The garrison tasked with supporting them, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux, is headquartered in Chi\u00e8vres, Belgium, about 230 miles from D\u00fclmen.<\/p>\n

But the 47-year-old graduate of the University of Maryland Global Campus who holds master\u2019s degree in biotechnology said he and his family are very happy living in the northwestern German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He said the lifestyle is unique but enjoyable, and his battalion commander agrees.<\/p>\n

An assignment at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite \u201cis truly a hidden gem amongst Army assignments,\u201d said Lt. Col. Denny Bernacki, the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Germany, 405th Army Field Support Brigade.<\/p>\n

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The D\u00fclmen worksite supports the 405th AFSB\u2019s APS-2 program and is comprised of about 140,000 square feet of hardstand space and approximately 480,000 square feet of humidity-controlled warehouse space with an additional 140,000 square feet of storage in the maintenance and storage swing space areas.<\/p>\n

The 405th AFSB\u2019s APS-2 program enhances U.S. Army Europe and Africa\u2019s readiness and capability to support the warfighter while simultaneously promoting stability and security in the region. By providing turn-key power projection APS-2 packages ready to deploy at a moment\u2019s notice, the APS-2 program is a key component of U.S. Army Europe and Africa\u2019s power projection and warfighter readiness missions.<\/p>\n

The 405th AFSB is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. Forces throughout Europe and Africa \u2013 providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging U.S. Army Materiel Command\u2019s materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website<\/a> and the official Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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