{"id":428508,"date":"2025-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=428508"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:54:39","slug":"with-defender-25-in-the-cross-hairs-aps-2-blood-support-detachment-issued-at-dulmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=428508","title":{"rendered":"With DEFENDER 25 \u2018in the cross hairs\u2019 APS-2 blood support detachment issued at D\u00fclmen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A Soldier from the 7384th Blood Support Detachment and a contractor from the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite jointly conduct preventative maintenance checks and services on an APS-2 generator at the D\u00fclmen worksite April 22, 2025. With the start of DEFENFER 25 nearing, the team at D\u00fclmen issued a blood support detachment\u2019s worth of APS-2 equipment and supplies to Reserve Soldiers from the 7384th BSD, who are deployed to Europe for DEFENDER 25.
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\n Members of the 7384th Blood Support Detachment plus contractors and military personnel from the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite conduct a joint inventory of blood support detachment APS-2 equipment and supplies at the D\u00fclmen worksite April 22, 2025. The 7384th BSD from Columbia, Missouri, is deployed to Europe for DEFENDER 25.
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\n Army Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim, the commander\u2019s responsible officer at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany (left), participates in a DEFENFER 25 issue brief at a tactical command post on the D\u00fclmen worksite April 22, 2025. The team at D\u00fclmen issued an APS-2 blood support detachment to U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command\u2019s 7384th Blood Support Detachment for DEFENDER 25.
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DULMEN, Germany \u2013 As the tactical arm of U.S. Army Materiel Command during training and exercises in Europe, such as DEFENDER 25, the 405th Army Field Support Brigade\u2019s capability to rapidly provide power projection support to mobilized U.S. forces deployed to Europe is a critical component to the Army\u2019s strategic readiness.<\/p>\n

With the start of DEFENFER 25 in the cross hairs, the 405th AFSB\u2019s Army Field Support Battalion-Germany conducted a blood support detachment issue of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment and supplies to U.S. Army Reserve Medical Command\u2019s 7384th Blood Support Detachment, currently deployed to Europe from Columbia, Missouri, for DEFENDER 25.<\/p>\n

The Soldiers from the 7384th BSD received hundreds of Class VIII medical supplies and equipment pieces as well as Class VII generators, air conditioners, Humvees, trailers, forklifts, containers, electronic gear and more from AFSBn-Germany and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite April 22, 2025.<\/p>\n

To receive full benefit from the APS-2 issue mission \u2013 for training purposes, the AFSBn-Germany commander requested his team treat the mission as they would at an equipment configuration and hand-off area, or ECHA. To that end, the tactical command post and issue site were set up and operated like a forward ECHA mission in a field environment.<\/p>\n

Once the ECHA issue was complete and the blood support detachment equipment and supply items were 100 percent accounted for, inspected and transferred to the 7384th BSD, the equipment was immediately prepared for line-haul movement and transported to Lithuania to be used by U.S. medical units and Allied and partner nations during DEFENDER 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a first-time experience for me,\u201d said Cpt. Zach Southard, the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite future operations officer assigned to AFSBn-Germany, who was the officer in charge of the ECHA mission. \u201cI\u2019d rate it a 9 out of 10. I mean, there\u2019s always room for improvement no matter where you\u2019re at, but the D\u00fclmen worksite is like a well-oiled machine. Having only been here for about six months, that was something I realized coming straight in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Two Soldiers from the 7384th Blood Support Detachment hook up a trailer to a Humvee at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite April 22, 2025. The 7384th BSD received hundreds of Class VIII Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 medical supplies and equipment pieces as well as Class VII generators, air conditioners, Humvees, trailers, forklifts, containers and more from Army Field Support Battalion-Germany and the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency for DEFENDER 25.
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\n Army Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim, the commander\u2019s responsible officer at the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite (center) observes the inventory of two Humvees to be issued to the 7384th Blood Support Detachment from Columbia, Missouri. On April 22, 2025, the team from D\u00fclmen issued hundreds of Class VIII medical supplies and equipment pieces as well as Class VII generators, air conditioners, Humvees, trailers, forklifts, containers, electronic gear and more to the 7384th BSD Reserve Soldiers for DEFENDER 25.
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\u201cThe 405th AFSB, the contractors, USAMMA and the gaining tactical unit worked together in unison to accomplish the mission. The 7384th BSD took the time to come to our site twice while they were in Europe attending DEFENDER planning conferences leading up to exercise start. While here, we gave them a tour of the site, basically showing them who\u2019s who in the zoo. Those visits were critical,\u201d Southard said.<\/p>\n

The commander\u2019s responsible officer at the D\u00fclmen APS-2 worksite for property accountability of both the Class VIII medical gear and supplies and the Class VII major end item equipment pieces is Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim from AFSBn-Germany.<\/p>\n

He said they issued over 45 Class VII major end items to the 7384th BSD, such as joint battle command platforms, dagger GPS receivers, radios, tactical vehicles and shelter systems, plus the containers to store and protect the blood support detachment Class VIII medical gear and supplies \u2013 gear such as blood platelet incubators and storage systems, plus other extremely sensitive medical equipment that requires highly specialized training to operate.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make this happen, we needed the gaining tactical unit to be on the same page as our APS team at the site. To accomplish this and meet the target, we all had to work very well together, and I believe we did that. [The 7384th BSD] were cooperative and very understanding. They came in ready to execute,\u201d Anim said.<\/p>\n

DEFENDER 25 is the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe involving more than 25 Allied and partner nations. Three major exercises make up DEFENDER 25. They are Swift Response, Immediate Response and Saber Guardian. DEFENDER 25 includes approximately 25,000 troops from the U.S., Allies, and partners working together to improve coordination, tactics and equipment compatibility.<\/p>\n

DEFENDER 25 is set for May 11 to June 24, 2025, in 18 countries, including Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. DEFENDER 25 helps ensure U.S., NATO Allies, and partner forces can respond decisively with lethal force to dominate and win against military forces that threaten regional national sovereignties. Go here to view more DEFENDER 25 media products<\/a>, and learn more about DEFENDER 25 here<\/a>.<\/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":"

1 \/ 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 A Soldier from the 7384th Blood Support Detachment and a contractor from the D\u00fclmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite jointly conduct preventative maintenance checks and services on an APS-2 generator at the D\u00fclmen worksite April 22, 2025. With the start of DEFENFER 25 nearing, the team at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428510,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428508","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\/428508","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=428508"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428516,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428508\/revisions\/428516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/428510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=428508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=428508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=428508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}