Joshua Calvert is a Quality Assurance Specialist with the Army-Benelux Field Support Battalion for U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command Tactical Equipment at the Field Prepositioned Stockpile army of Eygelshoven-2. However, he is currently assigned to a special mission as the officer in charge of the APS-2 site. In the photo, Calvert, with the help of a quality control specialist from the Dutch Ministry of Defence, inspects a recently received ambush protected all-terrain vehicle at the APS-2 site.
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EYGELSHOVEN, Netherlands — Joshua Calvert’s time with the Marine Corps was cut short due to injury, but that didn’t stop him from continuing his service. He landed a contract job at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona as a tactical communications manager. He proudly served in this role for 10 years, gaining the experience necessary to easily transition to the civilian side of the military.
And Joshua Calvert didn’t stop there. After serving in Yuma as a civilian employee for nearly three years, he applied for a position in the Netherlands at the Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 site with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. He got the job.
“I believe my service with the Marine Corps helped me get my first job as a contractor,” Calvert said. “And then spending 10 years as a test support services contractor – building relationships and gaining a high level of experience – that helped me get a job as a civil service employee of the American army.”
“I was looking for new opportunities to serve and saw the opportunity to come to Europe on an overseas assignment. I applied and here we are,” said Calvert, now a quality assurance specialist with the Army-Benelux Field Support Battalion for NATO Communications and Electronics Command Tactical Equipment. US Army at the APS-2 site in Eygelshoven.
If that wasn’t enough, Calvert is currently assigned to a special assignment as the officer in charge of the APS-2 site.
“I am the main manual receipt holder of the site. I monitor equipment authorizations, available quantities and incoming and outgoing shipments,” said Calvert, who has worked at the APS-2 site in the Netherlands for about three and a half years. “I work closely with our host nation partners here and a team of people who help me maintain accountability for all equipment on receipts on hand and prepare equipment for distribution during DEFENDER-Europe exercises. , real-life missions and more.”
Joshua Calvert, who currently works as the Officer in Charge of Eygelshoven Army Prepositioned Stocks-2, served in the Marine Corps in the mid-1990s and then as a contractor at US Army Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona , for 10 years, and now as an Army civilian with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. In the photo, Calvert and a quality control specialist inspect the current vehicle configuration on a newly received Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle at the APS-2 site.
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In total, Calvert is responsible for approximately 4,000 pieces of equipment – tens of millions of dollars worth of equipment – including engineer machinery, Humvees, trailers, light medium tactical vehicles, vehicles all-terrain vehicles protected against ambushes and CECOM communication sets. and various other sets of support equipment that winning tactical units need when drawing the APS-2.
“We have a great group in Eygelshoven – both US personnel and our host country counterparts with the Dutch Ministry of Defence,” Calvert said. “There is so much talent here, and everyone works well together. As we are still a relatively young APS-2 site, this is very impressive – all the growth I have witnessed over the past three and a half years has been incredible.
Calvert — who is 36 and lives in Yuma — has some advice for anyone considering joining the US military, whether it’s the Army, Marine Corps or other services.
“Take as many opportunities as possible to learn and develop a strong skill set and see the world,” said Calvert, who is two grades away from completing his master’s degree in business with a concentration in project management from the University of Phoenix. .
“Joining the Marine Corps was a great decision for me,” Calvert said. “Unfortunately, medically, I was unable to continue my career as a Marine, so my plans had to change. But I was able to find another way to serve and I still have that feeling of being part of the military team.
“I wouldn’t be where I am now without enlisting in the Marine Corps. It turned out to be a great decision for me, my career and my family,” said Calvert, who is married to his wife, Jessica, and has three children, ages 4 to 10.
“And I’m still on duty,” he said. “I serve as an army civilian.”
Joshua Calvert is currently on special assignment as the Officer in Charge of Eygelshoven Army Field Support Battalion-Benelux’s Army Prepositioned Stocks-2. He said his Marine Corps service helped him get a job as an Army contractor, which helped him become an Army civilian with the 405th Sustainment Brigade. army ground.
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The Eygelshoven APS-2 site offers 450,000 square feet of air-conditioned warehousing space in nine warehouses as well as 50,000 square feet of hard rack storage to hold and maintain APS-2 equipment sets.
The Benelux Battalion is one of four battalions assigned to the 405th AFSB. The battalion provides mission command of APS-2 operations in Eygelshoven and Zutendaal, Belgium, and is responsible for providing and coordinating the receipt, transfer, storage and maintenance of the APS-2. This enables commanders to conduct unified action and perform a full range of military operations in support of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.
The 405th AFSB is assigned to the US Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, US Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and provides material support to U.S. forces throughout Europe and Africa – providing theater support logistics; synchronize acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging the U.S. Army Materiel Command Materiel Enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official site and the official Facebook site.
