{"id":174838,"date":"2024-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=174838"},"modified":"2024-05-14T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T06:21:09","slug":"landmark-hospital-materiel-pull-for-defender-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=174838","title":{"rendered":"Landmark hospital materiel pull for DEFENDER 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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D\u00dcLMEN, Germany \u2013 U.S. Army Soldiers arrived at Army Prepositioned Stock-2 (APS-2) D\u00fclmen for a landmark 32-bed field hospital pull for transport to Baumholder, Germany in support of the DEFENDER Europe exercise May 6-7 in D\u00fclmen, Germany.<\/p>\n

During the convoy preparations, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux housed a number of deployed Soldiers in the D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Not only did this mark a first for U.S. Army medicine but also an unprecedented mission for the D\u00fclmen site as it issued from its warehouse and loaded a convoy for the first time since the installation was initially handed over to the U.S. Army in 2017 from British armed forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe also coordinated with the city and Polizei about the movements while maintaining operational security,\u201d said Daniel Jones, D\u00fclmen site manager.<\/p>\n

The field hospital set plays an integral role in this year\u2019s exercise, DEFENDER 24, as the mission provides troops an invaluable training opportunity in the European theater.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis exercise helps us synchronize so that we can get [materiel] ready in a timely manner for the warfighter,\u201d said Maj. Tameka Tutt, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) APS-2 Class VIII logistics support director. \u201cIt gives [the Soldiers] an opportunity to learn to set up a hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

APS-2 D\u00fclmen stores and maintains USAMMA Class VIII medical materiel\u2014enough to stand up a 240-bed field hospital. Equipment includes items as small as a combat medic bag and as large as a full medical laboratory, operating room, pharmacy, and more. Keeping materiel ready for issue allows for a rapid logistical supply chain to future incoming warfighters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at APS-2 in Europe, we are set up in a way to do long-term storage and be a break-glass-in-case-of-war type stock,\u201d said Troy Furlow, the APS-2 D\u00fclmen site director with Army Field Support Battalion (AFSBn)-Germany, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. \u201c[We] shorten the logistics trail and ultimately resource the warfighter that flies over here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support class VII material, such as AC units and power generators, also went on the convoy with the medical equipment. The issue and transport of the materiel out of D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks is only a piece of the whole exercise that builds on multi-partner defense strategies and increases readiness.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe DEFENDER series is \u2026 helping us see ourselves as we execute a process,\u201d said Furlow about how the exercise takes place every year led by the U.S. Army as a joint endeavor to enhance interoperability. \u201cThe preparation is important but also the repetition.\u201d<\/p>\n

DEFENDER 24 occurs this year from March 28 to May 31 and as the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe, it employs more than 17,000 U.S. and 23,000 multinational service members. More than 20 Allied and partner nations participate to strengthen the NATO Alliance and build collective defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt went top notch\u2014I got a lot of positive feedback from the unit on how the process flow went,\u201d said Furlow. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of the team here for what they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the issuing of the 32-bed hospital set is complete and in transit to the exercise location, the next stages of DEFENDER 24 continue. In the following days, Soldiers complete the unpacking and set up the field hospital to cover more than six acres of land in Baumholder. After building the hospital to full capacity, the Soldiers then tear it down, pack it up, and convoying it back to APS-2 D\u00fclmen.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see the whole process from start to finish is \u2026 amazing,\u201d said Holly Jordan, director of supply for AFSBn-Germany at the D\u00fclmen site.<\/p>\n

Once returned to the warehouses, the 300 devices and other materiel in the 32-bed set are serviced back to 100 percent and restocked on the shelves\u2014a complete process and full display of the U.S. Army and its partners\u2019 mission-capable status.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes a lot of manpower and working pieces to make this happen,\u201d said Maj. Nikkia Lee, of the 810th Hospital Center, an Army Reserve unit deployed for the exercise to Germany from Alabama. \u201cIt\u2019s a critical mission that we\u2019re doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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