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‘I’M A DEFENDER’ - Maj. Derek Caterinciccio
As part of DEFENDER 25, Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux conducted an Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment issue to the 59th Chemical Company (Hazardous Response) at the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in the Netherlands during the second week of May. More than 200 APS-2 major end items were issued to the U.S.-based Soldiers from Fort Drum, N.Y., deployed to Europe for DEFENDER 25. Items included several NBC reconnaissance vehicles and Humvees, 5-ton trucks, almost 20 light medium tactical vehicles, a wrecker, and more. Dozens of radios and receivers/transmitters were also issued as well as NBC decontamination equipment, containers, generators, trailers, tools and test kits, and more. The APS-2 combat vehicles and equipment items from Eygelshoven will be used by the Soldiers from 59th Chemical Co. (HR), 48th Chemical Brigade, during DEFENDER 25 at various locations in Greece. Pictured here is Maj. Derek Caterinicchio. He is a support operations officer with AFSBn-Benelux and helped run operations at the DEFENDER 25 APS-2 issue at the Eygelshoven APS-2 worksite May 12.

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