The Croatian Army received greater than two dozen military vehicles from excess Army inventory at a ceremony in Croatia, April 7.
The 30 Maxx PRO Plus model Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicles, often called MRAPs, were being divested from Army inventory and were available for Foreign Military Sales.
About a year and a half ago, the military Field Support Battalion-Italy, a subordinate unit of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, in Livorno, Italy, received a mission to reset nearly 200 MAXX PRO Plus model MRAP vehicles, said Tim Fore, Director, APS and Sustainment Operations.
“Reset, thus, is sustainment level repair to TM (technical manual) 10/20 (user level) standard using Delayed Desert Damage criteria a result of effects the SWA (Southwest Asia) environment had at the equipment,” said Fore.
The support battalion completed maintenance on over 70 vehicles when the military halted production and use of that distinctive model.
Fore said the rest 120 MRAPs will stay at that site for now. Livorno is probably the Army Pre-positioned Stock locations, and one in every of two in Europe.
Through the Foreign Military Sales program, Croatia, a U.S. coalition partner, was capable of purchase the vehicles from the U.S. government.
Croatian Army officers traveled to Livorno and selected the vehicles after test driving them with a bunch nation inspector assigned to AFSBn-Italy.
Fore said it was a two-day process selecting, test driving and loading the MRAPs for shipment.
The vehicles were turned over to the U.S. Navy to execute the Foreign Military Sales with Croatia.
“These vehicles were excess to Army requirements and are actually within the hands of a terribly thankful coalition partner,” said Ross Sawtelle, strategic planner inside the Navy International Programs Office. “You can all be happy with the work backstage to make this, and similar, events a reality.”
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