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POMCUS
POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War. disembark in Luxembourg during a Reforger Exercise. In the event of a war, they would acquire equipment from POMCUS facilities The program was started in 1961. In the event of war with the Soviet Union, American soldiers could be flown with their "to-accompany-troops" (TAT) gear on Civil Reserve Air Fleet commercial airliners to use this pre-positioned equipment. The equipment was set up in unit configurations to aid in force building and movement to support the US Army's general defensive plan (GDP). In the early 1980s, most of the equipment for POMCUS came from US Army units in the US and had to be upgraded to meet specifications for pre-positioning in Europe. By the late 1980s, the plan had evolved to pre-position Six Divisions of equipment in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Three Divisions were pre-positioned, with other sites being considered for the other three divisions. When the Berlin Wall fell, and the Soviet Union no longer existed, plans were then cut back severely and sites that were considered in the Benelux were cancelled. POMCUS was considered to be so important that a "Warm-Base" Hospital was completed in the Netherlands, in 1988.…
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POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War. disembark in Luxembourg during a Reforger Exercise. In the event of a war, they would acquire equipment from POMCUS facilities The program was started in 1961. In the event of war with the Soviet Union, American soldiers could be flown with their "to-accompany-troops" (TAT) gear on Civil Reserve Air Fleet commercial airliners to use this pre-positioned equipment. The equipment was set up in unit configurations to aid in force building and movement to support the US Army's general defensive plan (GDP). In the early 1980s, most of the equipment for POMCUS came from US Army units in the US and had to be upgraded to meet specifications for pre-positioning in Europe. By the late 1980s, the plan had evolved to pre-position Six Divisions of equipment in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Three Divisions were pre-positioned, with other sites being considered for the other three divisions. When the Berlin Wall fell, and the Soviet Union no longer existed, plans were then cut back severely and sites that were considered in the Benelux were cancelled. POMCUS was considered to be so important that a "Warm-Base" Hospital was completed in the Netherlands, in 1988.…
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