Army moves 5,000 tons of ammo to europe

[middlefinger]

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GEARING UP?

STUTTGART, Germany — More than 5,000 tons of U.S. Army Europe ammunition has arrived at a depot in Germany — the largest Europe-bound ammo shipment in 10 years, according to the Army.

The massive delivery comes as USAREUR is ramping up missions on the Continent, particularly along NATO’s eastern flank, in response to concerns about a more aggressive Russia.

“This critical shipment will help us to continue to enable the NATO alliance, and the fact that it’s the largest single shipment in 10 years demonstrates our continued commitment to the defense of our allies,” said Col. Matthew Redding, 21st Theater Sustainment Command chief of staff, who helped oversee the mission.

The ammunition, which required 415 shipping containers to transport overseas, will be stored at the Army’s depot in Miesau, and will be available to units operating in support of the ongoing Atlantic Resolve operation, launched in the wake of Russia’s 2014 intervention in Ukraine.

A major upcoming USAREUR exercise — Anakonda 2016 in Poland — will involve some 20,000 troops and draw heavily from the ammunition stockpile.

http://www.stripes.com/army-moves-ma...urope-1.395339

[Grey Bearded One]

“This critical shipment will help us to continue to enable the NATO alliance, and the fact that it’s the largest single shipment in 10 years demonstrates our continued commitment to the defense of our allies,” said Col. Matthew Redding, 21st Theater Sustainment Command chief of staff, who helped oversee the mission.

This will enable us to continue to go into debt to protect our Allies in their socialist paradises who won't protect themselves.

[bushcraft]

Probably to protect the refugee migrants from the indigenous population

[free]

Shouldn't the army be keeping its troop and weapons movements to itself?

[stainless]

The US military has deployed tanks and artillery equipment to Cold War-era caves in Norway in an effort to better equip stations near the NATO-Russia frontier.
The move is part of a push by Washington to bolster NATO's defenses in Europe and have weaponry 'ready to go' should a crisis with Russia arise.
Russia shares a 121.6-mile long border with Norway.
'Any gear that is forward-deployed both reduces cost and speeds up our ability to support operations in crisis, so we're able to fall in on gear that is ready-to-go and respond to whatever that crisis may be,' Col. William Bentley, operations officer for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, told CNN on Thursday.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz40oiWRwYX

[pyld]

This is what went over weekly prior to the early 1990s.

[IIIIIREPOIIIII]

Probably to protect the refugee migrants from the indigenous population

[phillyd2]

This is what went over weekly prior to the early 1990s.

Yep. And any who made it past just the headline would have learned that they are planning a 20k troop war game where much of the Ammo would be used.

[WarPig1976]

An awful lot of saber rattling going on. Everybody is suddenly in a pissing contest with Putin.
http://www.businessinsider.com/saudi...xercise-2016-2

[raxar]

Well, now we know where all the .22lr went.