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The Army wants to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army is revising the worldwide distribution of forward-deployed equipment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/10\/09\/us-army-moves-to-pre-position-materials-in-pacific\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/10\/09\/us-army-moves-to-pre-position-materials-in-pacific\/\">dubbed preposition stock,<\/a> as officials weigh its utility and cost, Lt. Gen. Chris Mohan, the acting Army Materiel Command commander, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are going to be changes to the [Army Prepositioned Stock] program,\u201d Mohan said in an interview just ahead of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference in Washington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort was designed to stage weapons, vehicles, equipment and supplies at key global locations so forces can rapidly respond to crises. In recent years, the Army has moved from viewing the use of APS kit as a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency situation to regularly dipping into the stocks for major training exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While APS has long been a cornerstone of U.S. power projection, Mohan acknowledged the system must adapt to new strategic realities, particularly as the Pentagon shifts greater focus to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/\">Indo-Pacific theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll that is being worked with the [combatant commands] right now and will be validated back through the Joint Staff, and the [secretary of defense] will approve, just like they approved some of the recent decisions on APS,\u201d Mohan explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has taken \u201ca very hard look with our strategic partners like the Defense Logistics Agency and said, \u2018Hey, if we all acknowledge that the tyranny of distance doesn\u2019t get any easier from the continental United States into the Pacific theater, well, maybe we need to stock more forward across the [area of operations] north to south, east to west, so that you give flexibility and options for sustainment,\u2019\u201d Maj. 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Gavin Gardner, the Army\u2019s 8th Theater Sustainment Command commander, told Defense News in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is also working to increase the amount of \u201cdays of supply\u201d across the theater, he added, \u201cso that you\u2019re not instantly going to be out of fuel because we didn\u2019t plan. \u2026 We are rapidly increasing the posture across the theater to make sure that we give options to the commander.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army also decided, for example, to move away from its use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/07\/21\/us-armys-floating-equipment-stockpile-in-pacific-gets-first-test\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/07\/21\/us-armys-floating-equipment-stockpile-in-pacific-gets-first-test\/\">prepositioned stocks on ships<\/a> \u2014 called APS afloat \u2014 calculating that the vessels might not be operationally effective or sufficient for the service and the joint force\u2019s needs in the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have moved one such equipment package to key land locations in the Pacific area, like South Korea, the Philippines and Australia, Gardner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat really covers our northern, central and southern corridors,\u201d Gardner added. \u201cThat allows us to now just bring in troops versus having to bring in equipment, which actually allows us to respond much faster to anything from a humanitarian disaster and relief \u2026 to any other crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is also going through an assessment of what it calls Total Army Power Projection Equipment Sets, and is considering, for instance, leaving in place some equipment belonging to units located west of the International Date Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat way you\u2019re able to respond more rapidly,\u201d Gardner explained. \u201cWe save a little bit on transportation costs, and it allows us to have a much better persistent presence forward, which we think assists with the deterrence that we\u2019ve been asked to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/09\/25\/new-pentagon-strategy-to-focus-on-homeland-western-hemisphere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/09\/25\/new-pentagon-strategy-to-focus-on-homeland-western-hemisphere\/\">National Defense Strategy<\/a> will shape those decisions, Mohan added. APS plans will align with the strategy when it is officially released, particularly the concept of land-basing in the Info-Pacific, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Positioning Army stocks in the Indo-Pacific, however, is not as straightforward as in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf course, I have my thoughts of where I want to put things, but it\u2019s mainly from a distribution standpoint and an ability to move it,\u201d Mohan said. \u201cBut, but we\u2019ve got to work through a lot of that because INDOPACOM, it\u2019s bilateral relationships. There\u2019s not the alliance like you have with NATO. So that one\u2019s going to be a little bit harder to work through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Europe, NATO has invested heavily in APS infrastructure to support deterrence against Russia and to strengthen readiness across the alliance. Mohan pointed to Poland as the most advanced example. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe most up-to-date facility we have for APS is in Poland, built by NATO to our specifications,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a beautiful facility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort to reimagine APS in the complex Indo-Pacific region, where nation-by-nation diplomacy substitutes for a NATO-like architecture, has proven to be a tough nut to crack for several presidential administrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get to a sustainable path forward and it\u2019s something we\u2019re challenged with right now,\u201d Mohan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The service is overhauling its prepositioned stock network with an eye on utility and cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":120024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":14,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news"],"primary_category":"your-military"},"5":{"categories":["your-army","news","daily-news-roundup","newsletters"],"primary_category":"your-army"}}},"categories":[45,78,160,29,11,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3330],"class_list":["post-71653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-ausa-digital-show-dailies","category-daily-news-roundup","category-digital-show-dailies","category-global","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"4K2PCPMXGBBQPMUCY6IY6NW6SE","arc_canonical_url":"\/land\/2025\/10\/13\/where-to-stash-combat-gear-in-the-indo-pacific-the-army-wants-to-know\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where to stash combat gear in the Indo-Pacific? 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