{"id":211152,"date":"2024-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=211152"},"modified":"2024-06-27T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T07:37:39","slug":"multifunctional-aps-2-logcap-lar-battalion-south-of-the-alps-changes-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=211152","title":{"rendered":"Multifunctional APS-2, LOGCAP, LAR battalion \u2018South of the Alps\u2019 changes leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Army Col. Ernest Lane II, the commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, passes the Army Field Support Battalion-Africa colors to incoming commander Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein during the AFSBn-Africa Change of Command Ceremony June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot in Livorno, Italy.
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\n Army Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein passes the Army Field Support Battalion-Africa colors to Master Sgt. John Larche during the AFSBn-Africa Change of Command Ceremony June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot in Livorno, Italy.
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LIVORNO, Italy \u2013 The 405th Army Field Support Brigade and the Livorno community bid farewell to one multifunctional battalion commander and welcomed another June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot, the only Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite South of the Alps.<\/p>\n

Army Lt. Col. Alex Amato relinquished command of Army Field Support Battalion-Africa to Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein, who comes to Europe and the 405th AFSB from U.S. Southern Command in Florida.<\/p>\n

Officiating the time-honored change of command ceremony was the commander of the 405th AFSB, Col. Ernest Lane II, who commended Amato for his leadership over the past two years supporting operations in Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cLieutenant Colonel Amato\u2019s battalion had a direct impact through their support to U.S. Army Europe and Africa, 21st TSC, USAG Italy, and the brigade. His Logistics Support Team and [Logistics Civil Augmentation Program] personnel responded to numerous real-world crises throughout Africa,\u201d Lane said. \u201cAs the brigade\u2019s premier APS-2 site, his team hosted the Croatian military multiple times and was the first stop for Polish Provided Logistics Support maintainer training, right here at Leghorn Army Depot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven before he could get settled into his new home here in Italy, he was tasked to command the Remote Maintenance and Distribution Center-Ukraine in Southwest Poland for nearly four months. Responsible for over 220 Soldiers and Contractors, Lieutenant Colonel Amato oversaw the reception, maintenance, and delivery of over 1,300 end items to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, critical to Ukraine\u2019s defense,\u201d said Lane.<\/p>\n

Lane also took time to recognize Amato\u2019s spouse, Renee Amato, and his entire family. Following this, the 405th AFSB commander directed his attention to the new AFSBn-Africa commander.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLieutenant Colonel Hertlein has a tough act to follow, but I know he is capable of the task,\u201d Lane said. \u201cComing from U.S. Southern Command in sunny Miami as a division chief for plans, exercises and multinational logistics, he is ready for this assignment, and we are ready for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLieutenant Colonel Hertlein, there are many challenges to face here at Battalion Africa, but you have a great team who can get things done and get them done right,\u201d said Lane.<\/p>\n

AFSBn-Africa is charged with receiving, maintaining, and storing APS-2 at Leghorn Army Depot. In addition, the battalion is well postured to issue APS-2 to gaining tactical units at locations forward \u2013 known as equipment configuration and handoff areas, or ECHAs.<\/p>\n

Africa Battalion is responsible for an Italian host nation workforce made up of personnel who, on average, have over 25 years of service with the U.S. Army. AFSBn-Africa maintains a robust power projection capability that includes air, rail, sea, and land, and it is the only battalion within the 405th AFSB with an operational support mission in both the U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command areas of operations.<\/p>\n

Organizations AFSBn-Africa directly support \u2013 helping to enable readiness across two theaters of operations \u2013 are EUCOM, AFRICOM, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, Southern European Task Force-Africa, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and other strategic partners and allies.<\/p>\n

AFSBn-Africa is one of four battalions under the mission command of the 405th AFSB, which 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":"

1 \/ 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Army Col. Ernest Lane II, the commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, passes the Army Field Support Battalion-Africa colors to incoming commander Lt. Col. Ross Hertlein during the AFSBn-Africa Change of Command Ceremony June 21 at Leghorn Army Depot in Livorno, Italy. (Photo Credit: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211154,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211158,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211152\/revisions\/211158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/211154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}