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A war reserve stock (WRS)/pre-positioned stocks (PPS), is a collection of warfighting materiel held in reserve in pre-positioned storage to be used if needed in wartime. They may be located strategically depending on where it is believed they will be needed. [ 1 ]
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. [1] Soldiers from the United States Army disembark in Luxembourg during a Reforger Exercise. In the event of a war, they would acquire equipment from POMCUS facilities
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DASPO CONUS (Continental United States) was headed by SFC Jack Yamuguchi. Unlike DASPO Pacific and DASPO Panama, DASPO CONUS was stationed in the United States and was capable of being sent anywhere in the world. In April 1965, civil unrest broke out in the Dominican Republic and President Lyndon Johnson sent U.S. troops to secure peace ...
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the ...
Strategic sealift ships are part of the United States Military Sealift Command's (MSC) prepositioning program. There are currently 17 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ships in the program, strategically positioned around the world to support the Army , Navy , Air Force , Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency .