Tennessee National Guard’s 230th Sustainment Brigade supports Operation Anakonda 16 in Poland

Source: http://ift.tt/1mIsjO3 - Saturday, June 25, 2016
Written by Lt. Col. Joe Hollister Szczecin, Poland – Members of Tennessee’s 230th Sustainment Brigade, headquartered in Chattanooga and Smyrna, are participating in Operation Anakonda 16, a multi-national and multi-component exercise. According to the United States Army European Command (USAREUR), Anakonda 16 “brings more than 31,000 service members from 24 NATO and partner nations together to train, exercise and integrate Polish national command and force structures into an allied, joint, multinational environment.” "); //]]>--> The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate that the United States stands behind its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners and demonstrate the capability to move forces into the region with mass and speed in order to deter any potential aggressors in the region. The 230th Sustainment Brigade’s mission is to support Reception, Staging and Onward Movement of arriving forces and their equipment. The unit is headquartered in the northern port city of Szczecin, and provides mission command for subordinate units arrayed across six locations in Poland and Germany. The first phase of the 230th operation is to receive the incoming US forces and link them with the incoming unit’s equipment before sending the unit to their designated operational area. Once all incoming units are received and moved to their training area, the mission for the 230th changes. Upon conclusion of Anakonda 16, the 230th wil

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