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A Soldier from the 7384th Blood Support Detachment and a contractor from the Dulmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite jointly conduct preventative maintenance checks and services on an APS-2 generator at the Dulmen worksite April 22, 2025. With the start of DEFENFER 25 nearing, the team at Dulmen issued a blood support detachments 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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Members of the 7384th Blood Support Detachment plus contractors and military personnel from the Dulmen Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite conduct a joint inventory of blood support detachment APS-2 equipment and supplies at the Dulmen worksite April 22, 2025. The 7384th BSD from Columbia, Missouri, is deployed to Europe for DEFENDER 25.
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim, the commanders responsible officer at the Dulmen 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 Dulmen worksite April 22, 2025. The team at Dulmen issued an APS-2 blood support detachment to U.S. Army Reserve Medical Commands 7384th Blood Support Detachment for DEFENDER 25.
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DULMEN, Germany - 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 Brigades capability to rapidly provide power projection support to mobilized U.S. forces deployed to Europe is a critical component to the Armys strategic readiness.
With the start of DEFENFER 25 in the cross hairs, the 405th AFSBs 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 Commands 7384th Blood Support Detachment, currently deployed to Europe from Columbia, Missouri, for DEFENDER 25.
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 Dulmen APS-2 worksite April 22, 2025.
To receive full benefit from the APS-2 issue mission - 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.
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.
This was a first-time experience for me, said Cpt. Zach Southard, the Dulmen APS-2 worksite current operations officer assigned to AFSBn-Germany, who was the officer in charge of the ECHA mission. Id rate it a 9 out of 10. I mean, theres always room for improvement no matter where youre at, but the Dulmen worksite is like a well-oiled machine. Having only been here for about six months, that was something I realized coming straight in.
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Two Soldiers from the 7384th Blood Support Detachment hook up a trailer to a Humvee at the Dulmen 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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Army Sgt. 1st Class Belloc Anim, the commanders responsible officer at the Dulmen 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 Dulmen 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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The 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 whos who in the zoo. Those visits were critical, Southard said.
The commanders responsible officer at the Dulmen 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.
He said they issued over 45 Class VII major end items to the 7384th BSD, such as joint battle command platforms, 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 - gear such as blood platelet incubators and storage systems, plus other ex
