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Logistics Support Element- Europe

AMC Logistics Support Element- Europe [AMC EUR] enhances unit readiness through integrated application of AMC's CONUS-based logistics power projection capabilities to forward-based and deployed units within the European Theater of Operations. AMC Europe provides a single face to the field for AMC elements in Europe, integrating national level logistics support into the theater, filling logistics gaps with AMC technical capabilities, advising the ARFOR commander on AMC technical and logistics management capabilities, and tailoring support based on tactical commanders' desires & METT-T.

Total Package Fielding (TPF) is the Army's standard fielding process. In 1984 the Army began using TPF on a test basis and made it the standard fielding process in 1987. It is designed to ensure thorough planning and coordination between the *Combat Developers/Trainers, the *Materiel Developers/Fielding Commands (MD/FC), and the gaining Major Army Commands and using units involved in the fielding of new materiel systems. At the same time, it is designed to ease the logistics burden on the using and supporting Army troop units.

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) now runs three UMFPs for the Army. They are located at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna, PA (DDSP), the Defense Distribution Depot Red River, TX (DDRT), and the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin, CA (DDJC). These three UMFPs are where the initial issue items are consolidated to support TPF worldwide.

Staging sites are the facility or location where the total package comes together. It is usually here that all end items, support equipment, and packages of initial issue spare and repair parts are prepared for handoff to the gaining units. To support TPF outside the continental United States (OCONUS), Army Materiel Command (AMC) operates a number of central staging sites in Europe, and two sites in Korea.

In Germany, colocated with HQ AMC-Europe on Hammonds Barracks, is the Seckenheim Staging Activity (SSA) which is the central handoff site for COMSEC and other selected sensitive items. A few miles away, in Friedrichsfeld, is the large, modern, all-purpose Friedrichsfeld Staging Activity (FSA) which is the primary staging facility for communications and electronic systems. A third site, the Germersheim Staging Activity at Germersheim, GE, is the primary site for fielding vehicles, weapons, generators, troop support items, small arms, and Modification Work Orders (MWO). A fourth site is the Vilseck Staging Activity located at Rose Barracks. This site is used to field tracked and wheeled vehicles and other commodities destined for units in the Vilseck area.

In Korea, AMC runs the Depot Support Activity-Far East (D-SAFE) which has two staging sites. One is at Camp Market, in the north near Inchon, and in the south, the Pusan Support Facility serves as the other central staging site. In addition, D-SAFE manages the Depot Support Mission for the Republic of Korea, performing MWO application for AMC MSCs and contracting with the industrial base for depot level programs. Although any military post, camp, or station can also serve as a staging site when that is more efficient, it is highly recommended that for OCONUS fielding and MWO applications the AMC staging sites be utilized to maintain security and control.