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A plaque honoring the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, Robert D. Maxwell, was unveiled during a ceremony on Sept. 7, 2018 at Besancon, France. Maxwell courageously leapt on top of a grenade during the li More

Staff Sgt. Edric Guillen, assigned to Regional Health Command Europe, navigates a trench during an obstacle course for the 2018 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Medic Competition Aug. 29, 2018 at Landstuhl More

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany- Soldiers have come from units all over Europe. 191 candidates have arrived, in-processed, and been divided into 4 platoons. There are 12 international candidates representing Denmark, Germ More

Grafenwoehr, Germany- This week cadre provided candidates with the standard for testing on each lane. Cadre conducted step-by-step demonstrations of tasks, allowed candidates to practice and provided feedback. More

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Staff Sgt. Jermaine Rhodes, bridge crewmember with the 341st Engineer Multi-Role Bridge Company, gives instruction on proper ground guiding and use of hand signals, at Kaiserslautern A More

Senior logistics representatives from 21 nations listen to the opening remarks and briefs for the National Territorial Commanders’ Committee meeting June 5 in Brussels, Belgium. The NTCC is an informal exchange More

1st Lt. Sean Danielczyk, assigned to 21st Theater Sustainment Command, assesses and treats a simulated casualty during a medical exercise for the 2018 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Warrior Competition J More

Sgt. Xavier Perkins, assigned to 16th Sustainment Brigade, prepares to drag a simulated casualty to safety during a medical exercise for the 2018 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Warrior Competition July 9 More

U.S. Soldiers with the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and German Army reserve soldiers conduct a German weapons training, familiarization and qualification event to demonstrate interoperability and s More

First Lt. Robert Martin, 7th Army Training Command, laces up his boots in preparation for the obstacle course during the 2018 European Best Warrior Competition held at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoe More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Van Horn, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires an M9 Pistol from the kneeling position during the stress shoot lane at the 2018 European Best Warrior Competition held at the 7th Army Trai More

Spc. Jacob Root, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, inspects a M18A1 Claymore Mine during the mystery event of the 2018 European Best Warrior Competition held at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Tra More

A Bundeswehr Soldier shoots an M249 Light Machine Gun to experience shooting other Military weapons in a partnership event in Landstuhl Germany on September 12, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Charles Thorman 21 More

A 9/11 remembrance ceremony honoring and remembering all those who killed and the first responders who went above and beyond took place September 11, 2018 at Kaiserslautern, Germany. 2,996 people were killed an More

Secretary of the Army, Dr. Mark T. Esper visits Kaiserslautern Army Depot, Germany on September 24, 2018. Dr. Esper toured to learn how Theater Logistics Support Center-Europe's Maintenance Activity Kaiserslaut More

Secretary of the Army Dr. Mark T. Esper engages Soldiers, leaders, and family members during a town hall meeting September 24, 2018, at Kaiserslautern, Germany.Topics during his visit included Army readiness, t More

HURTGENWALD-VOSSENACK, Germany -- Bundeswehr soldiers play the U.S. National Anthem during the closing ceremony October13, 2018. The Huertgen Forest March is an annual memorial march held to remember those who More

Command Sgt. Maj. Defarreo Poole, Special Troops Battalion 21st Theater Sustainment Command, gives a speech during a Veterans Day ceremony, Nov. 9, 2018 at Panzer Kaserne, Germany. Veterans from the U.S. and Ge More

Staff Sgt. Nicole Day, assigned to 64th Medical Detachment (VSS) in Baumholder, Germany is inducted into the Sgt. Morales Club Dec. 12, 2018, at Kleber Theater on Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Day More

Armored vehicles from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division wait to be offloaded from the ship Resolve on January 20, 2019, in Antwerp, Belgium. 1st ABCT 1 ID will support Atlantic Resolve to c More

Vehicles from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, will begin to fill the holding yard January 20, 2019, in preparation for movement across Europe as the latest rotation for Atlantic Resolve, More

Sgt. Rashaud Mathis (right) and Spc. Andrew Davis, from 838th Transportation Battalion, verify vehicles are in the correct staging areas during port operations 21 Jan. 2019 at Antwerp, Belgium. Vehicles will be More

Armored vehicles from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team 1st Infantry Division sail down the Rhine River 31 January, 2019, in Mannheim, Germany. 1st ABCT 1 ID will take part in Atlantic Resolve conducting joint an More

Symbolic Noncommissioned Officer candles are lit during the 15th Engineer Battalion Noncommissioned Officer Induction Ceremony, Netzaberg, Germany, February 20, 2019. Each candle represents a quality of an NCO: More

A Deutsche Bahn contractor places a metal chock block on a railcar in Eygelshoven, Netherlands, March 5, 2019. Deutsche Bahn is partnering with the U.S. Army to move large pieces of equipment to Poland in suppo More

RHINE ORDNANCE BARRACKS, Germany – The U.S. Army Europe Rehearsal of Concept Drill for support during the summer exercises took place Friday Mar. 8, 2019 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Allied and partner nations j More

Maj. Gen. Steven Shapiro, 21st Theater Sustainment Command commanding general, speaks at the Rheinland-Pfalz Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month kickoff breakfast at Defender Café, Rhine Ordnance Barr More

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Edward Bell (left), Department of the Army G-4, conducts a Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Development session with senior NCO's in the 21st Theater Sustainment Command on Panzer Kaser More

Lt. Gen. Aundre Piggee, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-4, speaks to guests during the 2019 European Sustainment Ball at Ramstein Air Base Officer's Club, Germany, April 13, 2019. Piggee was one of the guest spea More

Pfc. Daquan Williams, 21st Special Troops Battalion S1, posts the colors during the 2019 European Sustainment Ball at the Ramstein Air Base Officer Club, Germany, April 13, 2019. This marks the 75th Anniversary More

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (Retired), speaks to Soldiers at Daenner Kaserne Chapel, Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 25, 2019. Dempsey served in the U.S. Army for 41 years, retiring as the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of More

Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (Retired), talks to Soldiers during the Leader Professional Development at Daenner Chapel, Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 25, 2019. Dempsey spoke about his moral compass that helped lead More

Pvt. Sherry Chapman, logistician, Theater Movement Control-In-Transit Visibility, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, and Staff Sgt. Adam Moses, logistician, 386th Movement Control Team, 16th Sustainment Brigade More

Maj. Gen. Steven Shapiro, 21st Theater Sustainment Command commanding general, engages senior leaders from across Europe during a Senior Leader Forum May 2, 2019, at the Armstrong Club in Kaiserslautern, German More

Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st Theater Sustainment Command commanding general, opens the third annual Law Day Lunch May 10, 2019 at the Ramstein Air Base Officers Club in Kaiserslautern, Germany with remarks More

Strykers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, wait to be off-loaded, May 21, 2019, during port operations in Alexandroupoli, Greece in support of a series of U.S. Army Europe summer exercises including Sa More

Capt. Jacob Danduran, 231st Brigade Support Battalion from North Dakota National Guard, ground guides and helps position vehicles for convoy operations during U.S. Army Europe summer exercises 2019 May 23, 2019 More

Command Sgt. Maj. Rocky L. Carr, 21st Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted advisor, presents Mrs. Mary Shapiro, spouse of Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st TSC commanding general, with the Dr. Mary E. Wa More

Command Sgt. Maj. Rocky L. Carr, 21st Theater Sustainment Command senior enlisted advisor, presents Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st TSC commanding general, with a farewell gift during a farewell dinner held f More

Sgt. Dalton Stetterquist and Pfc. Gaige Wynne, 18th Military Police Brigade, show local police the difference in equipment worn on duty during Rheinland-Pfalz Tag, June 29, 2019 in Anweiler am Trifels, Germany. More

Lt. Col. Karl Sondermann, 21st Special Troops Battalion commander, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, hands the company guidon to Capt. Jessica Kent, Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander, during a cha More

Capt. Stephen Kim (left), Headquarters and Headquarters Company outgoing commander, 21st Special Troops Battalion, Lt. Col. Karl Sondermann, 21st Special Troops Battalion commander, and Capt. Jessica Kent, HHC More

Rhineland-Pfalz area warrant officers present a going-away gift to Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st Theater Sustainment Command commanding general, July 30, 2019, on Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. More

Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, commander thanks Rhineland-Pfalz area warrant officers for a gift they gave him, July 30, 2019, on Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Shap More

Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command render honors during a salute battery for the 21st TSC change of command July 31, 2019 on Daenner Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapi More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Harvey Gould, 21st Theater Sustainment Command material readiness board director, presents a going-away gift to Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st TSC commanding general, July 30, 2019, o More

Col. William Galbraith, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, deputy commanding officer, stands before Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe commanding general during, July 31, 2019, during the 21st TSC cha More

Lt. Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, U.S. Army Europe commanding general, gives his remarks, July 31, 2019, during the 21st Theater Sustainment Command change of command for Maj. Gen. Steven A. Shapiro, 21st TSC out More

Soldiers place icons on a map during a 21st Theater Sustainment Command Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill in preparation for upcoming Atlantic Resolve unit rotations at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany, Aug. 16, More

U.S. Army Capt. Corey Carroll, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command returns fire as part of a react to smalls arms fire exercise during the 21st TSC Be More

Capt. Corey Carroll, dentist, assigned to 421st Multi-Functional Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, provides an intravenous tube to a simulated casualty during a tactical More

1st Lt. Kevin Maynes, medical service officer assigned to 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 30th Medical Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command drags a simulated casualty to safety while providing car More

1st Lt. James Hodgkins, 21st Special Troops Battalion, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, participates in the 21st STB's Tactical Dining-in obstacle course at Kapaun Air Station in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Aug. More

U.S. Army Soldiers, civilians, and family members take part in a moment of silence during a Patriot Day ceremony at Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Sept. 11, 2019. The ceremony honors the memory of t More

Maj. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, commanding general (left), Jurgen Conrad, vice president of Structure and Authorization Agency South (right), greet each other during the 2019 H More

U.S. Army Pfc. Shannel Chong, assigned to 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, receives an Army Commendation Medal from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Mohan, 21st Theater Sustainment Com More

Command Sgt. Maj. Rocky L. Carr, 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s senior enlisted leader, engages in a discussion during a final walkthrough brief for the upcoming port operations in support of Atlantic Resol More

Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, unload a cargo ship as they begin their deployment of approximately 3,500 troops and various military vehicles Oct. 11, 2019, Vlissingen, Net More

Soldiers from 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, prepare armored vehicles to be unloaded from a cargo ship in the Port of Vlissingen, Netherlands, Oct. 11, 2019. This is the first time the More

A Soldier from 838th Transportation Battalion, 598th Transportation Brigade ground guides one of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division’s M1A2 Abrams tank off the Green Ridge cargo ship at Vlissi More

Soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and the 598th Transportation Brigade, unload armored vehicles from the second of three vessels carrying 2nd ABCT’s equipment Oct. 13, 2019 More

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division’s M1A2 Abrams tanks are lowered onto a barge for onward movement through Europe at Vlissingen, Netherlands Oct. 12 2019 in support of Atlantic Resolve. Sinc More

Sgt. Julian Blodgett, the senior mechanic for 4th Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, directs an M1A2 Abrams tank for loading onto a low-barge cargo ship at t More

A semi tractor-trailer carrying a high-mobility multi-wheeled vehicle and a power generator drives along the fence line at the Port of Vlissingen, Netherlands, Oct. 14, 2019. Soldiers from the 2nd Armored Briga More

Senior leaders from 1st Cavalry Division, walk through the staging yards during a tour of the Port of Vlissingen, Netherlands, Oct. 14, 2019. This operation is historic in nature as it is the first time that th More

A UH-60 Black Hawk, from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, awaits further transport into a staging yard after being offloaded from the shipping vessel at the Port of Zeebrugge, Belgium Oct. 15 More

AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, await to be unhooked and rolled off the ARC Endurance cargo vessel October 26, 2019, in Volos, Greece. 3-CAB is arriving in Euro More

An AH-64 Apache helicopter from 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, is being reassembled after being offloaded October 27, 2019, in Volos, Greece. 3-CAB is arriving in Europe in support of Atlan More

Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Forces Command, commanding general (left), talks with Maj. Gen. Christopher O. Mohan, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, commanding general (right) at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, More

German Logistics Battalion 171 secure a M88A2 Hercules tank at the Coleman Barracks, Mannheim Germany on Nov. 5th, 2019. The United States, German, and British Armed Forces logistics units came together Nov. 4t More

Command Sgt. Maj. Defarreo D. Poole, outgoing 21st Special Troops Battalion senior enlisted advisor, bids farewell to his fellow leaders at the 21st STB change of responsibility on Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslauter More

Pfc. Sherry Chapman, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, prepares to throw a 10lb medicine ball for the standing power throw event of the Army Combat Fitness Test on Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germa More

The children of 1st Lt. Loren Hintz, Martin Hintz (left) and Gretchen Hintz-Wronka give a speech at their dad's ceremony at the Florence American Cemetery, Nov. 16, 2019 in Florence, Italy. A World War II pilot More

U.S. Army Pvt. Jayden Peterson assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 709th Military Police Battalion, U.S. Army Spc. Edward Preston assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and U.S. Army Sp More

U.S. Army Spc. Cortney Carmona assigned to HHC 16th Special Troops Battalion begins navigating four points for the quarterly chaplains assistant competition Jan. 14 at Landstuhl, Germany. Chaplain’s assistants More

Spc. Edward Preston, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland Pfalz, Religious Affairs Specialist, answers questions during the board for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command Religious Affairs Competition on Panzer Kaserne More

Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Solhjem, U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, awards Pvt. Jayden Peterson, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 709th Military Police Battalion, Religious Affairs Specialist with the Army Achie More

Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Solhjem, U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains welcomes 1st Lt. Gabriel Pech 457th Civil Affairs Battalion Chaplain to the Chaplain Corps at Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, German More

Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Solhjem, U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains, awards Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Kang, 16th Special Troops Battalion command sgt. maj., with the Order of Saint Martin of Tours at Daenner Chapel on Dae More

U.S. Army troop carrier vehicles get secured and tagged onto railcars as part of an Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) movement at Coleman Barracks in Mannheim, Germany, Jan. 28, 2019. This APS movement is the firs More

U.S. Soldiers, civilians, and German contractors work diligently through the night to inspect and transfer military equipment off of the ARK Endurance vessel after its arrival to the port of Bremerhaven, German More

The ARC Endurance vessel arrives to the ports of Bremerhaven, Germany on Feb. 20th, bearing more than 1200 pieces of U.S. military equipment. The ARC Endurance is the first vessel to bring military equipment to More

The first vessel carrying combat power in support of DEFENDER-Europe 20 arrives at the port 20 February, 2020 in Bremerhaven, Germany. This is the largest deployment of Soldiers from the U.S. to Europe in more More

Lt. Col. William Prince, 838th Transportation Battalion, commander, plans for the first piece of equipment to come on the Integrity in Antwerp, Belgium on Feb. 25, 2020. The equipment that is coming off the Int More

Local and international members of the press were invited to partake in a media event March 4, 2020 held at Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Participants observed how the Regional Movement Coordinatio More

Civilians with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command gather March 06, 2020 to celebrate their commitment and dedication to 21st TSC and the United States of America at KCAC Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern German More

Maj. Gen. Chris Mohan assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and Bundeswehr Lt. Gen. Jürgen Knappe, Commander of Joint Support and Enabling Command (JSEC) and Commanding General of Multination Joint H More

21st Theater Sustainment Command gathered for a rehearsal of concept drill at Rhine Ordnance Barracks March 10, 2020 to discuss the redeployment of participating units of DEFENDER-Europe 20. DEFENDER-Europe 20 More

The 21st Theater Sustainment Command Chaplains Office hosted the “Check Your Azimuth” event March 11, to provide soldiers and civilians an opportunity to discover resources and organizations to support resilien More

Bundeswehr Air Force Sgt. Maj. Jochen Werner on his second-to-last day of working as a noncommissioned officer liaison for 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Mar. 12, 2020. Werner bega More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Shields (left), assigned to 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, and U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Camacho, assigned to More

Cayson Merta, a Boy Scout from Troop 164, oversees trees being offloaded for his Eagle Scout project May 9, 2020 on Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. 33 trees are being replanted after over 70 trees we More

The ARC Endurance, American Roll-on Roll-off carrier, carrying the 101st Airborne Division, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade's equipment arrives at the port of La Rochelle, France on July 7, 2020. The 101st CAB wi More

Helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, began arriving in La Rochelle, France on July 7, 2020 for the sixth rotation of Atlantic Resolve. Overseeing t More

A UH-60 belonging to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade is offloaded from the ARC Endurance at the Port of Alexandroupoli, Greece. The 101st CAB is deployed for nine months as a regionally allocated force supporting More

Maj. Gen. Chris Mohan, 21st Theater Sustainment Command commanding general, and Brig. Gen. Brett Sylvia, 1st Cavalry Division FWD commanding general, greet U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and the Greek Minister More

U.S. Army and Air Force service members assisted USAID with the transportation of nearly 12,000 pounds of medical kits from the Netherlands, through Germany and on to Lebanon. These kits contain items such as m More

21st Theater Sustainment Command Chaplain Corps conducted a two day “Care for the Caregiver” event at Armstrong Club in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Aug. 25, 2020. The event gives chaplains and religious affairs no More

Army Sgt. Robert Kluba and Pfc. Matthew Stover, from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, were the top two medical professionals recognized during an award ceremony. Over 120 candidates began the grueling testin More

Brothers of Amos T Hall Military Lodge #142 gave gifts and a small monetary donation to the Rheinland-Pfalz Sergeant Morales club and German nationals Dec. 14, 2020 at Panzer Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany. More