{"id":177873,"date":"2024-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=177873"},"modified":"2024-05-17T07:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T07:11:39","slug":"former-british-air-force-now-aps-2-quality-assurance-supports-defender-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=177873","title":{"rendered":"Former British air force, now APS-2 quality assurance supports DEFENDER 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Shaun Jones is a logistics management specialist in quality assurance at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany. He said he and his team were directly involved in supporting DEFENDER 24 with an APS-2 32-bed field hospital they pulled and issued to an Army Reserve hospital unit participating in the exercise.<\/p>\n

DEFENDER 24 is the largest 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. For more photos, videos and information on DEFENDER 24, go to www.europeafrica.army.mil\/DefenderEurope.
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\n Shaun Jones is a logistics management specialist in quality assurance at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany. He said he and his team were directly involved in supporting DEFENDER 24 with an APS-2 32-bed field hospital they pulled and issued to an Army Reserve hospital unit participating in the exercise.<\/p>\n

DEFENDER 24 is the largest 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. For more photos, videos and information on DEFENDER 24, go to www.europeafrica.army.mil\/DefenderEurope.
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D\u00dcLMEN, Germany \u2013 When Shaun Jones was a young man in Wales, never would he have imagined that someday he\u2019d be working for the U.S. Army and supporting the Army\u2019s biggest exercise in Europe, but that\u2019s exactly what the logistics management specialist at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite is doing.<\/p>\n

Since September of last year, Jones has worked as a local national employee with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade\u2019s Germany Battalion at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite doing quality assurance work. Prior to that, for over three years he was a contractor at D\u00fclmen. Today, he\u2019s a vital member of the team who helped issue an APS-2 32-bed field hospital to an Army Reserve hospital unit participating in DEFENDER 24, including all the vehicles and equipment needed to transport it and operate it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the job as a new opportunity and a new challenge,\u201d said the 37-year-old former airman with the British air force. \u201cIt\u2019s a new role so I saw it as a new door to open and another way to develop my skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accepting the local national position with the U.S. Army also provides him with more stability and a more permanent position, said Jones, who has a German girlfriend that grew up about an hour from D\u00fclmen and now lives with him near the worksite.<\/p>\n

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DEFENDER 24 is the largest 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. For more photos, videos and information on DEFENDER 24, go to www.europeafrica.army.mil\/DefenderEurope.
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Recently, Jones and his team from D\u00fclmen prepared and issued an APS-2 field hospital for DEFENDER 24, which is the largest 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. Jones said he and his team were excited to take part in the DEFENDER 24 APS-2 mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo begin with and prior to the exercise start, we were checking all the equipment and the basic issue items to ensure they were all at a serviceable standard,\u201d said Jones. \u201cIt\u2019s all about meeting the guidelines in the technical manuals and collaborating with the contracted workforce to make sure we\u2019re all singing from the same hymn sheet before it\u2019s packaged and 100 percent ready to support the exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Day-to-day, as a logistics management specialist in quality assurance, Jones said he\u2019s responsible for conducting walkthroughs of the site and performing surveillance on all the APS-2 equipment, there. He works with the contracted workforce at D\u00fclmen, especially quality control, to ensure every APS-2 equipment piece and tactical vehicle \u2013 as well as all the corresponding basic issue items for each major equipment piece \u2013 are stored and maintained in accordance with the performance work statement.<\/p>\n

When it comes to building readiness at D\u00fclmen, the performance work statement, or PWS, \u201cis basically our bible,\u201d said Jones, whose hometown is Porthmadog, Wales.<\/p>\n

Jones served 12 years in the British air force in logistics. In addition, he worked in Saudi Arabia as a British contractor with the Saudi air force doing supply chain management and cargo management. On top of that, he worked at D\u00fclmen managing fuel distribution and consumption as a contractor before accepting a position with Germany Battalion in quality assurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaboration wise, the contractor [at D\u00fclmen] has their own quality control. They’ll do the physical sites where they’ll make sure everything is in order and correct, and then on the quality assurance side, I do the process evaluations and provide oversight and guidance as required,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

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\n A line of Army tactical vehicles, to include this one carrying a potable water tank, stands at the ready at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite before convoying from D\u00fclmen 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 D\u00fclmen to support this mission.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s Steadfast Defender exercise, and DoD\u2019s Large Scale Global Exercise, taking place from 28 March to 31 May.<\/p>\n

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.
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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\u2019s Steadfast Defender exercise, and DoD\u2019s Large Scale Global Exercise, taking place from 28 March to 31 May.<\/p>\n

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.
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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. APS-2 equipment may also be drawn for use in training and exercises, like DEFENDER 24.<\/p>\n

The 405th AFSB is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade 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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