As part of the DEFENDER 24 exercise, Soldiers conduct a joint inventory of medical equipment and supplies before handing of a field hospital released from Army Prepositioned Stocks at APS-2 in Dülmen, Germany. This year was the Army’s first time ever releasing a 32-bed field hospital from APS-2 medical stocks maintained by the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, or USAMMA, a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Medical Logistics Command. (Ellen Crown)

Soldiers the 30th Medical Brigade and 16th Sustainment Brigade transport 26 twenty-foot containers of medical materiel from Army Prepositioned Stocks in Dülmen to Baumholder Training Center, Germany as part of DEFENDER 24. (Ellen Crown)

Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Hospital under the 810th Hospital Center located in Baumholder, Germany practice their surgical capabilities May 15, 2024, during DEFENDER 24, a large-scale exercise in Europe that focuses on the strategic deployment of continental, U.S.-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stocks, and interoperability with Allies and partners at exercise locations across 13 European countries. (Ellen Crown)

Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Hospital in Baumholder, Germany, practice suture skills during DEFENDER 24, a large-scale exercise in Europe that focuses on the strategic deployment of continental, U.S.-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stocks, and interoperability with Allies and partners at exercise locations across 13 European countries. (Ellen Crown)

Maj. David C. Jennings discusses medical equipment readiness with Soldiers assigned to the 75th Field Hospital in Baumholder, Germany, who are participating in DEFENDER 24, a large-scale exercise in Europe that focuses on the strategic deployment of continental, U.S.-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stocks, and interoperability with Allies and partners at exercise locations across 13 European countries. (Ellen Crown)