Troops dispatched by Wednesday’s deployment order will be taking some equipment from warehouses in Europe, but it’s unclear which units and what type of equipment they will be withdrawing, said Ben Hodges, who led U.S. To accomplish the job of getting the brigade to Jacksonville and on to Europe will require the three ships and more than 150 trucks and 640 rail cars.American troops heading to Europe due to the Russia-Ukraine crisis will be able to take advantage of the Army’s prepositioned stock of equipment to rapidly deploy to the region, a former commander of U.S. JaxPort officials said this is the first Heavy Armored Brigade Combat Team to deploy through the Port of Jacksonville in over seven years. It is the only Florida port with that designation.Īpproximately 6,000 soldiers will participate in Atlantic Resolve at any given time. strategic seaports on-call to move military cargo for national defense, foreign humanitarian help and disaster relief. The purpose of the operation is to build readiness, increase interoperability and enhance the bonds between allies and their military units. The mission is in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a regularly scheduled annual event. and the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division from Foot Hood, Texas. The equipment for the Heavy Armored Brigade Combat Team is being shipped to Europe for annual military exercises and includes the Blount Island-based 832nd Transportation Battalion the 597th Transportation Brigade from Fort Eustis, Va. Blount Island stevedores Thursday loaded roughly 2,500 M1 Abrams tanks, M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, M109 Paladin Howitzer Artillery pieces, as well as an assortment of other tracked and wheeled support vehicles onto three ships bound for Europe.
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