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George Palmer, the site director of the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, and Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, look at one of the M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks being stored at the Powidz APS-2 site.
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Army Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, poses for a photo with Carol Hines, Logistics Readiness Center Poland’s budget specialist, Sept. 16 at her office on Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, during Hinson’s first visit to Europe as ASC’s top leader.
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Carol Matthews, an acquisition specialist with Logistics Readiness Center Poland, speaks with Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Sept. 16 at her office on Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, during Hinson’s first visit to Europe as ASC’s top leader.
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George Palmer, the site director of the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, walks Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, through one of the storage warehouses at the Powidz APS-2 worksite. Palmer is assigned to Army Field Support Battalion-Germany, who has mission command of the APS-2 site.
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Mazur Krzysztof, a contractor and property book chief with Logistics Readiness Center Poland, shows Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo the LRC Poland supply area at Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, Sept. 16. Col. Ernest Lane II, the commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, was also present.
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George Palmer, the site director of the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, briefs Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, at the APS-2 site Sept. 18 in Poznan, Poland. This was Hinson’s fist site visit to Europe at the ASC commanding general.
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Army Lt. Col. Jonathan Neal, the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Germany, briefs Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo, the command team for U.S. Army Sustainment Command, at a leaders’ forum in Poznan, Poland, Sept. 16.
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Staff Sgt. Eduardo Gomez, a medical materiel specialist with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, briefs Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Sept. 18 at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite. This was Hinson’s fist site visit to Europe at the ASC commanding general.
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POZNAN, Poland – During his first site visit to Europe, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s first stop was the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Logistics Readiness Center Poland at Camp Kościuszko in Poznan and Army Field Support Battalion-Poland at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Powidz, Poland.
Army Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, who took command of ASC two months ago, traveled to Poland with his senior enlisted advisor, Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo, to conduct a site visit of the two key locations and speak to leaders from LRC Poland, AFSBn-Poland and the 405th AFSB headquarters.
Hinson and Escobedo first traveled to Poznan and met with LRC Poland staff Sept. 16 at their cluster of offices inside the V Corps headquarters on Camp Kościuszko. There, the ASC command team received a capabilities briefing from LRC Poland and went office to office to meet some of the key members of LRC Poland in their work areas.
That afternoon, a briefing for the ASC command team headed by 405th AFSB Commander Col. Ernest Lane II was presented to Hinson and Escobedo in the hotel conference room where they were staying. Present at the briefing were three of the four battalion commanders under the 405th AFSB and directors or deputy directors from seven of the eight 405th AFSB LRCs. Also present was the director of Base Support Operations Maintenance.
Not only did each of the battalion commanders and the LRC leaders brief the ASC commanding general and command sergeant major. They also took the opportunity to raise concerns and issues they believed needed Hinson’s and Escobedo’s attention. Lane said he wanted the ASC command team to hear it directly from the battalions and LRCs and not from him.
Hinson said the reason why he conducts site visits like this is to hear from the battalion and LRC leaders on “what we can do as a higher headquarters to make your lives easier.”
“That’s really what Jorge’s and my job is – to make your lives easier, as the higher headquarters, so that you can do your jobs better,” said Hinson. “If you don’t bring anything up to us then we’ll just think ‘okay, you all are 100 percent – you all have everything you need.’ But so far you’ve brought some stuff up this morning. This is the forum to do that so please let us know what help you need from the two of us.”
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Army Lt. Col. Omar McKen (left), the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Poland, and Col. Ernest Lane II (right), the commander of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, brief Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite Sept. 18.
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Chanteen Violette, the director of Logistics Readiness Center Poland, escorts Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, though Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, Sept. 16 during Hinson’s first visit to Europe as ASC’s top leader.
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George Palmer, the site director of the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite, briefs Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, inside one of the storage warehouses at the APS-2 site Sept. 18 in Poznan, Poland.
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Army Lt. Col. Omar McKen (left), the commander of Army Field Support Battalion-Poland, walks Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, through a medical materiel warehouse Sept. 18 at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite.
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The 405th Army Field Support Brigade hosted a leaders’ forum with Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo, the command team for U.S. Army Sustainment Command, at a hotel conference room in Poznan, Poland, Sept. 16. The forum gave the 405th AFSB’s battalion commanders and logistics readiness center directors an opportunity to speak directly with ASC’s top two about their missions and about areas where they may need ASC’s assistance.
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Kevin Courtney, the supply and services director for Army Field Support Battalion-Poland, speaks with Brig. Gen. John ‘Brad’ Hinson, the commanding general of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite Sept. 18. This was Hinson’s fist site visit to Europe at the ASC commanding general.
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Mazur Krzysztof, a contractor and property book chief with Logistics Readiness Center Poland, has Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Escobedo, the command sergeant major of U.S. Army Sustainment Command, sign for a supply item at the LRC Poland supply area at Camp Kościuszko in Poznan, Poland, Sept. 16.
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“I will say this – probably 50 percent of my time and what I bring to our higher headquarters [U.S. Army Materiel Command] are things that you all do. Everything that’s going on right now with Europe is the number one priority, and everything that you all are doing right now is just incredible,” said Hinson.
The ASC command team also traveled to Powidz, Poland, to visit the Army’s newest, most modern APS worksite. Upon arriving at the Powidz APS-2 worksite, Hinson and Escobedo were greeted by Lt. Col. Omar McKen, the commander of AFSBn-Poland, who has mission command of the APS-2 site. McKen and Site Director George Palmer escorted the ASC command team through the worksite, visiting an APS-2 storage warehouse, the maintenance facility, the area where the Polish Provided Logistics Services personnel are being trained on APS-2 maintenance and to other areas at the Powidz APS-2 worksite.
The state-of-the-art APS-2 worksite encompasses 650,000 square feet of humidity-controlled warehouse space, a vehicle maintenance facility, and various supporting structures. It stores and maintains an entire modernized armored brigade combat team’s worth of equipment. Also, located nearby the new APS site is a new 58,000 square foot munitions storage area.
“Thank you for everything you do to support our great Soldiers and Families,” said Escobedo. “I really enjoy every time I have the opportunity to interact with all you guys. You guys are amazing, and I’m just very proud to be a part of this organization and serve with you.”
“Keep doing what you are all doing. You are just knocking it out of the park. This is the brigade that is the priority with everything you’re doing. We’re here for you,” Hinson added.
The 405th AFSB is assigned to ASC and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. forces throughout Europe and Africa – providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging U.S. Army Materiel Command’s materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website and the official Facebook site.
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