{"id":422917,"date":"2025-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=422917"},"modified":"2025-04-23T08:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:29:46","slug":"aps-2-site-part-of-congressional-assessment-of-european-defense-industrial-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=422917","title":{"rendered":"APS-2 site part of Congressional assessment of European defense industrial investments"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Army Field Support Battalion-Poland Commander Lt. Col. Omar McKen and Sgt. Maj. Olimpia Valdez lead U.S. House of Representatives Keith Self and Derek Tran and multiple House of Foreign Affairs Committee members, Congressional staffers and others through a maintenance facility at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland April 16.
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\n U.S. House of Representatives Keith Self and Derek Tran and multiple House of Foreign Affairs Committee members, Congressional staffers and others are briefed at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland April 16. The bipartisan Congressional delegation visited the site as part of a larger, overarching assessment of the latest tranches of European defense industrial investments.
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\n The team from Army Field Support Battalion-Poland poses for a group photo with U.S. House of Representatives Keith Self and Derek Tran and multiple House of Foreign Affairs Committee members, Congressional staffers and others at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland April 16.
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POWIDZ, Poland \u2013 A bipartisan Congressional delegation visited the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland April 16 as part of a larger, overarching assessment of the latest tranches of European defense industrial investments.<\/p>\n

Led by Army Field Support Battalion-Poland Commander Lt. Col. Omar McKen and Sgt. Maj. Olimpia Valdez, U.S. House of Representatives Keith Self and Derek Tran were present as well as multiple House of Foreign Affairs Committee members, Congressional staffers and others. The 405th Army Field Support Brigade commander, Col. Ernest Lane II, was also in attendance, plus other Army leaders and commanders.<\/p>\n

The Powidz APS-2 worksite, a NATO funded facility that officially opened in 2024, was high on their list of sites to visit during their Congressional trip to Europe meeting European Union officials, conducting oversight of U.S. and allied military capabilities, and assessing the state of defense industrial investments in Europe.<\/p>\n

Beyond this most recent Congressional visit, Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll visited the Powidz APS-2 worksite less than a week earlier, and last month several House Armed Services Committee members were there. In addition, many other distinguished visitors have recently toured the site, including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who was there in February.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to host visits like this to help leadership at the highest levels gain a better understanding of APS-2 operations in Eastern Europe,\u201d said Cpt. James Bath, AFSBn-Poland\u2019s operations officer. \u201cAll these visits to our site are fantastic opportunities to showcase our team\u2019s hard work and the dedication of our Polish partners.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Powidz APS-2 worksite is comprised of 650,000 square feet of humidity-controlled warehouse space and a vehicle maintenance facility as well as supporting facilities. It houses and maintains a modernized Armored Brigade Combat Team\u2019s worth of APS-2 equipment to include several dozen M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks and nearly 200 other armored combat vehicles, plus more.<\/p>\n

There are six APS-2 worksites across Europe located in five countries under the command and control of the 405th AFSB. Each worksite has the capability to house and maintain an Armored Brigade Combat Team\u2019s or a Sustainment Brigade\u2019s worth of equipment as well as engineer, artillery, military police, and medical capabilities. By providing turn-key power projection APS-2 packages ready to employ at a moment\u2019s notice, the 405th AFSB\u2019s 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 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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