21st TSC leaders attend German army demonstration exercise

Photos by Greg Jones
A helicopter flies over the battlefield during the live-fire portion of distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster. The German army hosted more than 100 visitors, including key leaders from the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command, demonstrating capabilities of the German land forces. The demonstrations included maneuvers by a combined arms battalion, a presentation at a theater logistics base and a combined arms live-fire exercise.
A helicopter flies over the battlefield during the live-fire portion of distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster. The German army hosted more than 100 visitors, including key leaders from the Kaiserslautern-based 21st Theater Sustainment Command, demonstrating capabilities of the German land forces. The demonstrations included maneuvers by a combined arms battalion, a presentation at a theater logistics base and a combined arms live-fire exercise.
German army Lt. Gen. Michael Tempel, chief of the German army medical services, presents opening comments during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
German army Lt. Gen. Michael Tempel, chief of the German army medical services, presents opening comments during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
German army snipers reveal themselves from a hide position before stands filled with on-lookers at the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
German army snipers reveal themselves from a hide position before stands filled with on-lookers at the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
A German soldier keeps watch from the back of an infantry fighting vehicle during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
A German soldier keeps watch from the back of an infantry fighting vehicle during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
A German soldier scans the battlefield from atop an infantry fighting vehicle during the live-fire portion of distinguished visitor day at the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
A German soldier scans the battlefield from atop an infantry fighting vehicle during the live-fire portion of distinguished visitor day at the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster.
A German army Leopard tank conducts maneuvers during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster. On this tank, the gun tube is marked in white and the targeting system in yellow for demonstration purposes.
A German army Leopard tank conducts maneuvers during the distinguished visitor day of the German army’s Joint Demonstration Exercise Oct. 9 at the German army training area in Muenster. On this tank, the gun tube is marked in white and the targeting system in yellow for demonstration purposes.