For the first time in history the U.S army has activated pre-positioned stocks as thousands more American troops are rushed to Europe following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 are stock piles of equipment and gear waiting for rapidly mobilized units to tap into during international military crises. And for the first time in the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s APS-2 program history, the unit was tasked with outfitting an entire brigade as soldiers from Fort Stewart, Georgia, deployed to Europe in the past few days Army Times reported.
The move comes after another first, which was NATO’s activation of its ‘Response Force’ to be deployed to the alliance’s eastern flank and had to be rapidly equipped.
The concept of pre-positioned supplies and equipment originates in the Cold War and was designed to rapidly equip a NATO task force responding to a Soviet Invasion of Western Europe.
NATO continues to bolster its forces in Eastern Europe as the Russian advance in Ukraine continues in case of the unlikely event the conflict spills over into countries within the alliance.
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