{"id":28322,"date":"2023-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28322"},"modified":"2023-09-22T06:42:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T06:42:05","slug":"acting-u-s-ambassador-to-netherlands-gets-first-hand-look-at-eygelshoven-aps-2-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28322","title":{"rendered":"Acting U.S. ambassador to Netherlands gets first-hand look at Eygelshoven APS-2 site"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Army Col. Blake Smith, the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux, briefs the acting U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Aleisha Woodward, at the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 work site, Sept. 18. Woodward, whose permanent position at the U.S. embassy in the Netherlands is deputy chief of mission and deputy to the ambassador, visited the APS-2 site to see for herself how an APS-2 site operates in Europe.
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EYGELSHOVEN, Netherlands \u2013 The Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 work sites in Europe have garnered increased global attention following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine about a year and a half ago. On a weekly basis distinguished visitors, high ranking government officials and senior military leaders conduct site visits to these APS-2 sites and receive capabilities briefings from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade.<\/p>\n

Recently, the acting U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Aleisha Woodward, and Army attach\u00e9 Col. Mark Sturgeon visited the APS-2 site in Eygelshoven, Netherlands. Woodward is the acting ambassador while Ambassador Shefali Razdan Duggal \u2013 who previously visited the Eygelshoven APS-2 site about a year ago \u2013 is out of country. Woodward\u2019s permanent position at the U.S. embassy in the Netherlands is deputy chief of mission and deputy to the ambassador, also known as charg\u00e9 d’affaires.<\/p>\n

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\n Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux Commander Col. Blake Smith briefs the acting U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Aleisha Woodward, and Army attach\u00e9 Col. Mark Sturgeon during their site visit to the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 work site in Eygelshoven, Netherlands, Sept. 18.
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Woodward, who has served as a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department for over 25 years, was greeted by leaders and staff from Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux and U.S. Army Garrison Benelux-Brunssum at the Eygelshoven APS-2 site. She and Sturgeon were provided an operations briefing on Eygelshoven\u2019s capabilities and escorted through the site to see for themselves how an APS-2 work site operates in Europe.<\/p>\n

“It’s important my team meets with these distinguished visitors and senior government leaders on a regular basis,\u201d said Lt. Col. Blake Smith, the AFSBn-Benelux commander. \u201cVisits like this help to clearly demonstrate our capabilities and highlight the important relationships we have with our host nations partners \u2013 the Netherlands and Belgium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s 100 percent a team effort, and we would not be successful if not for the strong collaborative efforts and partnerships we have with the Dutch Ministry of Defense workforce here at Eygelshoven and the Belgian local national civilian workforce we have at our APS-2 work site in Zutendaal, Belgium,” said Smith.<\/p>\n

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\n The U.S. Army Garrison Benelux-Brunssum deputy garrison manager, Dwayne Key II, briefs the acting U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Aleisha Woodward, at the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 work site in Eygelshoven, Netherlands, Sept. 18. Woodward was greeted by leaders and staff from Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux and USAG Benelux at the site. She and Army attach\u00e9 Col. Mark Sturgeon were provided an operations briefing on Eygelshoven\u2019s capabilities and escorted through the site to see for themselves how an APS-2 work site operates in Europe.
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The Eygelshoven APS-2 site provides 450,000 square feet of climate-controlled warehouse space in nine warehouses as well as 50,000 square feet of hardstand storage to hold and maintain APS-2 equipment sets. Responsible for the site, AFSBn-Benelux is one of four battalions assigned to the 405th AFSB. The battalion has mission command over Eygelshoven and Zutendaal and is charged with providing and coordinating receipt, transfer, storage and maintenance of APS-2 at those sites. This enables commanders to conduct unified action and perform a full range of military operations in support of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.<\/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 the U.S. Army Materiel Command 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":"

Army Col. Blake Smith, the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux, briefs the acting U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands, Aleisha Woodward, at the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 work site, Sept. 18. Woodward, whose permanent position at the U.S. embassy in the Netherlands is deputy chief of mission and deputy to the ambassador, visited the APS-2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28324,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28322","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\/28322","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=28322"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28328,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28322\/revisions\/28328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}