Does the Army have its European weapons stocks right? Defender Europe 2020 will tell
By: Jen Judson  
WASHINGTON — The Army’s division-scaled European exercise coming up in 2020 will tell the service whether it has its European ready-to-go weapons stocks right when it comes to inventory, quantity and positioning throughout the continent.
Defender Europe is set to be the third-largest military exercise on the continent since the Cold War and will test the Army’s ability to deliver a force from the United States to operational areas throughout Europe from Germany to Poland to the Baltic states and other Eastern European nations as well as Nordic countries and even Georgia.
“We will closely assess two aspects of [Army Prepositioned Stock] during Defender: The efficiency of our issue and turn-in processes and whether troops have the right equipment with the right combat enablers for their mission and theater," Gen. Gus Perna, Army Materiel Command commander, told Defense News in written responses to questions.
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/12/27/does-the-army-have-its-european-weapons-stocks-right-defender-europe-2020-will-tell/
