405th Army Field Support Brigade (United States) explained

Unit Name:	405th Army Field Support Brigade
Caption:	Distinctive Unit Insignia
Country:	United States
Command Structure:	United States Army Sustainment Command
Garrison:	Kaiserslautern, Germany

The 405th Army Field Support Brigade (405th AFSB) is a US Army field support brigade stationed in Kaiserslautern in Germany. The brigade is assigned to the U.S. Army Sustainment Command. The 405th AFSB maintains Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksites in Europe and provides APS-2 equipment to units arriving from the continental United States. It also has mission command of eight Logistics Readiness Center and two Base Support Operations units. 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.

Organization 2024

As of September 2024 the brigade consists of the following units:^[1]

• 405th Army Field Support Brigade, in Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Army Field Support Battalion Africa, in Livorno, Italy
  • Army Field Support Battalion Benelux, in Eygelshoven, Netherlands
  • Army Field Support Battalion Germany, in Vilseck, Germany (including APS-2 sites in Duelmen and Mannheim)
  • Army Field Support Battalion Poland, in Powidz, Poland
  • Logistics Readiness Center Ansbach, in Ansbach, Germany (including Illesheim and Katterbach)
  • Logistics Readiness Center Bavaria, in Grafenwöhr, Germany (including Vilseck, Hohenfels, and Garmisch)
  • Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium (including sites in Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany)
  • Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz, in Kaiserslautern, Germany (including Baumholder)
  • Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, in Stuttgart, Germany
  • Logistics Readiness Center Italy, in Vicenza, Italy (including Livorno)
  • Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, in Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Logistics Readiness Center Poland, in Poznan, Poland (including multiple sites across Poland)
  • Army Oil Analysis Program Europe, in Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Base Support Operations Transportation, in Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Base Support Operations Maintenance, in Grafenwoehr, Germany

Notes and References

1. Web site: 405th Army Field Support Brigade . 2 May 2023 . 405th Army Field Support Brigade.