There are fifteen (15) ships in the APS-3 fleet that carry the equipment for the combat brigade and its support elements.  It includes port opening equipment, sustainment stocks and ammunition for a contingency corps of five and a third (5 1/3) divisions.
	Currently, there are three (3) Lighter Aboard Ships (LASH), two (2) Heavy Lift Preposition Ship (HLPS), two (2) container ships, one (1) "T" Class Auxiliary Crane Ship (T-ACS) and seven (7) Large-Medium Speed Roll On/Roll Off (LMSR).
	The three LASH ships currently in the fleet, GREEN HARBOUR, GREEN VALLEY, and the JEB STUART, have aboard barges and containers with Class I, Class II, Class III (P), Class V, Class VIII, Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU), and an Inland Petroleum Distribution System (IPDS). Currently, the general cargo onboard the LASH is currently in the process of being trans-loaded onto converted container ships, and will only carry Class V. Upon completion of the trans-loads, the LASH ships will return to the Ready Reserve Fleet (RRF).
	The AMERICAN CORMORANT and the STRONG VIRGINIAN are Heavy Lift Prepositioned Ships (HLPS). These HLPS ships have aboard Army Watercraft and Materiel Handling Equipment (MHE) for port opening operations.
	The SS GOPHER STATE is a self-sustaining Military Sealift Command (T-ACS) Class Auxiliary Crane Ship. Its’ mission is to off-load containers and other outsized cargo from non self-sustaining cargo ships offshore, or at bare or underdeveloped ports.
	The MV LTC TITUS and the MV SPC GIBSON are container ships in the fleet. Both ships have two Cranes, 60 each 220V reefer container locations, a total TEU capacity of 1672 and 45K square feet of space for RO/RO equipment.
	The six LMSR s, are the GORDON, SHUGHART, YANO, GILLILAND, WATSON, and BOB HOPE, that carries the bulk of the heavy Brigade’s equipment. By the year 2002, there will be sixteen (19) LMSR vessels in the APS-3 fleet.  Ship rotations will occur throughout the years until end-state.  The CAPE DOUGLAS is the only Ready Reserve Force Roll-on/Roll-off ship in the active APS-3 fleet.

   

APS-4 - KOREA (land):

A sub-element of Army Prepositioned Stocks that consists of two Armored Battalions and one Infantry Battalion (Mech) force projection packages, stored in unit sets to reduced force deployment time. The operation is based on the concept of airlifting personnel from an Army heavy Brigade and its support elements into a theater to link-up with its equipment and supplies at the Prepositioned land site.  

APS-5 - SOUTHWEST ASIA/Qatar (LAND):

APS-5 - SOUTHWEST ASIA/Kuwait (LAND):

AUTOMATED BATTLE BOOK SYSTEM (ABS):

The Automated Battlebook System: Consists of equipment data located at all APS sites (land and afloat), to include the National training Center. ABS, the text for the Battlebooks in the current version of ABS 3.1 has been arranged in a different format than previous versions of ABS. The Battlebook text is segmented into various levels from a general high-level to a more specific section-level view. Like the information in the hard-copy Battlebooks, the text describes the vessel’s characteristics, provides cargo information and current stow plan. The information within the Battlebook text is designed to help facilitate deployment planning, ship download and scenario staging. The electronic format provides several advantages to the hard-copy texts. First, locating specific information on a topic is easier because of the capability of the search function, which can help you locate specific words or phrases within the text. Second, the new browser format allows you to locate topics based on “Keywords” that when used to search the index may bring up multiple subjects which gives you more complete information on the subject you need. In addition, the printing functionality within the format allows you to print only a specific page or of the information for an entire Battlebook. The Unit Set has replaced the Battlebook as the “base” on which the other functions within ABS run. A Unit Set is a group of UIC/Site combinations you select in order to generate various functions in ABS, like Equipment Lists, Prepo Status Spreadsheets, Reports and Pre-defined Queries.   {Note:  The link above (The Automated Battlebook System) takes you to the ABS site that explains how ABS functions.   Transporters to order the ABS program.  Free technical support at 1-800-762-9737 or abshelp@stanleyassoc.com.  The  company provides the program gratis   AND provides periodic updates.  The ABS contains a tutorial and pre-po lists for every area outlined above and for units (notional and actual). The program also provides an interface to the Army War Reserve Deployment System -- a continuously updated, client/server database that manages AWR material worldwide.   Allow about 2 weeks to receive the program at your location when you make the request on-line.} Battlebook System  {brief  presentation on Battlebook System} Army War Reserve Deployment System AWRDS (Is a relational database that contains information on APS (Army Prepositioned Stock) contained in warehouses and aboard ships both within the United States and across Europe and Asia.  AWRDS provides visibility and accountability for APS equipment, and allows for efficient transfer of those stocks from the US Army Field Support Command to the warfighting units using that equipment. AWRDS also provides ease of communication between the "wholesale" and "retail" reporting systems of the AWR community. The system can provide readiness reporting and detailed equipment inventory reports, and can import and export information to external systems such as WPS (Worldwide Port System), SDS (Standard Depot System) and to our "sister" system, ABS (Automated Battlebook System).