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Photo by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Tarr
An 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade Soldier lines up tactical military vehicles prior to a convoy Jan. 7 at the staging area across the street from the port in Bremerhaven, Germany. Soldiers from the 16th Sustainment Brigade assisted 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with offloading the heavy brigade’s equipment from cargo ships in this North Sea port city and transporting them to the Bergen-Hohne Training Area railhead almost 100 miles inland from Jan. 6 to 18.

Knights Brigade helps move 3/4 ID vehicles across Europe

by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O’Brien 16th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

BREMERHAVEN, Germany — Soldiers from 16th Sustainment Brigade assisted 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, with offloading the heavy brigade’s equipment from cargo ships in the North Sea port city of Bremerhaven and transporting it to the Bergen-Hohne Training Area railhead almost 100 miles inland from January 6 to 18.

January 26, 2017 ×

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Photos by 1st Lieutenant Adrian Dilley
A M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter System hauls an M1A2 Abrams tank near the Romanian border. A heavy equipment transporter team verified main supply routes capable of moving an M1A2 Abrams tank on a HET convoy that started Dec. 6 in Romania en route to Bulgaria.

Knight’s Brigade conducts proof of principle across Atlantic Resolve-South

by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O’Brien 16th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania — A heavy equipment transporter team verified main supply routes capable of moving an M1A2 Abrams tank on a HET convoy that started Dec. 6 in Romania en route to Bulgaria.

January 6, 2017 ×

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Knight’s Brigade briefs VCSA during Baumholder visit

Knight’s Brigade briefs VCSA during Baumholder visit

by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O'Brien
16th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

BAUMHOLDER, Germany — Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, the 35th U.S. Army vice chief of staff, visited Smith Barracks May 27 for a ground’s-eye view of 16th Sustainment Brigade activities, as the Knight’s Brigade provides essential logistical support to Anakonda 16.

June 2, 2016 ×

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U.S. Army Capt. Briana Bailey salutes Polish army Col. Artur Bogowicz, NATO Force Integration Unit Poland commander, after he promoted her outside of the NATO Force Integration Unit headquarters building May 6 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. NATO established six NFIUs following the 2014 Wales Summit, a meeting of the NATO heads of state. Each of these NFIUs has about 40 personnel, including a major and lieutenant from the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command.

Polish NATO commander promotes American lieutenant, alliance

by 1st Lt. Hilary Klotz 16th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

BYDGOSZCZ, Poland — A Kaiserslautern-based first lieutenant serving with the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, was promoted to captain by a NATO Polish army colonel in a unique multinational promotion ceremony held outside of the NATO Force Integration Unit headquarters building May 6 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

May 26, 2016 ×

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Maj. Brian Smith, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, 16th Sustainment Brigade chaplain, and Capt. Taiwo Arowosegbe, 39th Transportation Battalion, 16th SB chaplain, say grace before dinner with Soldiers Oct. 13 at Adazi Military Base in Latvia. The chaplains met with Soldiers, attended to their spiritual needs and provided religious counseling as necessary during their visit to Atlantic Resolve-North hubs in the Baltics. The tour also included stops in Poland, Lithuania and Estonia.

Knight’s Brigade chaplains build ‘esprit’ in Baltics

Story and photo by Sgt. Daniel Wyatt 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command

TAPA, Estonia — Chaplains from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 16th Sustainment Brigade rode a circuit of major Atlantic Resolve-North hubs across the Baltics region in mid-October, providing religious support, assessing the command climate and refreshing service members’ spiritual resiliency at each stop.

November 5, 2015 ×

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Soldiers from the British army's 19th Tank Transport Squadron secure an M-88 tracked vehicle onto a British army heavy equipment trailer during a heavy equipment transport interoperability test at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim July 24.

21st TSC conducts interoperability tests on heavy transport trucks

Story and photos by Greg Jones 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

MANNHEIM, Germany — A multinational and multiorganizational team led by the 21st Theater Sustainment Command conducted a critical test of heavy transport trailers from three different nations July 24 at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim. This test verified the feasibility of transporting heavy U.S. tracked vehicles across European highways.

July 30, 2015 ×

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr. 
Two M1 Abrams tanks move down the docks of Antwerp toward their holding area after being offloaded from the freighter “Resolve,” April 24.

EAS equipment arrives in Europe through Belgian port

by 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs Office

Members of the 16th Sustainment Brigade and 21st Theater Sustain-ment Command, along with other U.S. and Belgian agencies, coordinated and offloaded additional European Activity Set vehicles and equipment April 24 at the port of Antwerp, Belgium.

May 7, 2015 ×

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Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division move an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank immediately after its removal from the transportation vessel “Liberty Promise” March 9 at the Riga Universal Terminal.

Allied port ops reinforce Atlantic Resolve

Courtesy of 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Allied logisticians off-loaded more than 100 pieces of military equipment, including M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks, M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and assorted military cargo from the vessel “Liberty Promise” March 9 at the Riga Universal Terminal docks in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

March 19, 2015 ×

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An Air Force officer observes as Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 240th Quartermaster Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade load a mobile refrigeration unit onto a palletized load system during a professional development session Feb. 26 on Baumholder’s Smith Barracks.

240th QM educates 86th LRG on Army logistics

by Sgt. 1st Class Alexander A. Burnett
21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 240th Quartermaster Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade hosted a professional development session for officers and senior noncommissioned officers from the Air Force’s 86th Logistics Readiness Group Feb. 27 at Smith Barracks in Baumholder.

March 5, 2015 ×

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Photo by Sgt. Daniel WyattAn Airman with the 37th Airlift Squadron observes an air-dropped cargo pallet from the back of a C-130J

Knight’s Brigade breathes new life into BMTA

by Sgt. Daniel L. Wyatt
16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

On a blustery morning in the middle of an isolated German field full of trees and tall grass, Soldiers hoped to witness an event that hadn’t been seen in over eight years. A Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft cruised toward a drop zone before it began employing a low velocity aerial delivery system, commonly referred to as LVADS, carrying a payload.

July 10, 2014 ×