415th Base Support Battalion
The 415th Base Support Battalion was established in the regular Army on March 16, 1992 and assigned to the 29th Area Support Group, 21st Theater Army Area Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany, with a total strength of one. On Dec. 7, 1992, the battalion had grown to a strength of seven personnel. Less than a year later in October 1993, the 415th BSB was reassigned to the 26th Area Support Group, Heidelberg, Germany.
Today, the 415th BSB is a fully operational base support battalion with 60 soldiers and 575 civilians assigned.
The Heidelberg community is recognized as one of the best military communities in the United States Army Europe. The 411th Base Support Battalion (BSB) is proud of this recognition and works hard each day to improve our customer service and quality of life programs. The 411th BSB is an Army combat service support organization for the community of American military and NATO forces. The services of the 411th BSB insure quality of life for the military members, civilians and their dependents.
The 415th BSB mission is to provide administrative and logistical support to all U.S. Army military and civilian personnel, their families and other organizations in the area of operation. The 415th BSB coordinates with the Air Force to ensure base operations support is a combined effort that provides support to all U.S. Army forces passing through its area of responsibility. The 415th BSB receives and assists in the reception, staging and onward movement of U.S. reinforcing forces and acts as the command and control power projection platform as directed by higher headquarters.
As an Army support battalion, the 415th Base Support Battalion is essential to building the Army's bridge to a joint community in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The battalion's responsibilities are to coordinate and provide contingency operations support and base operations support to the KMC.
Unique to the 415th is its requirement to facilitate, communicate and exchange services with the Air Force's 86th Air Wing in support of the 40,000 Americans who reside in the area. Providing services without bias to the color of the uniform; the unit is building a bridge that will strengthen ties between families, the Army and Air Force.
The battalion's area of responsibility is located in Europe's Kaiserslautern Strategic Deployment Platform. The 415th supports families of deployed military members and stateside units stationed here in support of contingency operations. Part of the BASOPS responsibilities is executing armed anti-terrorism and force protection for 10 Army installations that cover 1,150 square miles.
Its headquarters is located on Pulaski Barracks.
