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1 MANNHEIM, Germany – If he’s not riding his Harley Davidson across Europe with his wife, you’ll find him at Coleman Barracks supervising one of the largest Army Prepositioned Stock sites in the world. Thomas Esposito is the director of Coleman worksite, Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. As the director, Esposito supervises about 15 government civilian employees assigned to AFSBn-Mannheim and oversees the operations and mission of an additional 800 contractors. Their job? – the storage, security, maintenance and issue of more t...

In the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut in August 2020, members of the security assistance enterprise team overcame significant pandemic-induced hurdles, along with quality control and transportation challenges, to deliver more than 30 military trucks to the Lebanese armed forces. “These are the first deliveries of 100 2½- and 5-ton FMTV trucks delivered to Lebanon, just in time to meet the timeline for training, and in response to the Lebanese armed forces request following the port explosion,” Dave Dornblaser, director of the Security Assistance Com...

With depots, arsenals and ammunition plants, Army Materiel Command augments federal regulations with unique rules to ensure workforce safety.

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 20, 2021 A U.S. Air Force base in Germany has slashed the time and cost of a common chore after thousands of M4 rifles failed an inspection — but the Army says the cleaning method they used may do “too good a job.” A project at Spangdahlem Air Base spearheaded by Tech. Sgt. Kyle Deconnick brought in two ultrasonic cleaning systems that use sound waves to strip away what elbow grease alone cannot. It’s expected to improve efficiency by 1,800% and reduce labor costs by some 95%. Deconnick, 33, started hunting for a system that wo...

Sierra Army Depot hosted a Colombian delegation led by Vice Minister of Defense Jairo García Guerrero, vice minister for strategy and planning for the Republic of Colombia, Nov. 2. Guerrero met with several U.S. military representatives for a joint visual inspection of 200 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles and to discuss the overhaul, shipment and long-term sustainment of the vehicles. Colombia will receive the ASVs through an excess defense article grant. EDA are equipment that are excess to Army requirements or no longer part of the Army inventory and have been designated available to appr...