A German soldier ground guides a driver as he loads a U.S. Army Bradley fighting vehicle onto a German army Heavy Equipment Transporter at Coleman worksite in Mannheim, Germany. These newly acquired German HETs are helping to deliver 405th Army Field Support Brigade Army Preposition Stocks-2 vehicles and equipment from Coleman worksite to Grafenwoehr, Germany. There, the 405th AFSB’s Army Field Support Battalion-Germany is tasked with reception and staging of the APS-2 in preparation for issue to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at an Equipment Configuration and Handoff Area. The 1st ABCT is deployed to Germany from Fort Stewart, Georgia. Their deployment supplements the more than 100,000 U.S. personnel already deployed to or based in Europe as part of the United States’ longstanding commitment to European security and close defense partnership with host nations.