{"id":30797,"date":"2023-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30797"},"modified":"2023-10-11T06:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:42:54","slug":"21st-tsc-paves-the-way-for-future-sustainment-operations-with-european-tabletop-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30797","title":{"rendered":"21st TSC paves the way for future sustainment operations with European tabletop exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n U.S. Army Col. Beth Behn, deputy commander, Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, Col. Geoffrey Kent, director of logistics, U.S. European Command, Lt. Gen. Antonio Aguto, commander, SAG-U, and Brig. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, attend the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct 5, 2023. The three-day event hosted by 21st TSC gathered theater sustainment stakeholders to discuss current sustainment activities and form solutions to ensure prolonged endurance and extend operational reach capabilities.
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\n U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, gives opening remarks on the final day of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct 5, 2023. The three-day exercise hosted by 21st TSC brought over 250 leaders, planners, and stakeholders together to discuss the changing environment of sustainment and establish ways forward with joint forces and multinational partners.
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\n U.S. Army Col. Todd Allison, deputy commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, speaks at the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct 5, 2023. The three-day exercise hosted by 21st TSC brought over 250 leaders, planners, and stakeholders together to discuss the changing environment of sustainment and establish ways forward with joint forces and multinational partners.
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\n U.S. Army Lt. Col. Gregory Fassett, chief of future operations, 21st TSC, explains the itinerary at the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct 4, 2023. Fassett assisted with the planning and organization of the three-day exercise bringing together over 250 leaders, planners, and stakeholders to discuss the changing environment of sustainment and establish ways forward with joint forces and multinational partners.
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\n U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, individually thanks Soldiers with a 21st TSC coin for providing support to the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct 5, 2023.
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WIESBADEN, Germany – U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop Exercise was hosted by 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct. 2-5, to focus on large-scale operations in a contested environment and soon synchronize efforts with joint and multinational partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what\u2019s going on here in Europe is consequential,\u201d said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are contested right now. We\u2019re not doing large scale conflict, but we are moving large scale forces. The amount of forces we are moving in and out of the theater, plus all the equipment we are providing to Ukraine is probably informing the Army on how the Army needs to fight in that environment in the future; how the Pacific needs to fight in that environment in the future,\u201d said Ragin.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Gregory Fassett, chief of future operations, 21st TSC, began coordinating the event back in July, starting with a team conducting interim progress reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe developed a working group approach in the categories he [Ragin] wanted to talk about and labeled them syndicates,\u201d said Fassett.<\/p>\n

The topics were discussed in three syndicate groups led by higher entities. Fassett and planners were unsure about the event turnout, which attracted more participants than expected.<\/p>\n

More than 250 key leaders and stakeholders attended the sustainment tabletop exercise including European Command, Installation Management Command-Europe, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, U.S. Army V Corps, Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, Southern European Task Force Africa, Defense Logistics Agency, 598th Transportation Brigade, Area Support Group Balkans and Area Support Group Black Sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a great problem to have,\u201d said Fassett. \u201cPeople that are interested in attending, showed up in mass. So, we had the right energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stakeholders received a shared understanding of sustainment operations and activities within the theater, held discussions to identify gaps, and developed solutions to shape the sustainment posture, ensure prolonged endurance, and extend operational reach capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some really talented leaders that are capable of solving problems,\u201d said Ragin.<\/p>\n

Col. Beth Behn, deputy commander, SAG-U, said the face-to-face discussions were necessary to resolve issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cA chance to work with all these people and strengthen those relationships is only going to set us up to be even more successful,\u201d said Behn.<\/p>\n

The tabletop exercise set the stage for a similar upcoming exercise to include joint services in November or December of this year.<\/p>\n

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command is U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s lead organization for all sustainment activities including logistics support, transportation, combat sustainment, human resources, finance, contracting and all other areas in the field of sustainment. The command also serves as the responsible headquarters for USAREUR-AF’s military police, medical and sustainment brigades, providing combat engineers, military police and medical professionals during partnership training and other operations in support of not only USAREUR-AF, but also NATO, U.S. European Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 U.S. Army Col. Beth Behn, deputy commander, Security Assistance Group-Ukraine, Col. Geoffrey Kent, director of logistics, U.S. European Command, Lt. Gen. Antonio Aguto, commander, SAG-U, and Brig. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, attend the U.S. Army Europe and Africa European Theater Sustainment Tabletop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30799,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30797","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\/30797","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=30797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30805,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30797\/revisions\/30805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}