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405th

Army Field Support Battalion - Africa

405th Army Field Support Brigade
Commander

LTC Ross M. Hertlein
Commander

 Mission

AFSBn-Africa, headquartered at Leghorn Army Depot in Livorno, Italy, is one of the four battalions of the 405th AFSB. AFSBn-Africa provides and coordinates receipt, transfer, storage, and maintenance of Army Prepositioned Stocks operations to enable commanders to conduct unified action and the full range of military operations in support of U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Army Africa, and Joint Forces.

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Bn-Africa Fact Sheet